Over at the Democrat Majority Report website, FR (liberal) friend Steve Maviglio a ‘Top Ten Races to Watch’ — I guess he is doing this once a week as he did it last week and now this week. Anyways, on the first list, he graciously threw Angelides v. Schwarzenegger in the 10th and final slot. This is commendable. Steve’s a loyal guy — after all, if Gray Davis was the HMS Titanic, and Davis the Captain on the bridge — Steve stayed with "Captain Davis" as the ship went down. Keeping Phil Angelides on the Top Ten list was a gesture of kindness as no one would rate the Governor’s race in California as one of the top ten races to watch…

Well, perhaps demonstrating a little bit of "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me" — in his new top ten list, Steve has finally conceded that Angelides no longer makes the top ten.

He ads a "special mention" for Angelides — which I have posted below. Keep… Read More

Several years ago, my wife and I got in a cab in pre-Katrina New Orleans. The cabbie asked was where we were from. We told him California. At that point he stopped the cab and said "You guys elected Maxine Waters!?”. I anxiously assured him that wasn’t us. He did finally drop us off in the right place. I was a little worried.

"Activist "Najee Ali may be on to something. He just got a Temporary Restraining Order against the Congresswoman. She apparently threatened him after a Schwarzenegger event he attended. See article here.

To be honest, I don’t need a TRO against Maxine Waters. There are a couple Republicans that I should get one for. You know who you are.

Imagine getting verbally attacked by some lawmaker and then getting a TRO. That would make a great CRP Convention. Then again a CCW would be more effective and more inclusive.… Read More

A Republican behind the scenes big wig dies in a seedy place later raided for prostitution and there are lots of unanswered questions about what happened when he died.

Where would you read about?

Everywhere is the right answer and it would be at least two-three days on the cable shows.

That same story actually happened to Democrat LA Labor boss Miguel Contreras. The story gets published only in the LA Weekly. See it here.Then the target becomes the LA Weekly. See article here and then here.

Now, I’m not sure it is in the interests of the Republic to reveal all of this. It definitely isn’t good for the family etc.. But we all know what would have happened if Contreras had been a powerful GOP Leader.… Read More

It’s hard to say who is running a more inept campaign – Phil Angelides or Cruz Bustamante. While a good argument could certainly be made for Angelides, my money’s still on Cruz.

From the day he released his ballot statement in the Primary, talking about his personal weight loss crusade, you just knew that he was going nowhere fast.

But it’s continued.

His TV spots are out, and besides the fact that they are probably only running alongside infomercials in the wee hours of the night, they are among, if not THE worst ads you’ll see this year.

Take a look for yourself. They are each only 15-seconds.

Ad 1 Ad 2… Read More

If you have been around the Capitol, you know Brian Johnston. He is the Western Director of the National Right to Life Committee and Executive Director of the California ProLife Council.

The last two days have been wild in Tennessee. And Brian was caught on film as one of the two Pro-lifers trying to attract attention to Democrat Harold Ford’s abortion position. Ford has a bad record but is portraying himself as pro-life. Controversy erupted when some people thought that Ford’s father called Brian and the director of Tennessee Right to Life a "cracker". It went nationwide. They claim now it was "tracker". You can see the story here and check out the video here.… Read More

What could be more fun than watching "progressive" candidates in Berkeley duke it out over how to improve the city’s business climate?

One city council candidate, George Beier, has an 11 point plan, including ideas such as such as building a "People’s Café" in Berkeley’s (in)famous People’s Park and creating a "Free Speech Trail" to point out historic free speech places on Telegraph Avenue. Now, that’ll really draw new companies and jobs to their wacky city!

Berkeley residents are still reeling from the closure of their beloved Cody’s flagship bookstore on Telegraph Avenue. While they would love to point the finger at the big retailers, they have only themselves to blame for the loss of this independent bookstore. Telegraph can be a nasty… Read More

While Cruz Bustamante can’t seem to scrape togetherenough nickels to keep from having to continueto pullads off the air, Steve Poizner today went up with another newad – a good comparison spot highlighting some great newspaper quotes on the differences between the candidates.… Read More

That’s Jerry Brown’s explanation for Jacques Barzaghi’s sexual harassment of an Oakland City Hall female employee during Brown’s tenure as mayor. Barzaghi was Brown’s longtime political aide, confidante and roommate who ended up leaving Brown’s employ and the country in 2004 after spousal abuse charges surfaced (sexual harassment charges just earned him a cut in pay).

Former Oakland City Hall employee Nereyda Lopez-Bowden, who says she was harassed by Barzaghi, held a press conference today in Sacramento with Sen. Chuck Poochigian. Lopez-Bowden contacted the campaign because she wanted to speak out after she was outraged by the Brown campaign’s claim that the Mayor handled the scandal "professionally." This was the first time… Read More