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Last Updated on Monday, 3 March 2008 11:31 Written by rslcpol Monday, 3 March 2008 11:31
The Capitol was in a celebratory mood as Karen Bass was ratified last week as the next speaker of the California Assembly and the first black woman to hold such a position in state and national history.
It is, after all, generally considered to be California’s second-most-powerful political position, albeit not as potent as it was before term limits, and Democrats were happy that they didn’t suffer the embarrassment of a prolonged battle royal for the speakership.
Bass should savor the moment while she can because it won’t last very long – she’ll be forced out of the Assembly by term limits in 2010 – and because 2008 is shaping up as an especially contentious year in the Capitol.