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Broken Clocks & Watch Batteries - The WSJ Has Nice Things to Say About Who??
9-7-2008 1:04 pm
Los Angeles County
What's the opposite of the old saying that a broken clock is right twice a day? Maybe that even normally functioning watches need to have their batteries...
Karl Roves Electoral Maps
9-7-2008 12:50 pm
Los Angeles County
I know Jon likes to keep this as a resource for state political news, and in that vein I guess I'll point out how this map shows that Obama's lead in...
Sunday San Diego: Republican Goldsmith Rolling in Dem Endorsements
9-7-2008 9:15 am
San Diego County
In perhaps San Diego's highest profile run-off election in the last several years, Judge Jan Goldsmith is taking on incumbent Democrat City Attorney Mike...
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Without a State Budget: Day 70 (Letâs get it on!)
Source: OC Register Total Buzz
Sep 8, 2008 3:47 am
After about a week of waiting, the big day is finally here: the state Senate is expected to meet at 2 p.m. today to discuss the GOP’s budget plan. I, for one, am all a twitter, but other developments may overshadow the day. On Friday, the Cali…
Cows: The Real Cause of Global Warming
Source: CA Political News
Sep 7, 2008 10:11 pm
Folks, the government of California, thanks to AB 32, can not control you eating of meat. AB 32 controls BBQ's, lawn mowers, light bulbs and jobs. If "government" believes that the eating of cows is the "cause" of global warming, they MUST, to save t…
Gov. Sarah Palin NEWS Roundup
Source: CA Political News
Sep 7, 2008 4:02 pm
"The Next Right" is a wonderful newsletter sent out daily, from a conservative perspective. It is tough on the Left, as well as willing to point out the negatives of the Right. It is willing to point out the hypocrisy of the Left and the missed oppor…
Broken Clocks & Watch Batteries - The WSJ Has Nice Things to Say About Who?? [By Brandon Powers - Los Angeles County - Flash Report]
Source: FlashReport
Sep 7, 2008 12:04 pm
Whats the opposite of the old saying that a broken clock is right twice a day? Maybe that even normally functioning watches need to have their batteries changed from time to time? Odd, but interesting that the Wall Street Journal of all places woul…
Karl Roves Electoral Maps [By Brandon Powers - Los Angeles County - Flash Report]
Source: FlashReport
Sep 7, 2008 11:50 am
I know Jon likes to keep this as a resource for state political news, and in that vein I guess Ill point out how this map shows that Obamas lead in California has dropped from 21-points in July to 11-points currently. But more so, a)maybe Im lat…
Cavala: Perfect âStormâ Looms for the G.O.P. in California
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 7, 2008 11:02 am
By Bill Cavala A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento Journalists covering Presidential campaigns have to file stories on a regular – often a daily basis – whether or not the campaigns generate “news”. As candidates don’t change their …
McCain Campaign Plays Spin the Voters (And the Press, Too)
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 7, 2008 10:36 am
By Frank D. Russo Here are three short ones from some of my favorite sites on the net on the ferocious spinning we are getting following the Republican convention. From David Dayen: d-day 'Tis the season for the press to be played by Republican s…
Recall Arnold?
Source: Calitics
Sep 7, 2008 9:58 am
That's what the Correctional Officers are considering, according to Matier and Ross: Well-placed Sacramento sources tell us the state's politically powerful and well-financed prison guards union has lawyers drawing up language for a recall initiative…
This Week's Fresh Fruit and Stale Bread
Source: Dem Majority Report
Sep 7, 2008 9:45 am
Fresh Fruit: The California Taxpayers' Association. In a sign of just how desperate the budget crisis has become, the California Taxpayers Association, California's oldest self-described taxpayer organization, voted 28-19 to support a temporary …
Today's Fresh Meat
Source: Dem Majority Report
Sep 7, 2008 9:00 am
Congress is considering an omnibus bill that would restore salmon flows to part of the San Joaquin River, a project that has drawn the ire of agriculture groups and Republican activists throughout the state, the Sacramento Bee reports. It is unclear …
Same Old Litmus Tests from the Republican Ticket: Doesnât Sound Like Change to Me
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 7, 2008 8:24 am
By Diane Trzcinski Cab Drollery All sorts of information has surfaced about the Republican vice-presidential nominee the past week or so. That certainly isn't surprising. After all, very few people knew who Sarah Palin was when Sen. McCain announce…
Sunday San Diego: Republican Goldsmith Rolling in Dem Endorsements [By Barry Jantz - San Diego County - Flash Report]
Source: FlashReport
Sep 7, 2008 8:15 am
In perhaps San Diegos highest profile run-off election in the last several years, Judge Jan Goldsmith is taking on incumbent Democrat City Attorney Mike Aguirre. Goldsmith, endorsed by the San Diego GOP prior to the primary, is now pulling in one D…
Parity for Mental Health Treatment in California: AB 1887 Needs Governorâs Signature
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 7, 2008 6:25 am
By Jim Beall, Jr. Member California State Assembly There are 18 million Californians who have health insurance can count on medical help when they have a physical illness or injury. But if they suffer from a severe mental health or substance abuse…
California Healthcare, the Budget Crisis, and Another Chance to Get It Right
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 7, 2008 6:10 am
By LjRose In the fall of 2006, a healthcare bill (SB840) that would have provided healthcare for ALL Californians and saved California an estimated $343.6 billion passed both houses of the legislature. It then went to Arnold who – fearing the disp…
Californians Donât Need a Daily Serving of Toxic Perfluorinated Chemicals: Governor Should Sign SB 1313
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 7, 2008 5:22 am
By Bill Magavern Director Sierra Club California Americans eat 90 acres of pizza a day, and consume more than 16 billion quarts of popcorn each year. Those hungry folks could be getting a hidden side order of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), compo…
Taxpayer Group Demands Higher Taxes on Taxpayers
Source: CA Political News
Sep 6, 2008 9:31 pm
The California Taxpayers Association does NOT represent you and me. Instead it represents the largest corporations in the State. The Democrats wanted to increase corporation and income taxes—so the California Taxpayers Association opposed it—sinc…
Steve Schmidt as the McCain Campaign Embarrasses McCain
Source: Calitics
Sep 6, 2008 8:59 pm
For some unknown reason, Sunday's New York Time begins a puff piece on Steve Schmidt with this anecdote: ST. PAUL - It was what aides to Senator John McCain describe as probably the worst night of his campaign. As Senator Barack Obama claimed the Dem…
Cal-Tax --- I must be missing something [By Supervisor Matt Rexroad - Statewide - Flash Report]
Source: FlashReport
Sep 6, 2008 6:33 pm
When I got the news release about Cal-Tax endorsing the tax proposal by the Governor I almost fell over. Here is the Sacramento Bee story. So I would assume this effort was made to try to provide cover for legislative Republicans to vote to raise t…
Democrats Work in San Pedro With Debbie Cook (CA-46)
Source: Calitics
Sep 6, 2008 5:02 pm
Today about 20 volunteers congregated at the White Point Nature Preserve in San Pedro to give back to the community as part of Democrats Work and their national day of service. I know community organizing and community service is teh suck, but …
Dems Use Bio-degradable American Flags In Denver? [By Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa - North California - Flash Report]
Source: FlashReport
Sep 6, 2008 1:28 pm
This nugget just in from the CRP: After the Dem Nat'l Convention in Denver and the temple was torn down, the DNC brain trust trash-bagged up about 12,000 American hand flags [about 8x10 inches on wooden dowels] and a 3 by 5 foot flag, to be di…
Cavala: Musings on the California State Budget Deadlock
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 6, 2008 12:48 pm
By Bill Cavala A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento Is there an end to the budget stalemate in sight? Apparently not. Two principled positions appear to have emerged that make compromise difficult to impossible. Republican lawmakers have …
Malkin: Why Obama's Organizer Days Are A Big Joke
Source: CA Political News
Sep 6, 2008 12:44 pm
Working for the Daley machine in Chicago does not qualify you for President of the United States. If it did, they why doesn't Obama release the records of his activities as a "community organizer". Did he build businesses, create better schools, form…
Republican [Shhhh] Convention
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 6, 2008 9:12 am
By Ruth Calvo I have been trying to watch the convention, and I did watch all the speeches Thursday night and I am still groggy. But the most interesting piece of information I have seen to date is that in the entire text of last night's acknowledgm…
Assembly Budget Leadership Joins Governor Schwarzenegger in Pointing Out Irresponsibility of Republican Budget Proposal
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 6, 2008 6:57 am
In this week’s Democratic weekly radio address, future Assembly Budget Chair Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) and current Budget Chair John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) point to impacts of the Republican budget proposal, which is balanced purely through cuts an…
Cal Tax Association Endorses Arnold's Sales Tax Plan
Source: Calitics
Sep 6, 2008 6:41 am
After what was described in the Sac Bee as "hard lobbying" from the governor's office, the California Taxpayers Association has endorsed Arnold's plan to balance the budget with a temporary sales tax increase that becomes a reckless and nonsensical s…