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1. LEGISLATIVE SPECIAL SESSION VO/SOT
2. ELECTION AFTERMATH VO/SOT
3.TAKING DOWN THE MEDELLIN DRUG CARTEL VO/SOT
4. PROPOSITION 8 LAWSUIT VO/SOT
2. ELECTION AFTERMATH VO/SOT
LIVE:
STATE SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TODAY REACTED BITTERLY OVER ELECTION RESULTS INCLUDING THE BAN ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE, AND PASSAGE OF THE REDISTRICTING REFORM BALLOT MEASURE. TERMED-OUT SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE DON PERATA BLAMED VOTERS FOR HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURES OF GOVERNMENT.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL
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EARLY ELECTION RESULTS INDICATE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS GAINED AT LEAST TWO SEATS IN THE ASSEMBLY AND ONE IN THE SENATE. BUT THEY WERE DENIED THEIR SOUGHT-AFTER 2/3'S SUPERMAJORITY IN THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO RAISE TAXES AND PASS STATE BUDGETS REGARDLESS OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER OPPOSITION. VOTERS ALSO PASSED PROPOSITION 11, WHICH TAKES AWAY LAWMAKERS POWER TO DRAW THEIR OWN DISTRICT LINES, AND GIVES IT TO AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION. A POLITICAL ANALYST SAYS THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S PUBLIC APPROVAL RATING OF JUST 15 PERCENT LIKELY LED TO THE PASSING OF PROPOSITION 11, BUT PERATA CHASTISED GROUPS INCLUDING COMMON CAUSE AND A-A-R-P FOR SUPPORTING THE BALLOT MEASURE.
SUPER: GARY DIETRICH-POLITICAL ANALYST
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SAYS: "AND THAT FRANKLY WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT FINALLY, FINALLY PUT A REDISTRICTING MEASURE OVER THE TOP. ALBEIT BY ONE MEAGER PERCENTAGE POINT, BUT FINALLY PEOPLE SAID ENOUGH'S ENOUGH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU DRAW YOUR OWN DISTRICTS ANYMORE, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE DEMOCRATS, WHO ALREADY CONTROL THE LEGISLATURE ANY MORE POWER."
SUPER: SENATOR DON PERATA/D-OAKLAND
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SAYS: "THE CAMPAIGNS ARE RUN TO DEMONIZE, OR DEVALUE THE WORTH OF THE PEOPLE THAT GET ELECTED. SO IF NO OTHER REASON, I HOPE IT FAILS. BUT I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY PREDICTION. UNLESS YOU GOT SOME MONEY YOU WANT TO PUT UP. AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN...,"
REPORTER: "IF ELECTED OFFICIALS AREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR POOR GOVERNMENT, WHO IS?"
SAYS: "(LONG PAUSE) WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR BAD WRITING? ENGLISH TEACHERS?"
VO TAG:
SENATOR DARREL STEINBERG, WHO WILL REPLACE PERATA AS SENATE PRESIDENT WHEN THE NEW LEGISLATURE CONVENES IN DECEMBER, BEMOANED THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 8, WHICH BANS SAME SEX MARRIAGE. STEINBERG SAYS THE ESTIMATED 70 PERCENT OF BLACK VOTERS WHO SUPPORTED PROPOSITION 8 WEREN'T SUFFICIENTLY EDUCATED ON THE ISSUE.
EXTRA BITES:
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SUPER: GARY DIETRICH-POLITICAL ANALYST
ON THE PROSPECTS FOR SUCCESS BY THE COMBINATION OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA AND DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES IN THE U.S. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
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SAYS: "A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SPOKE ON THIS LOUD AND CLEAR AND SAID IN A USA-TODAY GALLUP POLL ALMOST HALF OF AMERICANS SAID THIS, WHOEVER WON, IS GOING TO BE THE TOUGHEST PRESIDENCY IN 50 YEARS, SO ONE ALMOST HAS TO HAVE COMPASSION ON THE FOLKS GOING TO WASHINGTON, CAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY, VERY TOUGH ROW TO HOE."
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SAYS: "REPUBLICANS ARE ALREADY NOW LICKING THEIR CHOPS SAYING YOU WANTED IT, YOU GOT IT. TWO YEARS FROM NOW WE'VE GOT MID-TERMS, OF COURSE HISTORICALLY MID TERM'S GREAT FOR THE OUT-OF POWER PARTY. THEY'RE ALREADY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR BIG, BIG RUN UPS IN TWO YEARS."
OVERALL REACTION TO CALIFORNIA ELECTION RESULTS:
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SAYS: "ONE THING I THINK I SAW IN CALIFORNIA WAS STILL A SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC STATE, VOTED FOR OBAMA OVERWHELMINGLY, STILL RETURNED DEMOCRATS TO THE LEGISLATURE, BUT ON KEY THINGS LIKE SOCIAL ISSUES LIKE GAY MARRIAGE, THERE WHERE NOT ANY BIG LURCH TOP THE LEFT AS PEOPLE THOUGHT MIGHT HAPPEN."
SUPER: SENATOR DARRELL STEINBERG/D-SACRAMENTO
ON PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 8:
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SAYS: "I THINK IT'S THE ONE MAJOR DOWN POINT OF UH THE ELECTION EVENING LAST NIGHT..., ...INTO OUT CONSTITUTION, I THINK THAT'S WRONG."
