PolitiCal Roundup: Proposition 8, clean energy, California universities

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As California’s Proposition 8 battle lurches forward, the Obama administration sees no ‘reasonable arguments’ to defend a law that bars gay marriages.

Save loan guarantees for clean energy, and the 75,000 jobs that go with them, says U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. House Republicans have voted to strip the program from the budget.

When it comes to creating premier universities, California has matched the performance of the entire Northeastern United States in far less time and with a smaller population, says a UCLA history professor. The state shouldn’t jeopardize its system now by cutting ‘muscle and bone,’ he argues.