Lee Fink

@paulmitche11 @MattMahanSJ I think that this poll should be enough to end the Top 2 system. The entire purpose was that voters would cross-over to nominate a moderate (mostly R to D). But politicians of the losing party (statewide R, but locally both) take advantage of the opening to "win" a primary.

For those who keep thinking "crossover" voters exists in CA Primary elections... here you go. In the latest polling just 1% of Reps say they will vote for the most mod Dem in the race, @MattMahanSJ. Funny enough, 3% say they will vote for the one saying he is the most progressive in the race, @TomSteyer So, when someone says that a Dem can win by appealing to crossover voters, show them this. And the same goes for anyone thinking a Rep can win by getting crossover votes. (I would like to see Insurance Commissioner... that may be more prone to crossover votes this year)

@MetJetsIes @RJB1733 @FrankLuntz Protection against abuses by the majority are not achieved by allowing the minority to govern; that’s the opposite of the purpose. And the EC was established mostly because it was closer to the people than the alternative of election by Congress.

@MetJetsIes @RJB1733 @FrankLuntz Impressive. You’ve rattled off the two dumbest arguments for the Electoral College along with a false history of why it exists. Small states have no special claim to the presidency, nor does the EC ensure that (Gore wins in 2000 is the House were as large as the Framers planned.

If we did this, the President of the United States would currently be Donald Trump.

All right @BenSasse, let's make a bet. Let's divide the US in half. I'll let you pick which half. In your half, you ban Candy Crush. In my half we institute 16 weeks of paid parental leave, universal childcare, & a restored child tax credit. Let's see which has more babies.

@chucktodd Notably, an uncapped House would have led to a Gore 2000 victory at ~ 450 seats.

There really is only one way to improve representation for all Americans in Congress: UNCAP THE HOUSE! It’s what the founders intended; they did NOT want to see Congressional Districts that were bigger than most major cities. Want to dilute the influence of courts and partisans, UNCAP THE HOUSE!

@AndThatsBB You put the Dodgers at "maybe"??? Where have you been the last 18 years???

If Derek Jeter played his entire career for each franchise, would he be that franchise's greatest player?

@mike_petriello @notgaetti There are teams that have greater franchise players than Jeter right now. (Angels, Dodgers, Yankees, maybe others.)

@notgaetti this is not anti-Jeter content at all, but we're not really putting him above Mays, Ted, Bonds, and Babe, are we? (the 29/30 "easily" thing.)

I think this is true actually

@CJNitkowski But any team CAN do it; and other teams have worked on doing it. Teams SHOULD be doing it--they should be developing pitching alternatives. It's actually weirder that you don't think there should be the rule because he is special. If he's special, he's special.

Good to see this gaining some traction this week with Craig Counsell the latest to question the rule. The DH part makes total sense, the ability to roster an extra pitcher just because you have a starting pitcher who also hits is illogical. Spare me the “any team can do it” argument. He’s special, we acknowledge that, but to have a roster advantage doesn’t equate.

@xwOBA_enjoyer Notably, Orel Hershiser's scoreless inning streak should stand at 67 (or 67 1/3) innings.

I hate, hate, HATE when MLB talks about "streaks" that don't include the postseason. This just isn't true! In order to make it true, you'd have to make a disclaimer that a random April game against the Rockies counts, but World Series Game 5 doesn't.

BIG NEWS: Governor @GavinNewsom is endorsing my campaign for Lieutenant Governor!  As a Navy Veteran, former Mayor, and member of the Governor’s Cabinet, I've spent my career in service solving problems and delivering real results for people.

@johnkonrad Your complaint is that you left California and stopped paying California taxes and now California won’t subsidize your kids’ college? Turns out leaving California was *not* good choice for their education. Spread the word.

My wife has a master’s in education and won teacher of the year for her entire district two years ago. We left California right before my son started middle school. “He is not going to school in a trailer park.” That is what the school was. A bunch of modular homes. And we lived in a wealthy district. And it was not just the dilapidated buildings. The school policies were insane. Everyone tried to apply to magnet schools. We toured a bunch of those too and she was not a fan. Highly concentrated academics, very limited sports and extracurriculars. Both my kids got into their top college picks. That would not have happened if we had stayed. And here is the strange part. My daughter got into almost every school she applied to, including programs with acceptance rates as low as 5%. She was rejected from every UC she applied to. And not just her. Friends with perfect GPAs got the same result. Meanwhile her California friends, with lower scores, got into UCs. I have not investigated it, but I think the UC system is covering for major gaps. P.S. UC schools don’t want SAT scores. Gee, I wonder why.

Katie Porter was not responsible for causing Eric Swalwell’s downfall; Swalwell was. But if Katie Porter did bring down a rapist, wouldn’t that be reason enough to vote for her???

Too bad this guy doesn't have any connections to anyone in the federal government whom he could convince to re-write the code.

@AndrewSolender Might as well lean into it; no one is going to mistake him for Clooney.

Scott Wiener, a 6'7" tall California state senator running to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the House, is out with a new ad called "The Giraffe" and, well, I just think you need to watch it for yourself...

Yeah, when people were not surprised about Swalwell, it goes back a long time. ebcitizen.com/2012/04/11/sta…

@paulmitche11 But Chris Cillizza is relying on it . . . x.com/ChrisCillizza/…

In addition to being catastrophically flawed, this poll is also a polling malpractice in the weights. Poll is only 28% seniors when they will be 40%+ of voters. Has too many Latinos, not enough Democrats, too many independents. This thing is a goddamn mess. All that said, I am not going to be surprised if a real pollster found @TomSteyer ahead right now. I may have seen two polls already that showed him ahead or just slightly ahead of Porter. But getting there with nonsense methodology shouldn’t be rewarded. @surveyusa sucks.

Worlds worst pollster releases survey done “80% before news broke widely” regarding @ericswalwell flameout and exit from the race. Literally EVERY OTHER POLLSTER would trash this survey, wait a few days and start over. News orgs paying for this are being robbed.

@Howard_Cole @NateBlanchett Not just because he's a big Dodger fan, I assume.

@leekfink @NateBlanchett I wanted Padilla, but whatareyagonnado?

Why do the “mean boss” allegations not seem to phase Amy Klobuchar’s popularity but very similar allegations seem to have damaged Katie Porter’s political ambitions significantly?

@Howard_Cole @NateBlanchett (I support KP, obviously, but if others don't, they are free to talk about that. But let's get the facts out there about it.)

@Howard_Cole @NateBlanchett Don't delete it; spread the correction. I know that you're a quality journalist who always tries to spread the facts (along with a little truth about baseball and the Dodgers). This is a common misconception (I don't know why), but use this to let people know the facts.