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California Democratsare about to face something they have mostly avoided for years: a real campaign focused on their record.
The June primary produced two explosive fall matchups:Steve Hilton against Xavier Becerrafor governor, andSpencer Pratt against Karen Bassfor mayor of Los Angeles.
Neither race is going to be polite.
For years, Democrats have run California, run its largest cities, controlled the Legislature, controlled the agencies and then acted as if the results were somehow beyond their control.
That dodge gets a lot harder now.
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Hilton’s big win gives him five months to prosecute the Gavin Newsom record, with Becerra standing at the defense table.
Becerra is not a fresh start. He is the continuation candidate. Newsom without the celebrity gloss. The same ideology, the same governing class and the same excuses.
If anything, Becerra may be even more conventionally liberal than Newsom, who often seems more focused on becoming president than fixing California.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
