The Assembly hasn't passed it. Assembly Republican leader Dave Cox is still looking at the Senate budget. Let's go, ladies and gentlemen. The credit rating doesn't have much farther down to go.
Posted by Justene Adamec at July 28, 2003 10:18 PM | TrackBackIs Davis going to point this as an example that all along, this budget debacle was caused by Republicans failing to compromise? How long before the simple-majority-to-pass-the-budget movement gets really going?
Posted by: Macario Sakay at July 29, 2003 09:56 AM (Permalink)I'm really perplexed - given that the compromise satisfied the primary Republican demand of no new taxes - at how few Republicans have voted for it.
Posted by: aphrael at July 29, 2003 10:22 AM (Permalink)Two reasons:
1. The proposed budget is even HIGHER than 2002's; it doesn't fix the budget crisis, it just borrows money, relies on income from the car tax (which will be refunded to voters if the courts throw it out next year) and punts the issue to 2004, where the deficit will be even bigger (McClintock's argument).
2. Failure to resolve the budget crisis is one of the key factors driving down Davis's popularity and increasing the likelihood of the recall's sucess. Solving the budget mess (or appearing to solve it, see #1), will decrease the likelihood that Davis will be booted out on Oct. 7. And let's face it, some Reps would be opposed to ANY budget (even if it met all their demands) just to string the budget crisis along until the recall.