[Publisher’s Note: FR readers, please do NOT react to this post by sending us your event flyers or requests to publicize your events. Jim’s wife is appearing at the conference below, so we’ll let him off the hook. But we do not, as a rule, advertise events on the blog. That said, this looks like a good one. Thanks. – Flash]

A high-octane Election law seminar produced by Lorman Education Services is scheduled for April 16, 2008 in Santa Monica at the DoubleTree at 1707 4th St. in Santa Monica.

The day-long event will feature presentations by experienced professionals on California and Federal election law, political and advocacy activities of tax-exempt organizations, candidate activities of so-called "527" groups after the recent Wisconsin Right to Life decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, issue advocacy, independent expenditures, voting systems and voting procedures, initiatives and referenda, and a practicum on regulation of political advertising and voter persuasion.

Confirmed speakers at the seminar include Chuck Bell, senior partner of Bell,… Read More

KMJ is reporting this morning that Governor’s Health Care plan has been killed in the State Senate.

Good. It was perhaps the worst public policy idea ever proposed in California history.

To Arnold’s senior staff, who are reading this: try capitalism. It works every time.

Also, you don’t raise taxes $14 billion when the housing market is tanking, in the middle of a credit crisis, and while businesses and consumers are spendingless than last year already.

So why don’t you fix the State budget mess you created first, without raising taxes and fees. And if you have any time left over, maybe you could pay the State Republican Party back the money you drained in 2006 while running up your landslide while ignoring Bruce McPherson and Tom McClintock.

You know, if Prop 93 passes with the Governor’s help, members of the legislature will have more time to……. learn math! Then, the Governor can go back, study Milton Friedman and maybe become a capitalist again.… Read More

[Publisher’s Note: Senator Denham’s Commentary, below, is an invitation to a conference being put on this Wednesday hosted by Americans for Prosperty, a great organization. PLEASE note that the Senator’s column does NOT indicate a change in our long-standing tradition to not feature invitations to upcoming events on this site. Translation: Please do not send us information on your club or organization’s upcoming events as we are not equipped to post all of them. Thanks for your understanding — Flash]

Defending the American Dream State Senator Jeff Denham … Read More

[Publisher’s Note: Senator Denham’s Commentary, below, is an invitation to a conference being put on this Wednesday hosted by Americans for Prosperty, a great organization. PLEASE note that the Senator’s column does NOT indicate a change in our long-standing tradition to not feature invitations to upcoming events on this site. Translation: Please do not send us information on your club or organization’s upcoming events as we are not equipped to post all of them. Thanks for your understanding — Flash]

Defending the American Dream State Senator Jeff Denham

In just two days, on Wednesday, January 30 there is an event… Read More

UPDATE: For those who have PowerPoint, you can download the attachment below and walk yourself through a slide-by-slide presentation of data.

Longtime FR Friend Jamie Fisfis is a principal with Chariot Research. His firm does work literally all over the globe. But they just came out of the field with a survey of California voters, giving us a glimpse of where things are in these final days before the Florida primary, to take place this Thursday.

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From Fisfis: "We have just completed a survey of 800 likely primary voters in an effort to gauge pre-Florida primary numbers. On the Democrat side, Hilary Clinton (38% dem) maintains a significant lead concentrated in the bay are an driven by a broad range of issues. By contrast, Obama (18% dem) and Edwards (12.4% dem) are gaining their numbers based upon their strengths among foreign policy and… Read More

John McCain, the U.S. Senator from Arizona with a supposed lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union of 82.3 (even though in 2006 – the most recent rating – it was a very liberal 65), yesterday severely damaged his self-congratulatory character in … Read More

UPDATE: For those who have PowerPoint, you can download the attachment below and walk yourself through a slide-by-slide presentation of data.

Longtime FR Friend Jamie Fisfis is a principal with Chariot Research. His firm does work literally all over the globe. But they just came out of the field with a survey of California voters, giving us a glimpse of where things are in these final days before the Florida primary, to take place this Thursday.

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From Fisfis:

**There is more – click the link**

View Full Commentary… Read More

Assemblyman Bob Huff has introduced a piece of legislation that seems like a good idea to me. AB 1808 would allow candidates for federal office (U. S. Senate and the House of Representatives) to pay for and submit ballot statements to be put before the voters, much in the way that candidates for state and local office can today.

As long as candidate statements are offered to lower level office seekers, I see no reason why candidates for federal office shouldn’t have the same opportunity.

Something tells me that someone will come up with a reason it isn’t legal, per McCain-Feingold or some other federal law. But hopefully not.

Great idea Assemblyman Huff.… Read More