California Insider

I got a chance to see a preview of the California Connected public affairs show that will air Friday night featuring the governor and the Assembly speaker. The show's producers have interwoven the dueling interviews into a back-and-forth on the issues, and the broader question of why the sides couldn't agree this year, in a way that makes it the closest thing the electorate will see to a debate between the principles. It's worth checking out. A web version will be here after it airs.

Some Republicans say the gov is being too tough on the president, and Democrats want him to get tougher.