Last week, I diaried about the California Attorney General's Race, which has been a closely run affair and one that has see-sawed back and forth.
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Last week, various media types were predicting doom and gloom when Democrat Kamala Harris fell about 51,000 votes behind Republican Steve Cooley. For those who have not been following this race, Cooley is the "Law and Order", gay bashing, corrupt Los Angeles County DA who was heavily favored in this race. Kamala Harris is the liberal San Francisco DA who ran a campaign on environmental protection, fighting recidivism, reforming prisons, and prosecuting parents for their kids's truancy. If she were to prevail, Harris would become the first female African American Attorney General in U.S. history (also the first Indian-American Attorney General, her mom is from Tamil Nadu in India).
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