Californians in nearly every instance cast their votes to preserve the economic turnaround in this newly restored, competitive state,

We'll have to see who has the votes if it comes to that.

The Bells and rural companies are much more insulated from competitive threats because they tend to be in the bundle business. I think the stock prices now reflect longer-term optimism.

Either way, it comes down to just 3,000 votes out of approximately 1,360,000 votes cast, ... That's just two-tenths of 1 percent of the total vote cast in this election. Such a small margin would have already triggered a recount in 12 states.

Never again can we allow out-of-state profiteers to hold Californians hostage.

Reinforce the governor's emergency powers to set anything aside -- state and federal statute and regulation -- that stands in the way of quick recovery,