Greetings, Flash Report Buddies! It’s a great day to be a California Republican…the Sacramento Bee recommends Senator John McCain in the upcoming GOP primary! We were fortunate to have the Senator at the CRP convention in Indian Wells last year, and thanks to my fellow FR flasher, Tom Ross, I got to meet the Senator. I’m so proudof the Senator’sresilience and statesmanlike campaign…he makes me proud to be a Reagan Republican! I love the way he reaches out to all Republicans in his speeches, and not just the ones working on his campaign. He’s a unifier. Here’s what the Sac Bee has to say:

The Bee recommends: McCain For GOP, a nominee of principle – Published 12:00 am PST Saturday, January 19, 2008 With no incumbent in the 2008 presidential race, the American people (and the Republican Party) face a clean break from the eight-year Bush presidency. That makes John McCain the clear choice for us. As a senator with 20… Read More

We are pleased today to feature a special guest commentary from FR Friend Jon Coupal, who is President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and is a frequent contributor to this site:

As taxpayers are bombarded daily with bad budget news, they are fastening their seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Sacramento admits to a $14 billion deficit over the next 18 months and even this may turn out to be a conservative estimate. And right on cue, the tax and spend lobby has increased the pitch of its whining for higher taxes.

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Following on the heels of the strong Michigan victory, the Mitt Romney campaign has leveled the field in Nevada. With over 50% of the vote to himself, it shows the momentum is picking up. The McCain third place effort in this Western state, behind Ron Paul, has to be a concern to that campaign.

With 3 states won, the most Republican votes in all states, the most delegates accrued [59 for Mitt to 17 for McCain and 1 for Guiliani], Mitt Romney is fast becoming the conservative standard bearer for the Republican nomination.… Read More

One Republican Presidential candidate wins Iowa. Then fades. Another wins New Hampshire. Then still another wins Michigan. No clear frontrunnerhas emergedfrom these early, largely small state primaries. People have been saying it is an exciting and very surprising race for the Presidency in the Republican party.

Well, it is sure exciting, but perhaps not so surprising, at least to California’s Bill Simon, a key supporter of Rudy Giuliani’s campaign. I was on a call before the Michigan primary last week with Bill, and not only did he predict the outcome of that race, he also said key political advisors had been predicting the same results of these early primary statesfor over a year now – no clear frontrunner emerging from them. Meaning that the real decision to be made in determining the next Republican President will occur in the big state primaries to be held in the coming weeks.

And Rudy Giuliani is positioned better than any other candidate to capture the 1,191 delegates needed to become the Republican nominee. The first four primaries and caucuses produced only 54 delegates, which have tobe divided… Read More

Senator John McCain became the front runner for the Republican nomination tonight by winning the South Carolina primary. McCain leads virtually every national poll and has overtaken Mayor Guiiani in Florida.

The non-medal finish by Governor Romney in this conservative state must be of great concern for that campaign.

Say what you want about McCain. The guy is a true military hero and doesn’t flip-flop. He is solidly pro-life and a true fiscal conservative.

Senator McCain is the best chance for Republicans to hold the White House for another four years.… Read More

Today we are pleased to offer this guest commentary from FR Friend, State Senator George Runner. Runner is Chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus… Nunez-Schwarzenegger health care bill: Empty promises By Senator George Runner Despite all of the promises from Speaker Fabian Nunez and Governor Schwarzenegger about their “universal” health care proposal, the fact is very few Californians will benefit but most of them will pay heavily. And that’s why it won’t past muster with voters in November 2008 … Read More

Today we are pleased to offer this guest commentary from FR Friend, State Senator George Runner. Runner is Chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus…

Nunez-Schwarzenegger health care bill: Empty promises By Senator George Runner Despite all of the promises from Speaker Fabian Nunez and Governor Schwarzenegger about their “universal” health care proposal, the fact is very few Californians will benefit but most of them will pay heavily. And that’s why it won’t past muster with voters in November 2008 The truth is, more than 30 million Californians already have health care coverage through… Read More

I have joined a crew of Mitt Romney supporters to provide last minute assistance to turn out voters for tomorrow’s caucuses. The Romney operation has an impressive ground operation here (I’m in Reno right now) and is geared up after a rally for Governor Romney here in Reno this afternoon. The Governor laid out his agenda of taking on Washington and has been barnstorming the state from Elko to Henderson to Vegas.

Out in the battle at the doors the only other campaigns we have run into so far have been for Hilary and Obama. There are a few Ron Paul supporters who are continuing to try to prove the theory that yard signs and billboards actually have the ability to vote on election day.

We have been joined by some of our GOP youth leaders who are supporting Governor Romney, Kyle Tibbetts of the UC Berkeley CR’s and Adam Ellison of the University of the Pacific CR’s. While there has been no time for trips to the roulette table, we are hoping to deliver another victory for America tomorrow with another big win by Mitt Romney.… Read More