It's part of the mythology, which is: The place didn't exist before I got here. Back home, you were Norma Jean. In California, it's Marilyn Monroe.

Union issues by and large are payroll issues, which are very visible in the state budget and in turn make it easier to demonize. But it's a very one-sided argument to attack labor as if there is no such thing as corporate contributions.

Schwarzenegger, like Brown and Wilson, could certainly make a comeback and be re-elected.

He's going to have to placate those guys or otherwise nothing gets done.

We had a tiny celebration on the ice and then got on the bus and went home. This is a physically draining tournament. Our conversations have centered on the games at hand, not looking down the road. This team is all business.

Lower-valued properties appreciate less quickly. Higher-valued properties appreciate more quickly. Someone with a $100,000 home benefits, but someone with a $1 million home benefits more.