Politics and other nightmares

The natives are restless:

Californians overwhelmingly approved Proposition 28, which will enact sweeping changes in California's term-limits law. But the fate of Proposition 29, which would boost tobacco taxes, remained uncertain Tuesday morning.

Proposition 28 would cut the number of years legislators could serve from 14 years to 12, though they could serve all those years in a single house.

Well, of course she does:

First lady Michelle Obama tells the Associated Press that she wouldn't want a federal ban on big sugary drink, but applauds Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to fight obesity:

Some Repbulicans are apparently giving Lt.  Gov. nominee Sue Ellsperman grief because she voted in the 2008 Democratic primary when Hillary and Barack were duking it out:

The headline on this story says "dire" CBO report -- can't we find a stronger word than that?

U.S. debt is on track to be nearly twice the size of the U.S. economy by 2037, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warned Tuesday.

Any snarky comment here would be superfluous:

The daughter of Cuba's president supports the re-election bid of U.S. President Barack Obama, but believes he could do more were it not for the pressures he is facing, she said in an interview broadcast Monday on "CNNi's Amanpour."

Hallelujah -- farm subsudies may be up for grabs:

Racism (or at least its cousin ethnic prejudice) rears its ugly head in the presidential campaign:

President Obama's top political strategist told Univision television that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would be making an "insult" to Hispanics if he picked Sen. Marco Rubio as his running mate in order to try to boost his showing with Hispanics.

Memo to Mitt Romney: If President Obama wishes you were more like John McCain, just keep on plugging way, because you're obviously doing something right:

Faced with deteriorating economic conditions and an unexpectedly aggressive Republican opponent, President Obama and his aides are expressing nostalgia for Sen. John McCain, the Republican opponent Obama defeated handily in the 2008 election.

Well, good:

Man, wished I could have been there:

Eric Holder, Barack Obama's attorney general and David Axelrod, his top political adviser had to be separated after squaring up during a furious row over attempts to impose White House operatives in the justice department.