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What If California Budget Propositions Fail?
California voters have a message that Sacramento may not want to hear. We find out about the dismal prospects for budget measures on next month's special election. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, President Obama today thanked Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter for switching parties.
By Warren Olney • • 53m ListenThe latest poll shows the budget measures on next month's ballot are likely to be defeated, even though voters think that could lead to financial chaos. What's the message for Sacramento? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, President Obama today thanked Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter for switching parties. Will the Senator be a better Democrat than he was a Republican? Has the GOP gone too far Right for the centrists and independents who decide most elections?
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2 storiesThe Obama Agenda and the Fate of the GOP
President Obama went to St. Louis, Missouri today to mark his hundredth day in office. He reviewed his accomplishments and said it would take hard work to achieve the rest of his goals. Yesterday, he got a boost in that direction when Arlen Specter switched parties . Or did he?
Read the story28 minCalifornia Voters Have a Message Sacramento May Not Want to Hear
With the least number of possible votes, the Legislature and Governor Schwarzenegger put six measures on a special election that will take place in just three weeks. They would implement the budget deal worked out in one of the longest and most acrimonious sessions in state history.
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