OPEN PRIMARIES
Can political parties bring about political reform in California? Or is that another case of the fox guarding the chicken house....? California Moderate Party founder says reform is ok, but "It goes beyond structural reform." Not sure what that means. Human development? My read on this third party is lots of party program, not much human political process....
- A new political alternative for Golden State: the California Moderate Party? (Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle/Politics Blog)
- AM Alert: From the ground up (Sacramento Bee/Capitol Alert)
BLOOMBERG 09
It's official -- the 2009 NYC Mayoral race is about whether the black vote returns to the Dem Party or continues to go independent.
- Rev. Sharpton backs Bloomberg foe for NYC mayor (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Newsday)
NY STATE REFORM POLITICS
NYC's grassroots independent fight against corrupt (Dem and Repub) party politics for nonpartisan elections, nonpartisan governance and fair elections: Mr. Espada goes to Albany...
- Crusading for Reform, and Coming Up Short - BOOK REVIEW Francis S. Barry’s “The Scandal of Reform”, Rutgers University Press (By SAM ROBERTS, NY Times) And he makes a case, worth paying attention to dispassionately, that “nonpartisan elections could help modestly reduce incumbency advantage in New York City.”
- Senate Pork power rankings (Irene Jay Liu, Albany Times Union/Capitol Confidential)
- State Senate shortfall - Coup, downstate political power leave this region shortchanged (Buffalo News EDITORIAL)
- In the New York Senate, Order Is Restored, but Decorum Isn’t (By DANNY HAKIM, NY Times/Reporters Notebook)
SOTOMAYOR CONFIRMATION
Towards a more independent Supreme Court
- Senate Republicans Won't Block Sotomayor (Washington Post, Paul Kane, Robert Barnes and Amy Goldstein)
- Morning Fix: Winners and Losers, Sotomayor Day 4 (Chris Cillizza, Washington Post/The Fix)
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