Teddy Partridge

Tuesday is the Day of Decision for the California Supremes. The High Court will announce its marriage equality decisions at 10am Pacific Time. Will Proposition 8 be upheld or overturned? Will the Rainbow Window marriages stand, or will they be invalidated?

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend; it will end with a bang on Tuesday at 10 am when the California Supreme Court rules on three cases that challenge Proposition 8′s constitutionality.

The California Supreme Court was prepared to announce its decision tomorrow on Proposition 8, but has delayed the opinion at the request of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, because an announcement on Thursday would coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the conviction of Supervisor Dan White for the murders of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk on the lightest charges possible, and the subsequent White Night riots, according to the website Towleroad with exclusive sources in City Hall.

New opinion poll shows that Nevadans are up for changing their Senator. Problem? There’s no opponent on the horizon.

The Sacramento Bee reports that Iraq War veteran Anthony Woods is preparing to announce his candidacy for the Congressional seat now held by Ellen Tauscher (CA-10) who has been nominated to the State Department by Secretary Clinton.

BREAKING NEWS FROM WABC

Friday, April 24, 2009

Democrat Murphy wins Kirsten Gillibrand’s New York House seat as Republican Tedisco concedes drawn-out race.

At Sunday’s Democratic gubernatorial debate, state Senator Creigh Deeds, former Delegate Brian Moran, and former DNC chair Terry McAuliffe were asked their views on marriage equality, and what steps they would take to repeal the discriminatory Marshall/Newman amendment if elected governor.

Numbers-cruncher to the blogosphere Nate Silver provides analysis that proves Jim Tedisco can’t beat Scott Murphy in NY-20 and may need to cash out soon.

Wow — when Terry McAuliffe promised to tap into his vast fundraising rolodex for his gubernatorial campaign, he really meant it.

Head of the “New Democrats,” DADT repeal proponent and friend of Wall Street bankers Ellen Tauscher has been tapped to go to work for Hillary Clinton as undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.