EDITORIAL WRONG WAY PHIL ANGELIDES FORGETS HE'S RUNNING AGAINST ARNOLD, NOT GEORGE.TRAILING badly in the polls, gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides Philip Nicholas "Phil" Angelides (IPA: æn.dʒε.'lid.ɪs) (born June 11, 1953 in Sacramento, California), is a California politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections. is trying to resurrect his campaign by taking a tough stand ... against the war in Iraq. Um, wrong race, Phil. While the war and President Bush's handling of it are easy political targets, the governor of California The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced. has little power to affect either. And would-be governors of California The following is a list of Governors of the State of California. The governor is the highest executive authority in California and commander-in-chief of the state militia, with the duty to enforce the laws of the state and the ability to veto bills passed by the legislature. have little to gain by harping on them. Angelides claims that as governor, he would order all California National Guard The California National Guard is the component of the United States National Guard in the U.S. state of California. It comprises both Army and Air National Guard components. troops in Iraq to return home. He seems to be suffering from delusions of grandeur Noun 1. delusions of grandeur - a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are delusion, psychotic belief - (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary . The Supreme Court has ruled that on matters of national defense, the president, and not the governor, has authority over a state's National Guard units. In making the president the country's commander-in-chief, the nation's founders clearly intended for foreign policy to be made in Washington, and not in 50 state capitals. Someone needs to remind Angelides that his opponent isn't George W. Bush. Instead of trying to solve the world's problems, he ought to focus on California's. |
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