Californians lack a voice in presidential primaries; why no ad campaign for Prop. 57?








Californians lack a voice in presidential primaries; why no ad campaign for Prop. 57?



Californians lack a voice in presidential primaries; why no ad campaign for Prop. 57?


We’re still more than a month away from the California primary election and the nation is watching states like Iowa, New Hampshire, Missouri, South Carolina, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Delaware, North Dakota and Michigan decide who will represent the Democratic Party in next November’s presidential election.


We said it four years ago and we’ll say it again: California’s primary election is too late in the process. Barring a major faux pas or foot-in-mouth disease, the Democratic presidential candidate will have been decided before "Super Tuesday" on March 2 when California and New York, among other states, will weigh in on the most important race in American politics (the Republicans, of course, are already loaded with an incumbent).


It’s not fair that the most populated state in the nation lacks a voice in the presidential sweepstakes. Maybe this year the process will be different and the race will still be undecided by March 2.


But we doubt it.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the rest of the crowd in Sacramento had better start selling Proposition 57, Schwarzenegger’s $15 billion bond issue to bail out the state’s budget crisis.


State-level politicians seem to be convinced that California voters need no convincing that it’s sensible to borrow money to get out of a deficit.


But some of us do need an explanation. And if they try to tell us that we don’t have a choice, we might just remind them that we do.


Somebody should start an ad campaign soon or the folks in Sacramento might get the surprise of their lives on March 2.


They should remember some old advice: never assume anything.





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