Harold failed to mention the huge deficit and the horrendous cuts in social services and closings of health care clinics occuring in LA and across the state.
-------------------- A State of Change: California's Tilt Toward the Left --------------------
By Harold Meyerson Harold Meyerson is editor at large of the American Prospect and political editor of LA Weekly.
November 3 2002
On Tuesday, California voters will go to the polls and most likely entrust their state entirely to Democrats. Despite the fact that the Democratic ticket is headed by an incumbent governor about as popular as a strain of bacteria, every Democratic candidate for statewide office is leading in the polls. The party's huge majorities in the state's legislative and congressional delegations will remain intact not just in this election but for the foreseeable future.
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