Reply #57: Complications... [View All]

[hunter]

...fuzzy math, and the Bush administration "doesn't get it." They can't "fix" this in their usual venal and corrupt way without screwing over some of their "friends."

Water from Northern California could possibly flow south to make up losses from the Colorado River, but then Bush's Central Valley friends would be severely upset.

The two "hot button" political issues in California's Central Valley are Abortion and Water Exports. Most political billboards along the highways are against abortion, and against water exports.

If the Bush Administration makes it easier to export water south, his anti-abortion stand will not be strong enough to hold onto his Central Valley base.

Bush probably doesn't care about the votes, because he will not take California, but he does care about Congress, and he does care about his political donations.

If I was, God Forbid, Assistant Interior Secretary Bennett Raley, I would have told my bosses that they have their balls in a vice on this one, and recommend they keep quiet until after the election and pray for rain.