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MATT WELCH: California Screaming: The Golden State?s political class comes unglued in the face of ?

By Glenn Reynolds

MATT WELCH: California Screaming: The Golden State’s political class comes unglued in the face of a citizens’ revolt. “Rarely has the chasm between elite political discourse and grubby popular opinion been displayed in such sharp relief. The implications of this citizen revolt?and the hostile reactions to it?stretch far beyond Nevada?s western border. California is the Ghost of Federal Government Future. . . . Faced with a political class that ignored bureaucratic inefficiency, that demanded higher taxes, that filled the newspapers with scare stories about people who will literally die as a result of budget cuts, the citizens of one of the bluest states in the nation collectively said we just don?t believe you anymore. If even California?s famous fruits and nuts can call the statists? bluff, there may be hope for the rest of the country. “

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on July 08, 2009 (boomark / email).