A settlement has been reached in Don Henley's lawsuit against Chuck Devore. Devore paid Henley an undisclosed amount for using Don's music without permission as part of his campaign (as decided in a ruling by the judge a few weeks ago) and issued the following apology:

“We apologize for using the musical works of Don Henley, Mike Campbell and Danny Kortchmar without respect for their rights under copyright law. The court’s ruling in this case confirms that political candidates, regardless of affiliation, should seek appropriate license authority before they use copyrighted works.

“Further, we regret all inaccurate, derogatory or disparaging remarks made about Mr. Henley during the course of this dispute.”
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As with most things DeVore was wrong.

Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina said Friday that a federal bill designed to provide emergency aid to states will not give schools the immediate financial boost they hope will prevent thousands of teachers from being laid off.

The former Hewlett-Packard CEO said the legislation working its way through Congress is full of accounting tricks that will delay payments for teachers until 2012. She said it also will continue the government's deficit spending.

"If we did accounting like the Senate does in the real world, we'd be in jail," said Fiorina. "That bill is so full of accounting gimmicks it's disgraceful."
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Par for the course with Obamanomics

Arnold Schwarzenegger came into the governorship seven years ago believing that he could succeed where his predecessors had failed in dealing with California's thorniest issues.

He'll leave office in a few months, having learned the hard way that California is difficult, and perhaps impossible, to govern.

Its ever-expanding economic and cultural complexity collides with a politics so ossified and diffused, with so many officeholders and institutions sharing authority, that no one is truly accountable for outcomes.
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Schwarzenegger was unprepared for being California Governor and bungled the job big time. Just like his actor friend Jesse Ventura

This year, the long road to the governor's office runs through the high desert reservation of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.

It also stops at the reservations – and casinos – of the Sycuan and Viejas bands of the Kumeyaay Nation east of San Diego.

In fact, the campaign trail crosses many of the state's Indian reservations, especially those with lucrative gambling compacts. That's where Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman – along with candidates for other offices – are seeking the support and potentially hefty donations of tribal leaders.

At stake is the financial backing of a state gambling industry that generates an estimated $7.2 billion a year in revenue. Also at play are the state-negotiated gambling compacts of 47 tribes that expire in 10 years and a proposal to open Indian casinos far away from reservations.
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All about the money, folks