The aging screen siren in Sunset Boulevard flares up in anger when someone tells her she "used to be big."
"I'm still big," she fires back, "it's the pictures that got small."
It's been a bit like that for the California primary (which, this year, will be held June 7). Once the grand dame in the nominating season finale, California hasn't basked in the national nominating spotlight for decades.
With all its charms and beaucoup delegates, California has descended to the status of bit player — or, worse yet, an afterthought — in the selection of the major party nominees.
