[SmithL]

- Sen. Dick Ackerman, R-Irvine, right, watches as fellow GOP Sen. Abel Maldonado of Santa Maria explains Wednesday why he was going to break ranks and support the budget plan. The proposal later failed.

[WOSG]

“Because of California’s requirement that two-thirds of the Assembly and Senate must agree on the annual budget bill, Republicans in each Democratic-controlled house must provide votes.”

This is a good idea, it seems. Cali still has a liberal big-spending budget though.

Waht is sad is that almost 2/3rds of the members of the lege *are* voting for an unbalanced budget.

What is so hard about finding $700 million to cut?

[TheDon]

The Pubbies fighting for us taxpayers! Hmmm...they don’t trust Arnold to balance the budget? :^) Smart guys!

[Brilliant]

The truth is that CA would be better off without a budget.

[goldstategop]

Abdel Maldonado is a RINO. He obviously has forgiven Arnold for leaving him high and dry last year. That's a speed record for political re-conversion to the RINO cause.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus