Angeledes Wins

They say that those that show up for political conventions are generally the more extreme of the membership. I've pretty much believed that to be the case. Phil Angeledes' nomination by the state Democrats as their gubernatorial candidate is yet more proof of that.

Of course, we still have the June primary to deal with and I find it difficult to believe that the Democrats statewide will go along with the Angeledes endorsement. I guess I shouldn't be surprised if they do, though. This is California, after all.

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The Sacramento Bee's Dan Weintraub gives us a look at the differences between Westly and Angeledes here. Both Angeledes and Westly support giving money supposedy stolen from the schools back, although Westly is a bit more common sense about it, not wanting the autopilot spending to continue year after year.

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Speaking of money and public schools, Dan Walters addresses the issue here. He correctly points out that more money doesn't equate to better schools. That's something that neither Angeledes or Westly seem to understand. Or maybe they just don't care?

As usual, if required to log in to access the Sacramento Bee stories, username is humboldlib, password is blogspot.

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Blog Flash: Just received this report in my daily National Center for Policy Analysis news brief. It has a table that shows state spending per pupil and reading and math levels of students.