They cling to the lesser evil, though the Democrats' defense of tort law wasn't all that vigorous. The Democrats take the trial lawyers' money, but they haven't really mounted a defense of jury trials, which were a central tenet of the founders' opposition to King George. I tried to get Gore to respond to Bush's attacks on the tort system, but he didn't do anything. And this is what the trial lawyers are clinging to. The state is undergoing this energy crisis, and you've largely stayed away.
Electricity is too important to be a private commodity manipulated by greedy companies.
That's why today, in Los Angeles and Sacramento, the power companies are not worrying about stock options or their investments in Indonesia. They're just focusing on delivering electricity affordably and reliably. Davis should have bought them out, not bailed them out. He should have acted as soon as the prices spiked in San Diego last summer. The only good thing is that energy conservation is becoming more of a focal point for public policy.