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Bill Clinton to Back Gavin Newsom for California Governor Over 1992 Rival Jerry Brown
Former President's Endorsement Called 'Potential Game-Changer'
By TEDDY DAVIS
Sept. 15, 2009
Former President Bill Clinton is backing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for California governor over state Attorney Gen. Jerry Brown, potentially upending next year's Democratic race to succeed Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"This is huge. It's a potential game-changer," said Ben Tulchin, a California-based pollster who is unaligned in the 2010 governor's race.
Clinton's decision to appear on Oct. 5 alongside one of his wife's top backers in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination comes at a critical time for the San Franciso mayor: Although Newsom has built a substantial Facebook and Twitter following among younger voters, Brown, a former two-term governor, has raised more than twice as much money as he has.
Clinton's trip to California next month is expected to include an event in predominantly Latino East Los Angeles as well as a high-dollar fundraiser.
While the endorsement of a former president is big news in any state, the former chairman of the California Democratic Party thinks it could be especially significant in California, a state where Clinton has had a strong following ever since he beat Brown in the state's 1992 presidential primary.
"There has never been a former president who has endorsed a candidate in a primary for statewide office in California," said Art Torres, a former state lawmaker who headed the California Democratic Party from 1995 until earlier this year but is neutral in the current race.
"In 1992, Bill Clinton beat Jerry Brown in California by 7 points. He then beat Bush by 13 points in the general," Torres said. "And then in last year's presidential campaign, Hillary [Clinton] beat Obama by 9 points including a 67-to-32 margin among Latinos."
Newsom Hoping Clinton Will Garner Latino Votes
In addition to helping with fundraising and Latinos, the Newsom campaign is hoping that Clinton's endorsement can help the San Francisco mayor make inroads in Southern California.
When Clinton ran against Brown in 1992, the future president carried 43 of the state's 58 counties, including Los Angeles County.
"California is still Clinton country in many ways," said state Sen. Alex Padilla, the chairman of Newsom's campaign. "We are proud supporters of Barack Obama, but we have not forgotten what the Clintons did for California."
Newsom buttressed his ties to Bill Clinton last year when he spoke about environmental policy at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual conference.
The door to a Clinton endorsement in a competitive primary was opened earlier this year when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced that he would not be a candidate for governor.
At the time of the Villaraigosa announcement, pundits were unsure which Democratic candidate would benefit.
The Clinton endorsement is a sign that Villaraigosa's exit might ultimately prove to be more helpful to Newsom than to Brown, since the former president would not have been able to endorse the San Francisco mayor if Villaraigosa, another top backer of his wife's presidential campaign, were also in the race.
Brown was neutral in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary.
"Jerry Brown is still very much the candidate to beat and has run a great campaign to date," said former Clinton adviser Chris Lehane. "But in the world of endorsements, this is certainly one of the real 'gets' that can translate into something. The Clinton name is still golden in the Golden State."
If the Brown campaign portrays the Clinton endorsement as lingering sour grapes over the 1992 campaign, Lehane said he thinks it could backfire.
"Bill Clinton is one of the most popular Democrats in California," Lehane said. "The last thing in the world you would want to do is inject some conflict into this endorsement, because it would just get it out there in a bigger way."
Former President on a 'Payback Tour'?
"When you're dealing with one of the most popular people in the party, the more that people hear about him endorsing your opponent, the less good it is," he said.
While California has never in recent memory seen a former president intervene in a competitive statewide primary, Bill Clinton has already done it in two other 2010 races including Rep. Kendrick Meek's, D-Fla., Florida Senate race and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher's Ohio Senate race.
Given the efforts that Clinton is making on behalf of several of his wife's backers around the country, the Brown camp may try to dismiss Clinton's endorsement as simply the latest obligatory stop on the former president's "payback tour."
Tulchin said, however, that the Clinton endorsement cannot be dismissed so easily.
"Clinton could have easily taken a pass," Tulchin said. "The fact that he is coming out now is a bold move."
The key going forward, according to Tulchin, is just how big of an investment Clinton makes in this race.
"For Gavin to benefit from this fully, he needs significant help raising money," Tulchin said. "If Clinton can help Gavin raise money, then Clinton gives Gavin the resources he needs to sell his story
[Money]
The Coming Flood of Government Jobs
With Unemployment at 9.7 Percent, at Least Somebody is Hiring
By SUSAN ADAMS
Forbes.com
September 15, 2009
As the job news grows ever darker -- according to the Labor Department unemployment has now hit a 26-year high of 9.7% -- a ray of light is shining from one unexpected quarter: the federal government.
A golden age of work for the government is just now dawning, according to a report released last week by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, a group in Washington that promotes government employment. There are several reasons: cyclical turnover; fresh demand in areas such as homeland security and veterans affairs, driven by the post-9/11 terrorist threat and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; and the financial crisis, with the stimulus spending it has spurred.
In Pictures: The Coming Flood Of Government Jobs
By the fall of 2012, the Partnership estimates, the federal government will have hired 273,000 new workers for jobs the group calls "mission critical." In other words, those are all positions that are considered crucial and will definitely be filled. That's a 41% increase over the three previous fiscal years. The jobs will be scattered around the world, from Washington to Portland, Ore., and even to such far-flung places as Japan.
To compile its report, the Partnership approached 35 of the biggest federal agencies, each with 1,000 or more employees, and asked them for hiring projections. After crunching the data, the group determined the 10 categories of jobs that will have the greatest job growth.
Topping the list: Medical and public health. The Partnership projects that 54,000 positions will have to be filled in this area over the next three years. They include work for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical technicians and occupational therapists. Because of the many U.S. soldiers returning from foreign wars, the Department of Veterans Affairs will be the most active employer, hiring 25,000 nurses and 8,500 doctors by 2012. One example of a medical job open now: chief of orthopedics in the Portland, Ore., office of the Veterans Health Administration, a post that pays up to $275,000 a year. (All the specific jobs mentioned in this article and in the accompanying slideshow can be found at the government's official jobs Web site, www.usajobs.gov.)
No. 2: Security and protection. The Partnership expects 52,000 jobs to open up in this area by 2012. They will include airport screeners and police and corrections officers. The Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department will be the two biggest employers in this realm. Sample job: security specialist for the Army's Installation Management Command in Japan. That post pays up to $118,800.
In third place, a field that's closely related to security and protection: compliance and enforcement, with 31,280 jobs, including criminal investigators, border patrol agents and immigration enforcers. Again, the Department of Homeland Security tops the list of employers, with a projected 23,000 new hires needed by 2012. Sample job: Criminal research specialist, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Washington, D.C. That job pays up to $113,000.
Despite all this hiring, the Partnership says the government is not increasing in size. By the end of 2012, the group reports, the government, in terms of civilian Executive Branch employment, will be smaller than it was in 1967.
[Politics]
Bill Clinton to Back Gavin Newsom for California Governor Over 1992 Rival Jerry Brown
Former President's Endorsement Called 'Potential Game-Changer'
By TEDDY DAVIS
Sept. 15, 2009
Former President Bill Clinton is backing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for California governor over state Attorney Gen. Jerry Brown, potentially upending next year's Democratic race to succeed Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"This is huge. It's a potential game-changer," said Ben Tulchin, a California-based pollster who is unaligned in the 2010 governor's race.
Clinton's decision to appear on Oct. 5 alongside one of his wife's top backers in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination comes at a critical time for the San Franciso mayor: Although Newsom has built a substantial Facebook and Twitter following among younger voters, Brown, a former two-term governor, has raised more than twice as much money as he has.
Clinton's trip to California next month is expected to include an event in predominantly Latino East Los Angeles as well as a high-dollar fundraiser.
While the endorsement of a former president is big news in any state, the former chairman of the California Democratic Party thinks it could be especially significant in California, a state where Clinton has had a strong following ever since he beat Brown in the state's 1992 presidential primary.
"There has never been a former president who has endorsed a candidate in a primary for statewide office in California," said Art Torres, a former state lawmaker who headed the California Democratic Party from 1995 until earlier this year but is neutral in the current race.
"In 1992, Bill Clinton beat Jerry Brown in California by 7 points. He then beat Bush by 13 points in the general," Torres said. "And then in last year's presidential campaign, Hillary [Clinton] beat Obama by 9 points including a 67-to-32 margin among Latinos."
Newsom Hoping Clinton Will Garner Latino Votes
In addition to helping with fundraising and Latinos, the Newsom campaign is hoping that Clinton's endorsement can help the San Francisco mayor make inroads in Southern California.
When Clinton ran against Brown in 1992, the future president carried 43 of the state's 58 counties, including Los Angeles County.
"California is still Clinton country in many ways," said state Sen. Alex Padilla, the chairman of Newsom's campaign. "We are proud supporters of Barack Obama, but we have not forgotten what the Clintons did for California."
Newsom buttressed his ties to Bill Clinton last year when he spoke about environmental policy at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual conference.
The door to a Clinton endorsement in a competitive primary was opened earlier this year when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced that he would not be a candidate for governor.
At the time of the Villaraigosa announcement, pundits were unsure which Democratic candidate would benefit.
The Clinton endorsement is a sign that Villaraigosa's exit might ultimately prove to be more helpful to Newsom than to Brown, since the former president would not have been able to endorse the San Francisco mayor if Villaraigosa, another top backer of his wife's presidential campaign, were also in the race.
Brown was neutral in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary.
"Jerry Brown is still very much the candidate to beat and has run a great campaign to date," said former Clinton adviser Chris Lehane. "But in the world of endorsements, this is certainly one of the real 'gets' that can translate into something. The Clinton name is still golden in the Golden State."
If the Brown campaign portrays the Clinton endorsement as lingering sour grapes over the 1992 campaign, Lehane said he thinks it could backfire.
"Bill Clinton is one of the most popular Democrats in California," Lehane said. "The last thing in the world you would want to do is inject some conflict into this endorsement, because it would just get it out there in a bigger way."
Former President on a 'Payback Tour'?
"When you're dealing with one of the most popular people in the party, the more that people hear about him endorsing your opponent, the less good it is," he said.
While California has never in recent memory seen a former president intervene in a competitive statewide primary, Bill Clinton has already done it in two other 2010 races including Rep. Kendrick Meek's, D-Fla., Florida Senate race and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher's Ohio Senate race.
Given the efforts that Clinton is making on behalf of several of his wife's backers around the country, the Brown camp may try to dismiss Clinton's endorsement as simply the latest obligatory stop on the former president's "payback tour."
Tulchin said, however, that the Clinton endorsement cannot be dismissed so easily.
"Clinton could have easily taken a pass," Tulchin said. "The fact that he is coming out now is a bold move."
The key going forward, according to Tulchin, is just how big of an investment Clinton makes in this race.
"For Gavin to benefit from this fully, he needs significant help raising money," Tulchin said. "If Clinton can help Gavin raise money, then Clinton gives Gavin the resources he needs to sell his story
[Money]
The Coming Flood of Government Jobs
With Unemployment at 9.7 Percent, at Least Somebody is Hiring
By SUSAN ADAMS
Forbes.com
September 15, 2009
As the job news grows ever darker -- according to the Labor Department unemployment has now hit a 26-year high of 9.7% -- a ray of light is shining from one unexpected quarter: the federal government.
A golden age of work for the government is just now dawning, according to a report released last week by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, a group in Washington that promotes government employment. There are several reasons: cyclical turnover; fresh demand in areas such as homeland security and veterans affairs, driven by the post-9/11 terrorist threat and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; and the financial crisis, with the stimulus spending it has spurred.
In Pictures: The Coming Flood Of Government Jobs
By the fall of 2012, the Partnership estimates, the federal government will have hired 273,000 new workers for jobs the group calls "mission critical." In other words, those are all positions that are considered crucial and will definitely be filled. That's a 41% increase over the three previous fiscal years. The jobs will be scattered around the world, from Washington to Portland, Ore., and even to such far-flung places as Japan.
To compile its report, the Partnership approached 35 of the biggest federal agencies, each with 1,000 or more employees, and asked them for hiring projections. After crunching the data, the group determined the 10 categories of jobs that will have the greatest job growth.
Topping the list: Medical and public health. The Partnership projects that 54,000 positions will have to be filled in this area over the next three years. They include work for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical technicians and occupational therapists. Because of the many U.S. soldiers returning from foreign wars, the Department of Veterans Affairs will be the most active employer, hiring 25,000 nurses and 8,500 doctors by 2012. One example of a medical job open now: chief of orthopedics in the Portland, Ore., office of the Veterans Health Administration, a post that pays up to $275,000 a year. (All the specific jobs mentioned in this article and in the accompanying slideshow can be found at the government's official jobs Web site, www.usajobs.gov.)
No. 2: Security and protection. The Partnership expects 52,000 jobs to open up in this area by 2012. They will include airport screeners and police and corrections officers. The Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department will be the two biggest employers in this realm. Sample job: security specialist for the Army's Installation Management Command in Japan. That post pays up to $118,800.
In third place, a field that's closely related to security and protection: compliance and enforcement, with 31,280 jobs, including criminal investigators, border patrol agents and immigration enforcers. Again, the Department of Homeland Security tops the list of employers, with a projected 23,000 new hires needed by 2012. Sample job: Criminal research specialist, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Washington, D.C. That job pays up to $113,000.
Despite all this hiring, the Partnership says the government is not increasing in size. By the end of 2012, the group reports, the government, in terms of civilian Executive Branch employment, will be smaller than it was in 1967.
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