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CA: Arnold banking on pseudo-convention

Thursday 24th of May 2012 08:07:52 PM
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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is essentially staging the first constitutional convention in 126 years with a special election to revamp the jumbled California Constitution his way. He is sidestepping political risks and safeguards in the most powerful emergency outlet Founding Fathers left for sweeping reform, analysts said Tuesday. But the path he's chosen around a convention is still opening what analysts and others called a Pandora's boxGovernor sidestepping constitutional reform tool that could backfire on the Republican governor. His critics — ranging from majority Democrats to wide-ranging special interests to conservative GOP groups — are scrambling to put their...

Election Buzz Words

Thursday 24th of May 2012 08:07:52 PM
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Flip-Flop: Versatile derogatory term - can be verb, adjective or noun "flip-flopper." Used by Bush camp to portray Kerry as inconsistent and indecisive. Widely embraced by Republican supporters who delight in hanging flip-flop sandals from trees and telephone poles around Kerry rallies. French: Less a nationality than a term of general abuse, adopted in the wake of stiff French opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq. Hugely adaptable in usage, carrying overtones of cowardice, hypocrisy, pseudo-intellectualism and betrayal. Kerry's fluency in the French language sometimes cited by Republicans as evidence of general untrustworthiness. Clintonistas: Advisers of former president Bill Clinton...