Three Political Parties Populate the New Legislature
The test will come when members of the Mod Squad must stick to their campaign promises. Plenty of candidates swear they will serve as centrists when elected and listen to both sides in political debate but once they are aboard the ship of state, pressure from leadership or powerful interests sway them off the middle path. Columnist Steven Greenhut wrote skeptically in American Spectator: “Sure, there are differences between coastal white liberals and Latino Democrats representing Central Valley farm districts. But the latter almost always go along with the former, although they occasionally resist some tax-hike idea that might make them look bad in their district. Basically, they are all liberals of one variety or another.”
