Editorial: Will California's bullet train be derailed by a waffling governor and a petty president?

A little over a decade ago, when California's bullet train was still a dream on paper, its backers promised that the nation's first true high-speed rail system would transform the way we travel and yield significant economic rewards for the state. They laid out a vision of innovation and progress and promised a continuation of California's long history of leading America into the future.

Now, however, the project is stuck - partially built, with billions of dollars