Dreier, Bush in agreement 93.6 percent of the time

There are quite a few folks out there who have interest in the Dreier/Warner race that I wrote about last week. I've received a few emails, some critical, about the race, and about our coverage of Dreier in general. The irony of the emails, is that the thing some people feel angry about is that we have not given serious coverage to opponents of Dreier- which is exactly what the intent of the Warner article was in the first place.

Two other emails/calls of interest: first from the Courage Campaign, a local progressive activist group that did an admirable job last winter of pushing for county voters to get their primary ballots counted in the double-bubble debacle. They cite Congressional Quarterly voting data that indicates that Dreier voted with Bush 93.6 percent of the time, and do a summary of the votes they consider most offensive here (quick rundown: the list includes votes against renewable power, a vote against the GI Bill that would increase educational benefits to veterans, the Terry Schiavo vote, and most of the Iraq war votes).

The call of interest came from Ted Brown, the Libertarian party candidate who is also a candidate for Dreier's seat. He pointed out, rightfully, that he should be included in articles about the seat. So to give him some (limited) exposure until the next article on the race, I offered to do an online interview to run on this blog later this week. Stay tuned.