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		<title>Another dramatic momentum shift in GOP gubernatorial primary?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/05/24/another-dramatic-momentum-shift-in-gop-primary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 01:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Harmon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 governor's race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meg Whitman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Poizner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Murphy, the chief strategist for Meg Whitman&#8217;s gubernatorial campaign, has been itching to release his own internal polling showing that his boss has resumed her dominance over her GOP rival, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. Campaign sources say that, with two weeks left in the race, he may gather reporters real soon for a conference call trumpeting Whitman&#8217;s internal numbers, now that polls appear to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What will the governor&#8217;s next job be?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/02/24/what-will-the-governors-next-job-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/02/24/what-will-the-governors-next-job-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cowboy Libertarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governor arnold schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs czar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Richman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Dorinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Van Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You read it here first: Former California GOP spokesman Patrick Dorinson, a communications consultant and author of the Cowboy Libertarian blog, predicts that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s next job will be that of national green jobs czar, the post held previously held by the fired Van Jones. Dorinson says he was watching the governor make the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Bay legislators dubious about state water deal</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/09/east-bay-legislators-dubious-about-state-water-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/09/east-bay-legislators-dubious-about-state-water-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california water policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Torlakson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=8643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I talked with three Contra Costa state lawmakers via telephone this morning about their views on the Big Five water talks under way in Sacramento today. I did not hear much optimism about a the chances of a deal by tonight&#8217;s deadline. Sen. Mark DeSaulnier and assemblymembers Joan Buchanan and Tom Torlakson view the closed-door [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arnold: It&#8217;d be easier if you&#8217;d just do what I say.</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/04/23/arnold-itd-be-easier-if-youd-just-do-what-i-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Chiang]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[state budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prison health care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[special election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though building support for the special-election budget reform agenda was his main goal, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger touched on other topics in a Q&#038;A session with the Bay Area Council on Thursday in San Francisco – and one of those topics is how hard it is when people disagree with him. The governor went on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor announces local appointments</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/09/governor-announces-local-appointments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/09/governor-announces-local-appointments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appointments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County Fair Board of Directors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/?p=779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced a handful of appointments of East Bay residents to local boards: Robert Brown, 42, of Pleasant Hill, has been appointed to the Contractors State License Board. He has been a member of the board since 2005. Brown has worked for California State Automobile Association as director of corporate affairs since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Democratic Party takes initiative positions</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/06/18/california-democratic-party-takes-initiative-positions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/06/18/california-democratic-party-takes-initiative-positions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Propositions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballot measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Democratic Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/insidepolitics/?p=756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The California Democratic Party&#8217;s executive board met a few days ago and voted on its positions on the ballot measures on or appeared headed to the Nov. 4 general election ballot: (The Democratic Party sent out a corrected list today, which is reflected below.) YES &#8211; Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Record numbers vote on Feb. 5</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/18/record-numbers-vote-on-feb-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/18/record-numbers-vote-on-feb-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 June primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 presidential primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Secretary of State Debra Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election turnout]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has confirmed what most election officials have already said: A record number of residents voted in the Feb. 5 primary. Nine million Californians cast ballots, nearly 1.2 million more than the prior record set in March 2000. Here&#8217;s what her office sent out after the official certification of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refunds are really pricey loans, AG says</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/14/refunds-are-really-pricey-loans-ag-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/14/refunds-are-really-pricey-loans-ag-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attorney General Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H&R Block]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California Attorney General Jerry Brown&#8217;s office reports that the state&#8217;s top lawyer filed a request for an injunction today in San Francisco Superior Court to block tax service company H&#38;R Block from &#8220;telling its customers that tax refunds can be obtained within two days, without disclosing that such payments are actually expensive loans.&#8221; Here&#8217;s what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California government stalls on information highway</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/02/27/california-government-stalls-on-information-highway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitol Correspondents Association of California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Geissinger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California is the epi-center of the high-tech universe, right? Not so in the Capitol, where the press has almost no access to the Internet. Instead, reporters must rely on sketchy cell connections from inside the thick-walled chambers. But a colleague of mine, Steve Geissinger, who works for MediaNews and this newspaper in its Sacramento Bureau, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bowen to speak in Walnut Creek on voting machines</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/02/14/bowen-to-speak-in-walnut-creek-on-voting-machines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/02/14/bowen-to-speak-in-walnut-creek-on-voting-machines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Calendar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lamorinda Democratic Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secretary of State Debra Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting machine security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California Secretary of State Debra Bowen will speak at the Feb. 21 meeting of the Lamorinda Democratic Club about her decision to decertify touch-screen voting machines in more than 20 counties. First elected in 1992 to the state Assembly to represent constituents in west Los Angeles County, Bowen served three terms before being elected to [...]]]></description>
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