Bill Bennett: “I voted against every single initiative that came in California, whether I agreed with it or not, for precisely the…”

“I voted against every single initiative that came in California, whether I agreed with it or not, for precisely the reasons that the Senator from West Virginia has given us. Because, I said, the people should not be legislating directly in the ballot box. We have a republic to do that. The Constitution guarantees every State a republican form of government. And I felt that California was going down the road, away from that constitutional requirement. I have discovered, since I left California, that whenever the politicians there have a problem now that they find too difficult for them to deal with in the State assembly, they simply say: Well, let's put it on the ballot. And you have legislation going on the ballot that should be fought out in the legislative process of a republic.”