California sinks

Another excellent column from George Will, one of the few voices of reason and intelligence out there. The point is clear, which is that my poor state has finally succombed to the years of abuse that are only possible under a staunch liberal government. Combine that with the past 8 years of conservative (if we can really call the insanity that was George Bush conservative) abuse at the federal level and its a wonder the country and state are not in worse shape. The most interesting part of this column was this bit:

Flinching from serious budget cutting and from confronting public employees unions, some Californians focus on process questions. They devise candidate-selection rules designed to diminish the role of parties, thereby supposedly making more likely the election of "moderates" amenable to even more tax increases.
But what actually ails California is centrist evasions. The state's crisis has been caused by "moderation," understood as splitting the difference between extreme liberalism and hyperliberalism, a "reasonableness" that merely moderates the speed at which the ever-expanding public sector suffocates the private sector.

The state needs a revolution, but who is there to lead?