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These are my links for April 26th from 12:32 to 12:53:

• California budget nut remains uncracked – Jerry Brown's insider attempt to crack California's budget nut has been no more successful than Arnold Schwarzenegger's outsider attack.

  Both relied on unrealistic assumptions about Capitol reality – Schwarzenegger because he was a newbie and Brown for reasons known only to him.

  Brown offered a complex mixture of spending cuts and tax extensions tailored to the supposed predilections of a disaffected California electorate.

  Nearly four months later, however, the Capitol is stalemated – and not merely because of its deep ideological divisions.

  For weeks, Brown negotiated with a few Republican senators who were evidently willing to place an extension of temporary taxes before voters if public pension and budget reforms were part of the ballot package.

  The talks eventually collapsed. Brown says, in effect, the Republicans demanded too much, but it's also evident that he, Democratic lawmakers and their allies, especially public employee unions, got cold feet.

  Private and public polls indicated that if taxes, pension reforms and a spending limit were placed on the ballot, voters might easily reject the taxes and pass the two others.

  A new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll underscores the Democrats' dilemma, finding voters' support for a tax election and pension and budget reforms is very high but for taxes is barely 50 percent.

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  California's budget will remain uncracked until either voters pass tax increases by voting for them at the ballot or the Democrats get serious about cutting spending.

  I see neither anytime soon and California's economy will stay in the doldrums.

• Lamar Alexander: The White House vs. Boeing—A Tennessee Tale – The National Labor Relations Board has moved to stop Boeing from building airplanes at a nonunion plant in South Carolina, suggesting that a unionized American company cannot expand its operations into one of the 22 states with right-to-work laws, which protect a worker's right to join or not join a union. (New Hampshire's legislature has just approved its becoming the 23rd.)

  This reminds me of a White House state dinner in February 1979, when I was governor of Tennessee. President Jimmy Carter said, "Governors, go to Japan. Persuade them to make here what they sell here."

  "Make here what they sell here" was then the union battle cry, part of an effort to slow the tide of Japanese cars and trucks entering the U.S. market.

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  Read it all…..

  This example explains why America has lost its manufacturing might…..

According to the latest PPP Poll.

Favorable Vs. Unfavorable:

• Shelley Berkley – 34% Vs. 31%
• Dean Heller – 43% Vs. 29%

Head to Head:

Dean Heller – 47% Vs. Shelley Berkley – 43%

With the precipitous resignation of GOP Senator John Ensign, Republican Governor Brian Sandoval will likely appoint GOP Rep. Dean Heller to the position. But, the seat becomes available in November 2012 and Heller’s apparent opponent will be Democrat Rep. Shelley Berkley, who represents the Las Vegas area of the state.

This will be a hard fought contest with the Casino unions going all out to re-claim this seat from the GOP.

However, Rep. Heller is a popular and well-known POL who will be the incumbent.

Dilbert by Scott Adams

Prioritization of resouces, no doubt.

According to the latest PPP Poll.

Favorable Vs. Unfavorable:

• Mike Huckabee – 73% Vs. 10%
• Sarah Palin – 67% Vs. 18%
• Newt Gingrich – 57% Vs. 20%
• Mitt Romney – 51% Vs. 23%
• Donald Trump – 47% Vs. 33%

The GOP Primary:

• Huckabee – 24%
• Trump – 24%
• Palin – 13%
• Romney – 11%
• Gingrich – 9%
• Pawlenty – 4%
• Bachmann – 3%
• Paul – 3%

As the GOP field narrows in the next 30 days, we will see how the numbers start to move. As Karl Rove said yesterday, a GOP candidate cannot wait more than another 30-60 days to begin raising sufficient money to run their campaign. And, major GOP donors are waiting on the sidelines, waiting for the field to firm up.

I agree with Dick and disagree as well.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels should he decide to run (watch his D.C. speech next week, May 4th at the American Enterprise Institute), will give Mitt Romney fits in the right of center and moderate wing of the GOP. Most of the big GOP donors will pull any of their money away from a late-starting race of Mike Huckabee.

The race will be between Daniels, Huckabee and Romney.

If Daniels runs Donald Trump will not be a factor in the race. If he does not, look for Huckabee to jump in with the Tea Party and battle Trump and Romney.

Everyone else at this point, including Sarah Palin, is noise.

With regards to President Obama, the economy has not dramatically improved and unless gasoline prices drop precipitously, he is looking like a failed, one term President.

These are my links for April 26th from 00:39 to 07:29:

• Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Dayton, Ohio Veterans Administration Hospital Failed at Dental Infection Control Policies – Dayton, Ohio Veterans Administration Hospital Failed at Dental Infection Control Policies
• Day By Day April 25, 2011 – Randy | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day April 25, 2011 – Randy #tcot #catcot
• @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-04-26 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-04-26 #tcot #catcot
• Flap’s Links and Comments for April 25th on 17:33 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for April 25th on 17:33 #tcot #catcot
• President 2012: Is the Draft for Mitch Daniels Real? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Is the Draft for Mitch Daniels Real? | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
• Motion to Vacate Walker’s Anti-Prop 8 Judgment for Failure to Recuse – By Ed Whelan – Bench Memos – National Review Online – Motion to Vacate Walker’s Anti-Prop 8 Judgment for Failure to Recuse – By Ed Whelan – Bench Memos – National Rev…
• Mitch Daniels: I would have backed Haley Barbour – Jonathan Martin – POLITICO.com – Mitch Daniels: I would have backed Haley Barbour – Jonathan Martin – POLITICO.com

According to the latest USC / LA Times Poll.

President Obama Job Approval Vs. Disapproval:

• White Voters – 47% Vs. 48%
• Latino Voters – 62% Vs. 32%
• Total – 53% Vs. 42%

Favorable Vs. Unfavorable:

• White Voters – 52 Vs. 46%
• Latino Voters – 69% Vs. 26%
• Total – 58% Vs. 39%

California is not going away from the lock that it is for President Obama anytime soon. California has become a solid blue state but even at that, Obama’s approval numbers are not that great.

But, no worries for David Axelrod here.