But I already voted last week......but if you insist, I'll vote again:D

It's not my favorite, but I can't deny the network effects. But I've been involved with the various iterations of online social networking for the last 20 years so I've pretty much got my fingers in all of them to some degree (I think the only really big one that missed me completely was MySpace).

I voted this morning. I admit that I was a bit overwhelmed by all of the yes/no options for the judiciary. I spent some time googling the various people, and finally just gave up and voted 'yes' for those endorsed by the Democratic Party, and didn't cast a vote either way for the ones I didn't know.

I just voted!

I just voted and now have California über Alles in my head

With the apparent split between the way California has voted and the way the rest of America has voted, talk of secession is on the rise.



And that's a good thing.

But I am not a Witch lost. YAY!

Really? Have you seen how good this state is at governing itself? Not likely to get better without a steady flow of federal money coming in and a steady supply of the best and brightest from the other 49 cut off.

My prediction for the next two years:

Nothing truly significant will pass. This will be because initially there'll be too much chest puffing to get anything done. And then in three or four months the 2012 presidential campaign will start and neither party will be willing to give the other anything that might remotely help them in that election.

Obama will win again in 2012. The House will remain flat. The senate will flip Republican (because there will still be plenty of pent up anti-incumbency against that 1/3rd of the Senate that can't be relieved in this election).

Nothing significant will change in California because the structural failures can't be fixed by politicians of any party or willingness to work together.

Oh yes, full and total gridlock is in store. But that's better than he Teabaggers and Republicans actually getting to implement their sick agenda. Let them taste do-nothing for a couple of years, and enjoy the flavor of stuck-in-the-mud.

Alex, I wasn't so much addressing California's efficacy as an independent nation. Its government remains appalling. But I'm proud(er) of its voters, as compared to every other state with the exception of New York, in being smart enough to live largely in urban areas and vote the actual lesser of the two evils they are limited to choose from.