Publish or Perish - The NY Times is claiming that Bushie is marginalizing California. I think most Californian's have already written him off, so why should he bother pretending to like us. "Few people now look at California as the nation's bellwether state." I think 30 million people would disagree. Texas may have gained prominence through the eyes of the Bush Administration, but California's still a trendsetting leader...it just takes other states a little while to catch up with us.