The Governor appeared on the Today Show yesterday to talk about his philosophy of government. During the course of the interview, the interviewer asked the Governor to comment on the criticisms of conservatives, including Rush Limbaugh, that he is not a Republican, and that he is not governing as a Republican. In essence, the Governor responded "Republican or Democrat is not relevant, Rush Limbaugh is irrelevant. All that matters is the people of the state of California. I represent the people." That may not be an exact quote, but I think it is fair representation of what the Governor said. This, of course, was not his attitude during the recall, when I endorsed him, or even during his re-election campaign, when he actively sought the help of Republicans. I don’t know if it is his attitude now, but that is what he said.

I recently went to see the movie, Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce, whose decades long struggle to end the slave trade in England is one of the great political… Read More

Fresno Mayor Alan Autry, the latest in a long line of Republicans supported by the local Party and Lincoln Club only to disappoint on easy issues, clearly doesn’t have a clue on how to fix immigration policy, only that he doesn’t like anyone being deported. All around us here in Fresno there are Republican farmers supporting amnesty, called "adjusted status" now in a sleight of hand change of nomenclature. Of course, this will not work, and is a disaster waiting to happen in Washington.

We’ve gone almost six years now past 911 and Congress nor the President has moved to fix immigration. Add this to a long list of problems not solved. Autry’s actions don’t solve anything either.

What needs to take place is simple. We need to cut the wait time for entering the country legally from eight years to six weeks. Who can accomplish this? Silicon Valley tech leader can. They need to examine all of our duplicative bureaucracies, overlapping procedures, and outmoded technology and put the fixes on a fast track, without government intervention. Only until… Read More

The Governor appeared on the Today Show yesterday to talk about his philosophy of government. During the course of the interview, the interviewer asked the Governor to comment on the criticisms of conservatives, including Rush Limbaugh, that he is not a Republican, and that he is not governing as a Republican. In essence, the Governor responded "Republican or Democrat is not relevant, Rush Limbaugh is irrelevant. All that matters is the people of the state of California. I represent the people." That may not be an exact quote, but I think it is fair representation of what the Governor said. This, of course, was not his attitude during the recall, when I endorsed him, or even during his re-election campaign, when he actively sought the help of Republicans. I don’t know if it is his attitude now, but that is what he said.

I recently went to see the movie, Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce, whose decades long struggle to end the slave trade in England is one of the great political… Read More

I consistently hear two things about Duncan Hunter’s 52nd Congressional seat:

1) The real goal of the presidential bid is a McCain/Romney/Giuliani/TBD offer of a NSA or DOD Sec’y position (or even VP)and — short of that — the Congressman will announce for re-election.

2) The prospect of son Duncan D. Hunter running for dad’s open seat is simply as a "place-holder," so as to scare off other potentials, especially when it comes time for dad to decide he wants some more.

Such a well-thought out scenario would mean some significant strategic planning in the Hunter camp. In reality, all they likely have time for is getting thru each day on the presidential campaign trail.

My guess is the Hunter Family’s strategic thinking is simply this: Dad’s not gonna run; Son can win the seat.

Not a bad strategy, in actuality.

That said, here’s yesterday’s news from the The Hill:

Rep. Duncan Hunter will not seek reelection… Read More

Long Beach voters will face more than which candidate to pick for President or changing term limits on the Feb 2008 ballot. The council voted to place on the ballot the referendum on the council’s lawforcing hotels to unionize without letting employees vote. I’m pro-choice!See previous FR post here.

This will be on the ballot along with a referendum on another law that stops "big box" retailers like Wal-Mart from setting up shop. (See article here, it is in the middle).

Someone needs to change the anti-business flavor of this city.… Read More

Plaintiff Jim Gilchrist will try to convince a Judge later today that he is the “sole director” of Minuteman Project, Inc. at a hearing in Orange County Superior Court, Department C-19, at 1:30 pm. He’ll try to do that in spite of a DVD already submitted to the Judge of the October 6, 2006 Neil Cavuto Show on Fox News Channel where he introduces Defendant Marvin L. Stewart to a national viewing audience as “a member of my Board of Directors.”

I’ll be representing Stewart in Court today. Orange County attorney Guy Maille is representing Gilchrist.… Read More

"Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican."

This so-called "11th Commandment" was created during the 1966 Gubernatorial campaign of Ronald Reagan. Then California Republican Party Chairman Gaylord Parkinson came up with the idea as Republicans around the country had just watched GOP Presidential nominee Barry Goldwater lose his race after prolonged, vicious attacks from the left within the Republican Party.

How ironic that over the years, this mantra has become something used by liberal Republicans, interested in fending off criticism from conservatives in the Grand Old Party.

Last weekend, United States Senator and Presidential aspirant John McCain invoked Reagan’s "11th Commandment" in a stinging criticism of the Club for Growth (CfG). For those who are not familiar with CfG, they are not a "Republican" organization, but rather a grassroots-based, non-partisan group that is focused on economic issues and whose membership often times focuses funds to help elect candidates for office who will fight to reduce the size and scope of the federal government. In… Read More

"Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican."

This so-called "11th Commandment" was created during the 1966 Gubernatorial campaign of Ronald Reagan. Then California Republican Party Chairman Gaylord Parkinson came up with the idea as Republicans around the country had just watched GOP Presidential nominee Barry Goldwater lose his race after prolonged, vicious attacks from the left within the Republican Party.

How ironic that over the years, this mantra has become something used by liberal Republicans, interested in fending off criticism from conservatives in the Grand Old Party.

Last weekend, United States Senator and Presidential aspirant John McCain invoked Reagan’s "11th Commandment" in a stinging criticism of the Club for Growth (CfG). For those who are not familiar with CfG, they are not a "Republican" organization, but rather a grassroots-based, non-partisan group that is focused on economic issues and whose membership often times focuses funds to help elect candidates for office who will fight to reduce the size and scope of the federal government. In… Read More