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Here's the problem for states that want to pry more money out of the wallets of rich people. It never works because people, investment capital and businesses are mobile: They can leave tax-unfriendly states and move to tax-friendly states.

Olympia Snowe, Republican Senator from Maine, makes the case for a big-tent Republican Party. Among the mistakes she cites are the devaluation of diversity and the misreading of the 2004 presidential election as a political mandate.

Joel Kotkin on why California's future doesn't look too good, and why immigrants are the state's best hope.

The common thread throughout all strains of conservative thinking and Republicanism is limited government. If we don't have that in common, what else do we have? There are times in history when it's important to use the power of government. The GOP must be a national party. That means being competitive in California.