Governor Schwarzenegger's First Big Defeat; USC Going To The Rose Bowl, Not The Sugar Bowl; The Role Of Islamic Clerics In An Iraqi Democracy
Governor Schwarzenegger's First Big Defeat
In a late night vote on Friday, the California legislature rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's fiscal proposals. The Governor's aides say he will bypass the legislature and rely on public support for bond issues approved earlier during the Davis administration or a future bond measure that would appear on the November 2004 ballot. But critics warn that the State could run out of money by June if taxes are not raised or programs are not cut. Joined by Dan Weintraub, columnist, Sacramento Bee, Arnold Steinberg, political strategist, and Bruce Cain, Director of the Institute for Governmental Studies, Larry Mantle discusses this first major defeat for Arnold Schwarznegger since he took office as Governor.
USC Going To The Rose Bowl, Not The Sugar Bowl
Larry Mantle talks with L.A. Times staff writer Gary Klein and the CEO of the Tournament of Roses Mitch Dorger about USC, the controversy over their number one ranking in the polls and their BCS ranking.
The Role Of Islamic Clerics In An Iraqi Democracy
Iraq's Shiite clerics and the Shiite religious parties favor direct elections for a transitional government rather than the American-backed proposal to use provincial caucuses for selecting delegates to a national assembly. This is only one of the points of contention between the Americans and the religious Shiite parties in their struggle for political power in a post-Saddam Iraq. Larry Mantle talks with Brian Bennett, correspondent for Time magazine in Baghdad, and Imam Ali Al Qazwini, an active Iraqi American in Southern California about the role of the Iraqi Shiite clerics in the formation of an Iraqi democracy.