My cartoon was prompted by a report by Times political columnist Cathleen Decker about how “California has become the place where politicians go to rich people's homes to talk about the lives of less-fortunate people they rarely meet.” In late June, for example: “President Obama crossed into Southern California airspace on Thursday and promptly took part in two events with donors, one at the home of producer Chuck Lorre and the second hosted by entertainer Tyler Perry. Later he had dinner with Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg.”
What's notable is the fact that California, despite its huge number of electoral votes, is no longer in play politically in general elections.