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Still, his protest against union power in California is necessary and important — perhaps a harbinger of more to come from better-financed, better-known politicians, in California and across the country. Even more than financial sustainability, Mickey’s candidacy is about political reform — about breaking up the union-funded party establishment that is not only bankrupting the state but also stifling honest discussion of public issues.So, here we are at an odd interval when this “right-winger” (that would be me) looks at the campaign of a generally liberal candidate (that would be Kaus) and finds begrudging agreement on the central issue of out-of-control public employees unions. The SEIU and AFSCME and other public employees unions are a detriment to us all. Public employee unions are antithetical to good government and we’ll take allies even when they are other wise liberal on this point. So, while we certainly hope that Chuck DeVore wins Barbara Boxer’s seat in the Senate, if the contest must come down between Kaus and Boxer, let it be Kaus.
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