Just came to post that Dana - I took the weekend mostly off politics, but this week I think I will be mainlining.

Hey, California is home of the Liberal Elite - Left Coast Division. Also, home of San Francisco Values. And dope-smoking hippies.

I'm a big ol' skipper but I'm guessing based on the congrats that bonbon and BobBob's wedding went off without a hitch? CONGRATULATIONS BonBob!

Wow, I guess I'm biased by my region and expected it to pass easily.

I think it probably would have before marriage was made legal for everyone here, but now it's a matter of actually taking away someone's established legal right to marriage. I suspect that's swaying some people to vote against Prop 8 even if they aren't that supportive of gay marriage.

PSA: Dinner time at the puppy cam!

I just finally read through all 12 state propositions. The only ones where I'm sure of my vote are #1 (high-speed rail) and #8.

I'm scared to read the 22 propositions relating to San Francisco alone.

How does California work election-wise? Being a blue state, I'm guessing the urban cores, especially LA, must dominate the vote.

In Missouri, there are two urban cores that almost exactly match everywhere else, hence being a swing state. Elections are sort of fun to watch because outstate results come in early so the election results can change dramatically as the evening goes on. To do 70%, that means outstate must have been above 90%. I live in an outstate area, so my political perspective is sort of warped.

The only ones where I'm sure of my vote are #1 (high-speed rail) and #8.

I'm voting for the proposition on the humane treatment of animals pre-food.

"You'll live a happy and carefree life, and then we'll cut your head off and eat you. But we won't cut your beak off and stick you in a tiny cage for the whole of your miserable existence."

I'd urge a yes on Prop 2. Don't know what all the others are.

ETA: Should'a known that would be an x-post. Here's a brief explanation of what it is, to sneak some useful content in: [link]

Being a blue state, I'm guessing the urban cores, especially LA, must dominate the vote.

Except the densely populated Orange County area is heavily Republican. It produced Ronald Reagan.

Also the Inland Empire (center stripe of the state, originally all farmland) is more conservative, and the outer edges of the state (points north and southeast) can get contrarian and liberterian.

Can someone tell me what Palin means by the media filter? Like at her stump speeches she will say she is glad to be out from under the media filter, but how is the media filtering her? in interviews can't she just say what she wants? or is her campaign just so far from reality that they are just blaming figureheads "media" "liberal elite" for things regardless of any truth?

Like what was she going on about today, saying Obama flip-flopping on taxes?