from Sac today

1/14/08

What the Governor's really up to:

"Some pundits are questioning whether the governor really wants deep cuts
approved 'or is instead' laying the political groundwork for a potential tax hike,
or an agreement on a proposed spending cap.
"'I think this is something he's done carefully,' said Barbara O'Connor,
a political science professor at Cal State Sacramento.
I suspect this is the hard-line position you start from.'
"'I think what he is doing is painting a picture of the nature of the problem
and what the solution would be without any tax increase,' she said."