California: George W. Bush

 Obama has appointed a man who BELIEVES in Shairah Law--to be chief attorney for Hillary Clinton at the Department State, which means he believes in beheadings, stoning for adultery (wonder if Bill Clinton approved of this.  "A New York lawyer, Steven Stein, says Koh in 2007 told the Yale Club of Greenwich that "in an appropriate case, he didn't see any reason why Shariah law would not be applied to govern a case in the United States."

Harold Hoh also believes that Zimbawae law is as important as the laws of South Dakota or California.  "Koh believes laws of places like Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka should carry equal weight with the laws of Virginia and South Dakota, and that it's "appropriate for the Supreme Court to construe our Constitution in the light of foreign and international law" in its decisions.

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The stimulus plan isn't the only thing Republicans are obstructing. Hilda Solis, still the representative from CA-32, was nominated as Secretary of Labor by President Obama on December 19. It's been nearly two months and her nomination still hasn't moved out of the Senate HELP committee.

Republicans, led by Mike Enzi of Wyoming, are trying to stop Hilda Solis because of her support of workers' rights, including - but not limited to - the Employee Free Choice Act. They even want her to promise to not lobby on behalf of Employee Free Choice as a condition of confirmation - which she has so far refused to do.

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When we watched the helicopter carry George W. Bush away from our nation's capital many of us hoped we had finally seen the end of lawlessness as governing policy by Republicans in our country. And though President Obama has moved to restore the rule of law in Washington D.C., California Republicans are demonstrating the problem persists here in the Golden State.

David Dayen has written about how Mike Villines' insistence that Republicans would only vote for a budget deal by trading votes on new taxes for votes to gut labor and environmental protections were a likely violation of

Californians like President Obama's performance during his first week in office but are becoming increasing negative about the performances of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature, especially on fixing the deficit-riddled state budget, a new Public Policy Institute of California poll has found.

The PPIC poll found that 79 percent of Californians believe Obama will be a strong and capable president, reflecting not only his landslide victory in the state in November but his transition and inaugural performance.

In contrast, former President George W. Bush scored just 54 percent in California as he began his presidency eight years ago, dropping to 51 percent four years later.