And stop Nestle from draining the aquifers.

that reacting to it would look like accepting climate change as a reality.

Unless Ahnold was still there, he wasnt an idiot on this topic

will appeal to those with limited understanding of either our State's water infrastructure, or the realities of water storage.

Of course, there's always the immediate rejoinder: "Store what water? It hasn't rained or snowed much in years!"

But then you'll find that countered by people such as the moron who buttonholed me this weekend: "Look at all this rain we just got!" he exclaimed. "It's just flushing down the drains! Why don't we stop it!"

"We are," I explained. "As best we can. But we live less than 5 miles from the sea, in a flat plain. Where do you believe it should be stopped? And how are you going to store it? Further inland, there are dams and percolation ponds that will capture much of what comes out of the mountains. But there's not much we can do with what falls in your backyard, beyond capturing it in a rain barrel.

"You do have a rain barrel, do you not?"

And then a lot of sputtering and hemming and hawing, ending with a muttered "gotta do something."

So yeah. Ludicrous as the Republican plan is, it'll resonate with a certain demographic.

Mores the pity of us all. Just hope it isn't a large enough demographic to impact more than a few isolated contests next year.