51% Oppose; 42% in Favor - Only 7% Are Undecided
A new Field Poll shows that 42 percent of California voters say they will vote for Proposition 8, the ballot initiative sponsored by the national anti-gay lobby that would amend the California Constitution to revoke the right of gay people to marry, while 51 percent say […]

Polling before Labor Day in the presidential race is all but useless, still – this is amazing:
These numbers bode well for the defeat of Proposition 8, the homophobe lobby’s attempt to amend the California Constitution to revoke the right to marry for gay couples.
The latest statewide poll, conducted by the Field organization, shows Democrat […]

It’s like the old Charles Atlas ads where the big, muscle-bound bully of the beach kicks sand in the weakling’s face and makes off with his girl. Only in this case, the apparent injustice was well deserved.
Yesterday, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist probably expected a repeat of last year’s cheerleading session from California Gov. Arnold […]

In my ongoing crusade to point out that racism exists north and west of the Mason-Dixon Line, I want to commend the police in Jon’s adopted hometown. In case you missed the News of the Weird mention, here it is:
The Los Angeles Police Department announced in April that it had investigated 320 complaints against its […]

The way Republicans tell it, the minute we start drilling off the coasts of California, Florida and elsewhere, the price of gas will go down. In fact, it would take five years after the ban on offshore drilling was lifted for oil production to start, and, if it were lifted right now, in 22 years […]

I live about 100 yards from West Hollywood City Hall so when the first marriage licenses were issued to gay people there on Tuesday, it was a big day for news helicopters overhead. I, of course, watched the festivities as reported by CNN’s Thelma Gutierrez, via satellite feed to Atlanta, routed back to me 3,000 […]

First the bad news: On Tuesday, the California Secretary of State’s office confirmed that supporters an anti-mariage ballot initiative had gathered enough signatures to place the initiative on the Nov. 4 ballot. If the measure passes, the state constitution would be amended to ban marriage for gay people.
Unlike Massachusetts, where gay marriage is also […]

Just last week, the Los Angeles Times poll on an initiative being floated for the November ballot that would force an amendment onto the California constitution that banned gay marriage found that 54 percent of voters were in favor of the initiative while 36 percent opposed it.
Now a new Field Poll has produced […]

We were discussing this around the Pensito Review virtual water cooler over the weekend. Here’s the AP’s take:
After nearly a month of intense campaigning and multiple debates between the two candidates, Clinton managed to defeat Brown in the June 1992 California primary by a margin of 48 percent to 41 percent.
Hillary Rodham Clinton often […]