Earlier, fellow blogger Tom Ross complimented County Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan for her tough stand to protect children and noted that her conservative votes and effectiveness on the Board positioned her well for a GOP primary in AD 10.

Tom’s assessment was right – but MacGlashan is running for re-election to the Board of Supervisors – and she’s endorsed Rancho Cordova Mayor David Sander for AD 10. (disclaimer: McGlashan and Sander are clients of TABcommunications).

Sander currently serves as Mayor of one of the largest cities in AD 10 and is an impressive fundraiser – he’s raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for his city council races and nearly $1 million for community causes over the past couple of years. Sander announced today, and has already lined up numerous area GOP elected officials – including MacGlashan, Supervisor Susan Peters, Elk Grove Councilwoman Sophia Scherman, Rancho Cordova Council… Read More

Sacramento County Republican Party just elected Craig MacGlashan as County Party Chair by a 27 to 15 margin.

MacGlashan had nearly universal support from GOP elected officials and had an effective whip program to help propel his strong victory.

Craig has been clear his goal is to emphasize political basics — raising funds, registering voters and turning out GOP to help elect Republicans — especially at the local level.

If San Diego, San Bernardino, Monterey or Santa Clara Counties are any indication, Sacramento will see a strong surge in GOP effectiveness in the coming elections!

Good luck to Craig and his new team!… Read More

Have you ever read the story of Chicken Little? An acorn falls on his head that he proceeds to whip up everyone in his land up into a frenzy that the sky is falling? I am reminded of that story when I read poll results that show many Californians so worried about global warming. Lately, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been like Chicken Little with a megaphone, so of course everyone is worked up. Eventually, in the story, everyone realizes that the sky, of course, is not falling. The question I have is how much freedom and liberty will be eroded because an acorn fell on Al Gore’s head? A reader pointed out to me that the Communications Director for the California Restaurant Association, Jordan Traverso, has left there to accept a new job with the Consumer Attorneys of California (formerly the California Trial Lawyers Association). Suggestion for the CRA — you should replace Traverso with someone who actually believes that trial lawyers bear much of the blame for the high costs of operating restaurants! There is a story today about hi-speed rail travel. I am sure I speak for … Read More

"’Schwarzenegger is what conservatives think the future is,’ says Gerald Dorfman, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and an expert on British and European politics."

What?

Are these think tank guys mental? Let’s put aside social issues. We knew what we were getting there. How is running a structural deficit in any way related to what conservatives think our future is. I respected the Governor until November, 2005. Now, I don’t at all, politically. You cannot reward his spending all of our record revenue increases, continued borrowing, and stumping for necessary but unnaffordable bond measures as "business savvy". It isn’t. And we will be paying dearly for all of this inside of 18 months. Take it to the bank.

The Governor could have won re-election easily and balanced the budget at the same time and made a conscious decision not to. That is not conservatism, nor is it its future. It’s the same failed policy that led to our ouster in Washington last November.… Read More

A few thoughts…

When scarcity of resources drive energy costs up in California, look back to yesterday’s vote by the State Lands Commission to reject a proposal by BHP Billiton to place a liquefied natural gas facility about 15 miles off of the coast of Los Angeles County. And when you do that, remember that it was John Garamendi and John Chiang who cast the two "no" votes (the Governor’s representative voted for the proposal). Ask yourself whether Lt. Governor McClintock or Controller Strickland would have made a difference…. Is there a groundswell movement in California for the potential Presidential candidacy of Law & Order actor and former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson? Much is being made of an upcoming speech he will give in May to the Lincoln Club of Orange County. Keen observers will see that there is now a Draft Thomson ad up on the right side of the FlashReport… The new Schwarzenegger doctrine of ‘shared responsibility’ is a pseudonym for government expansion. Instead of focusing on how government can mandate Californians to buy insurance, we should be figuring out… Read More

A few thoughts…

When scarcity of resources drive energy costs up in California, look back to yesterday’s vote by the State Lands Commission to reject a proposal by BHP Billiton to place a liquefied natural gas facility about 15 miles off of the coast of Los Angeles County. And when you do that, remember that it was John Garamendi and John Chiang who cast the two "no" votes (the Governor’s representative voted for the proposal). Ask yourself whether Lt. Governor McClintock or Controller Strickland would have made a difference…. Is there a groundswell movement in California for the potential Presidential candidacy of Law & Order actor and former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson? Much is being made of an upcoming speech he will give in May to the Lincoln Club of Orange County. Keen observers will see that there is now a Draft Thomson ad up on the right side of the FlashReport… The new Schwarzenegger doctrine of ‘shared responsibility’ is a pseudonym for government expansion. Instead of focusing on how government can mandate Californians to buy insurance, we should be figuring out… Read More

This came in today’s Wall Street Journal Political Diary e-mail, titled in their table of contents as "The GOP’s Al Gore"…

The Greening of Arnold

Arnold Schwarzenegger likes being called "the Green Giant" for his take-charge attitude on global climate change. He’s on the cover of this week’s Newsweek and jets to Washington D.C. today to participate in that magazine’s environmental forum, where he will unapologetically claim the mantle of federalism to push a California-only solution to limits on carbon emissions. "Look, we don’t need Washington," he told Newsweek.

But the Governator is having less luck in… Read More

Who’s who in the zoo?

State Chairmen: Senate GOP Leader Dick Ackerman and Assemblyman Tony Strickland.

Co-Chairmen: Former CRP Chairman Mike Schroeder, Congressmen John Campbell and Buck McKeon; current or former State Legislators Anthony Adams, Scott Baugh, Russ Bogh, Bob Dutton, Doug LaMalfa, Bob Margett, Jim Silva, Audra Strickland and Mark Wyland; and Fresno Councilman Jerry Duncan. (h/t to Bob Salladay at the LA Times Political Muscle Blog)… Read More