Riverside Press Enterprise reporter Jim Miller today has a short, Political Notebook piece that makes an interesting observation about Sen. Tony Strickland's history of voting to dump legislative leaders who just months earlier had helped provide the financial resources to help him win close elections.
Miller reports that Strickland provided the swing vote to oust former Assembly Republican leader Rod Pacheco 10 years ago this week, and also provided the swing vote that ousted Senate Republican leader Dave Cogdill in February.
In each case, the deposed leader had financially supported Strickland in close elections.
Don't know what to make of this; caucus votes are not public, and determining just who is a "swing vote" is often a matter of interpretation. Miller reports that Strickland was "unavailable for comment" on the item.
If you want to do a story on loyalty, how about Das Williams...first he agrees to endorse the know-nothing wife of extreme green Assemblyman Pedro Nava, and now he's running against her. Why? Because she opposed an oil project...as if Das had ever supported an oil project before the radical Environmental Defense Center gave him permission to do so.
If you want to do a story on loyalty, how about Das Williams? First he agrees to endorse the know-nothing wife of extreme green Assemblyman Pedro Nava, and now he's running against her?
Why? Because she opposed an oil project. As if Das had ever supported an oil project before the radical Environmental Defense Center gave him permission to do so.