#1:
Soon-departing state Senate leader Darrell Steinberg is one politician who frankly admits that successful legislating requires aggressive deal making.
It may, at times, look unseemly. But passing important bills doesn’t just happen immaculately.
There’s horse trading, back scratching and offers that can’t be refused. Politicians call it, more politely, “leveraging.”
http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-cap-steinberg-20140710-column.html
#2:
When the bill first surfaced in the Assembly, the angst among liberal legislators was palpable. They were being asked to embrace legislation that violates two of their oft-chanted political principles, and five Democratic Assembly members refused to vote for it.
The same dilemma – conflict between principle and practical politics – was even more obvious when the bill moved to the Senate.
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/07/08/6542436/dan-walters-bomber-subsidy-bill.html#mi_rss=Dan%20Walters