CA-SurveyUSA: Gov. Brown's approval rating takes major hit

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Well, come on, who didn't see this coming a mile away?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Running for governor of California, especially in 2010, is like asking to win the honor of being punched repeatedly in the face and charged five bucks each time for the pleasure.

I believe I called this back in 2010; I'll have to find my post.

Calling that doesn't make you prescient. Calling that means you have common sense. California hasn't had a popular governor since the 1980s.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Running for governor of California, especially in 2010, is like asking to win the honor of being punched repeatedly in the face and charged five bucks each time for the pleasure.

I believe I called this back in 2010; I'll have to find my post.

Calling that doesn't make you prescient. Calling that means you have common sense. California hasn't had a popular governor since the 1980s.

Wasn't Deukerewrtjheufugrtegwjan pretty popular?

Hence why I said "since the 1980s." (And yes, I realize he served in 1983-1991.)

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

It didn't help Jerry that the deficit (which is illegal, but I digress) suddenly ballooned up to 16 billion from 9 billion, and now Jerry wants more taxes on top of the ones he already proposed while public employees remain overpaid, sometimes grossly so, and the prisons remain full of druggies, so the overpaid prison guards can have more folks to slap around. And then there is that super train thing, a very expensive white elephant.

It is all very interesting, because states cannot declare bankruptcy. I suspect CA will be going to the Feds soon to ask for money.  I suspect the reception it gets will not be a very friendly one.

It's an effing mess in short, a major cf. The state is being looted dry.

It's almost enough to make you want to spend exactly 183 days a year in Florida or some other state with no income tax, huh, Torie?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I thought Pete Wilson was popular during the 90's. No? Am I wrong?

The fact that Pete Wilson won re-election in 1994 is nothing short of a miracle. He was trailing by as much as 20% in 1993, and had some of the lowest approvals of any California governor, ever. The main reason why he won is (1) Wilson was a terrific campaigner who knew how to play hot-button issues like the death penalty, and (2) his opponent was inept at best.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

They're all bad, but the GOP is less bad. I'd like to hear more of Torie's doom and gloom, seriously, but CA, please don't cut the HSR!

Yeah, how about they spend a few more dozen billion over 20 years without a single millimeter of track being laid down for something that nobody even wants to use anyway.

I would love to use it, actually. LA to SF in under 3 hours? Yes, please.