Keep sending those emails urging your Republican senators to vote for the budget!

New GOP leader Dennis Hollingsworth, elected late last night in an ouster of Dave Cogdill, said this morning he hopes "this deal doesn't make it through." He wants a budget with no tax increase. The budget deal negotiated between legislators and the governor still lacks one Republican vote for passage (Cogdill and Roy Ashburn are on board). California requires a two-thirds majority to pass a budget.