Thanks for sharing! Why do you think the CA legislators were more OK pissing off Big Tech & Pelosi? (I mean, I guess Pelosi’s statement didn’t come until relatively late, but I believe there was still time for people in at least one chamber to change their votes.)
To me, the most obvious explanation is probably something like “Newsom cares more about a future in federal government than most CA politicians and therefore relies more heavily on support from Big Tech and approval from national Democratic leaders”– is this what’s driving your model?
This is a fair point. I think Newsom is a very visible and prominent target who has more risk here (I imagine people don’t pay that much attention to individual California legislators), it’s individually his fault if he doesn’t veto, and he wants to be President and thus cares much more about national stuff. While the California legislators were probably annoyed at Pelosi butting into state business.
Thanks for sharing! Why do you think the CA legislators were more OK pissing off Big Tech & Pelosi? (I mean, I guess Pelosi’s statement didn’t come until relatively late, but I believe there was still time for people in at least one chamber to change their votes.)
To me, the most obvious explanation is probably something like “Newsom cares more about a future in federal government than most CA politicians and therefore relies more heavily on support from Big Tech and approval from national Democratic leaders”– is this what’s driving your model?
This is a fair point. I think Newsom is a very visible and prominent target who has more risk here (I imagine people don’t pay that much attention to individual California legislators), it’s individually his fault if he doesn’t veto, and he wants to be President and thus cares much more about national stuff. While the California legislators were probably annoyed at Pelosi butting into state business.