Just saw this on latimes.com:
Plagued by a lack of money, supporters of a statewide initiative drive to change the way California's 55 electoral votes are apportioned, first revealed here by Top of the Ticket in July, are pulling the plug on that effort.
In an exclusive report to appear on this website late tonight and in Friday's print editions, The Times' Dan Morain reports that the proposal to change the winner-take-all electoral vote allocation to one by congressional district is virtually dead with the resignation of key supporters, internal disputes and a lack of funds.
Darn! One less zany/borderline insane ballot proposition for Californians to choose from next June.
Hey! Maybe Alan Keyes will move here and run for governor!
One can dream . . .
UPDATE: Skepticism abounds. Repubs are noted vampires; is this proposal truly dead, or merely un-dead? "Some say" the jury is still out . . .
Probably best to assign a Wooden Stake Watch, with rotating shifts of vigilant Dems ready to administer the coup de grace through the heart if needed. (Good luck finding the heart, BTW.) Any lawyers in the house? Please draft a DNR while you're at it.
UPDATE 2: A more substantial story is now up at the Times' website:
SACRAMENTO -- A proposed California initiative campaign that could have helped Republicans hold on to the White House in 2008 was a shambles Thursday night, as two of its key consultants quit.
Unable to raise sufficient money and angered over a lack of disclosure by its one large donor, veteran political law attorney Thomas Hiltachk, who drafted the measure, said he was resigning from the committe
Here's some phraseology that leaves me cold:
There remained a chance that the measure could be revived, but only if a major donor were to come forward to fund the petition drive. However, time is short to gather the hundreds of thousands of signatures needed by the end of November. And backers said Thursday that they believed the measure was all but dead, at least for the 2008 election.
" 'Shambles' is the wrong word," said strategist Marty Wilson, who curtailed his fundraising efforts weeks ago. "The campaign never got off the ground."
Can we believe that? Hmmm . . .