Poll after poll shows Gov. Schwarzenegger easily winning re-election next Tuesday. However, the fate of the other Republicans running for the statewide offices is not so easily predicted.

But polls do show Sen. Tom McClintock, the darling of California conservatives, running ahead of Insurance Commissioner, Democrat John Garamendi. It will be a sweet victory for McClintock, who has run and lost statewide races before. McClintock has run a smart campaign and, to many people’s surprise, stayed pretty quiet while the guy at the top of his party’s ticket was busy signing Democratic Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez’ legislative agenda into law.

After spending nearly twenty years in the legislature, McClintock,… Read More

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver were on hand at the Reagan Library earlier this week to recognize the anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s first election as Governor of California. Earlier in the week we featured the streaming video of the event, and now (courtesy of an e-mail from the Governor’s Office) I am attaching a transcript of the Governor’s remarks. As long as you hurry through the small part of his speech where he somehow tries to evoke bipartisanism in the name of Reagan (the Gipper would most certainly have NOT approved of ‘bipartisanship’ to place four massive bond measures on the November ballot), the remarks are pretty good. The photo shown is the Governor and Mrs. Shriver with Nancy Reagan at the Library.

My favorite line in his remarks:

Yesterday morning I opined that the Democrats strategy was to hide, hide, hide. Apparently, I was way out front of Drudge on this.… Read More

This slate mailer arrived at Casa Cunningham earlier this week:

It’s paid for by the Democrats, and it urges a straight Democratic ticket vote for all the state constitutional offices.

My only question is why did it come to our house? It was addressed to my wife, who was Deputy Chair of the Republican Party of Orange County 2004-2005. And our household has three voters — all Republicans.

Personally, I hope the Democrat-funded slate hit lots and lots and lots of similarly GOP households. That would be a satisfying waste of money.… Read More

Whilea bunchinvite-only VIPs will be partying with the Governor on Election Night at the Beverly Hilton and because of that CRP has no plans, Doug and Linda Boyd (and the LA County Party) are organizing a Election Night event for grassroots volunteers.

The Tower – Beverly Hills The Rooftop VIP Party Room – “Suite 360” 1224 S. Beverwil Drive (corner of Pico Blvd.) Beverly Hills, CA 90035

Tuesday, November 7, 2006 8 p.m. to midnight

It’ll be a great place to come watch the returns come in.

[Publisher’s Note: Please take to heart the part of Brandon’s post that suggests that there should be a place for all hard working Republicans to go and watch returns. Then if you are among the vast majority of FR readers that do not reside anywhere near Beverly Hills, you should contact your local Party HQ to find out where Republicans are gathering.]… Read More

This morning, the FlashReport is pleased to unveil its newest feature for FR readers — the FlashReport BlogScan. By going to the FR BlogScan page, you will be able to see what is going on right away on all of the political blogs in the state that we feel are most relevant to California politics. This page is fully customizable by you so that you can read all of the blog feeds, or you can select only certain ones to read. So whether you want to know what is going on in the LA Times Political Muscle Blog, the San Diego Union Tribune’s America’s Finest Blog, great conservative sites like the OC Blog or, of course, the FlashReport blog, or even what is happening on liberal blogs like the California Majority Report — you can do it from the FR BlogScan. Of course, this is a new feature, so you’ll have to give us feedback on how it is working for you. Also, of course, we are happy to take… Read More

Aside from having a Republican Governor the Republican Party in CA has had to appreciate the little victories the last several election cycles.

It seems however that is about to change. Several of our statewide candidates are poised for victory.

But there is another reason for the GOP to have hope. In Orange County the 34th State Senate Distinct is the only legislative district that is really in play this year. And while Central Orange County has been a stronghold for the Democrats that should change on Tuesday.

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Rumors are spilling out of the Capitol that Assemblyman Mike Villines is mounting a challenge to Assembly Republican Leader George Plescia.

While perhaps not the best source for internal Republican matters, the CA Majority Report had this story earlier this morning.

As Drudge would say, “Developing…”… Read More