California’s Recall Election Could Be a National Disaster | The Nation
The Dixie fire in Northern California has consumed half a million acres of forest and spewed smoke across the continent. But at the same time as this climate change-induced catastrophe wreaks havoc, there s also a political five-alarm fire raging, still largely below the radar. So far, it hasn t gotten quite the national attention it merits. But over the next month, the rest of the country will likely realize just how dangerous, and potentially transformative, this fire could be. It threatens to set off a national political explosion that could affect everything from congressional redistricting to pandemic responses to efforts to tackle climate change and maintain green energy and transport policies.
Well let’s hope so. I’m pessimistic about Aspiring Governor Elder on my “If it’s too good to be true” principle, which means exactly what it sounds like. But hey, who knows? But Elder doesn’t just have to win, he has to win by a big margin to beat the undoubted backup ballots that I strongly suspect the Dems have in reserve. Like beating the other team and the refs.
States decay over time and California is an old state though we don’t think of it that way. I come from a relatively young state politically, so it’s Idaho’s good fortune to be playing catch up in the corruption department. California is old in corruption. Just sayin’.