State of California secondary Archives: on Principles & Values

John Melendez: Equal opportunity instead of catering to 1%

Dianne Feinstein: OpEd: Feinstein refusing to debate is a democracy dodge

Feinstein has refused to debate her. No, not even at 3 a.m. on a Saturday on a cable access station in Turlock. As Feinstein's campaign manager told us a while back after Emken challenged DiFi to a series of debates : "This is the sort of typical cliche move from someone is 19 points down and has $25,000 in the bank and 35 percent name recognition," he said.

Editorial boards all up and down California--including our very own Ivory Tower-dwellers--have called out Feinstein for the democracy dodge.

Emken ramped it up when the San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate.com's Shaky Hand Productions video crew caught up with her. She called DiFi "arrogant" and "dismissive" for not agreeing to debate:

Elizabeth Emken: Feinstein is arrogant and dismissive for not debating

Feinstein has refused to debate her. No, not even at 3 a.m. on a Saturday on a cable access station in Turlock. As Feinstein's campaign manager told us a while back after Emken challenged DiFi to a series of debates : "This is the sort of typical cliche move from someone is 19 points down and has $25,000 in the bank and 35 percent name recognition," he said.

Editorial boards all up and down California--including our very own Ivory Tower-dwellers--have called out Feinstein for the democracy dodge.

Emken ramped it up when the San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate.com's Shaky Hand Productions video crew caught up with her. She called DiFi "arrogant" and "dismissive" for not agreeing to debate:

Elizabeth Emken: Wins primary slot against 14 Republicans and 5 Democrats

Elizabeth Emken: Wins primary slot against 14 Republicans and 5 Democrats

Emken won backing from the state GOP and from several of the state's Republican elected officials and made campaign stops throughout the state. She had raised the most money of any of the challengers, a little more than $300,000, federal records showed.

Feinstein, who is seeking her fourth full term in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 44% to 30%, with 21% of voters unaffiliated, had raised more than $9 million.

Dianne Feinstein: Offers three televised Senate debates, but no Fox News

1. No questions shall be asked and no answers shall be given concerning the eligibility of President Obama or any related matters. The debate should focus on economic, social, and foreign policy issues.
2. The format of the debates shall provide for a two minute response, followed by a one minute rebuttal, followed by a 30 second response.
3. No notes, documents, or teleprompters shall be allowed.
4. No debates shall be televised by Fox News or any affiliates thereof.
5. None of your supporters shall be allowed to attend. Guests shall be limited to 100 voters chosen at random.

Orly Taitz: Sen. Feinstein offers three debates, without birther issue

1. No questions shall be asked and no answers shall be given concerning the eligibility of President Obama or any related matters. The debate should focus on economic, social, and foreign policy issues.
2. The format of the debates shall provide for a two minute response, followed by a one minute rebuttal, followed by a 30 second response.
3. No notes, documents, or teleprompters shall be allowed.
4. No debates shall be televised by Fox News or any affiliates thereof.
5. None of your supporters shall be allowed to attend. Guests shall be limited to 100 voters chosen at random.

Mitt Romney: Me & Tea Party are both for small government & low spending

ROMNEY: I don't think you carry cards in the Tea Party. I believe in a lot of what the Tea Party believes in. The Tea Party believes that government's too big, and taxing too much. I put together a plan with a whole series of points of how we can get America's economy going again. Tea Party people like that. So if the Tea Party is for keeping government small and spending down, and helping us create jobs, then, hey, I'm for the Tea Party.

Carly Fiorina: I'll work across the aisle, including with Sen. Feinstein

"California jobs gone and Barbara Boxer plays politics," the ad's narrator says as unemployment figures flicker on the screen. The ad cites criticism of Boxer by the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board, which declined to endorse either candidate and said Californians deserve a senator "able to reach across party lines to achieve progress" adding that Boxer "falls short on those counts."

"When bickering ends, solutions begin. No partisan games," a smiling Fiorina says to the camera. "I'll reach across the aisle, work with others, oppose my party if needed. Your agenda. Not mine."

Fiorina has criticized spending increases under both Democrats & Republicans while praising bipartisan efforts to curb spending. She has also promised to work with Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein to boost water deliveries to the Central Valley.

Bill Simon: Successful businessman, charity contributor, family man

A: I think three things qualify me to be governor: I am a successful businessman, a former federal prosecutor who worked under Rudy Giuliani, and a charity leader. Over the years, I have donated both my time and money to charitable causes including many Latino efforts. I am very proud of my record. But what I am most proud of is my family, my wife and my four children.

Gray Davis: Proud of record on education, healthcare, guns, environment

A: I don’t think you can boil it down to just one thing. As Governor, I’ve put together a record I can be proud of. In education, we’ve reduced class sizes, demanded more accountability and made historic investments in teacher recruitment and training. We’ve expanded 10-fold the Healthy Families Program for uninsured children, provided one million kids with health insurance and established the first agency in America to help patients fight their HMO-and win. We’ve signed the nation’s toughest gun laws, banning assault weapons and requiring trigger locks. We’ve signed tough new laws cleaning up our beaches, signed the nation’s first law reducing greenhouse gas emissions and sued the federal government to block more offshore drilling. We’ve improved our veterans’ homes and are building five more. Finally, I’m proud that California’s economy has grown from the 7th to the 5th largest in the world over the last four years.

Peter Camejo: His candidacy broadened the debate and gave people choices

A: I’m proud that in this campaign I’ve broadened the debate so that people understand issues better and have more choices - real choices, not just the Republicans and the Democrats which are kind of the same thing.. This is the kind of attitude a governor should have, promoting the free flow of ideas.

George W. Bush: Priorities: Reaganesque tax cuts; education & health reform

Gov. George W. Bush. He’s a once-in-a-generation leader with a bold agenda, a successful governor with a fresh leadership style.
• So every child reads, he’ll fight for education reforms hailed as the most sweeping in a decade.
• While Washington deadlocked, he delivered a patients’ bill of rights that’s a model for America.
• He’s the candidate with a tax cut called ‘Reaganesque’ and ‘worthy of a new president.’

John McCain: Reagan Republican: simplify taxes, stop waste, pay down debt

Here’s some straight talk.
• I’m a proud Reagan Republican.
• I’ll tear up the 44,000-page tax code that benefits special interests.
• Stop the outrageous waste and pork barrel spending that steals your money.
• Use the surplus to secure Social Security, cut middle class taxes and pay down the debt.
• Give me your vote, and we’ll give you back your government.