molly peterson

It was written a few days ago, but nevertheless: from the Bay Area Bureau* comes an article about the connection between high-speed rail positions and the governor’s race. …which is apparently a litmus test for how the governor’s race will go. Which again makes climate a litmus test for how the governor’s race will go. Choice excerpt: Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate and former eBay CEO, said through a spokeswoman on Friday she “believes the state cannot afford the costs

I couldn’t agree more, Phil Trounstine & Jerry Roberts. The whole thing’s well worth a read. Do that here. Trounstine & Roberts point out that Prop 23 is starting from a weak position, with a little more than a third of those polled in favor. But a separate crosstab that the Field Poll ran at our request showed that voters who favor Proposition 23 are supporting Whitman over Brown by 55 percent to 34 percent while those who oppose the

Boxer v. Fiorina, Brown v. Whitman, proposition 23: reading about November’s races, it’s clear that climate figures into key decisions the state’s going to make in a matter of months. It’s not clear the substance of climate policy will have anything to do with those decisions, but it’s worth taking a look. I’m going to start doing a regular roundup of the week’s developments in climate politics. It seems like a good way to keep my head in the game.