Willie Brown on Angelides (in today’s Sac Bee):

“…Phil is a smart guy. But he doesn’t look good on TV and doesn’t sound good on radio. They need to keep him in places like Dinuba and Chico, where they don’t have modern communications with the rest of the state and no one can see or hear him."

Phil Angelides campaign button: $1.40 "Phil Angelides for Governor" water bottle: $9.17 "Phil Angelides for Governor" hoodie: $56.07 Willie Brown’s campaign advice for the Angelides campaign: priceless!… Read More

Here are some thoughts that came to mind as I packed this morning for my vacation:

If I were a poor or homeless person in San Francisco, perhaps now would be the time for me to be upset with the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco. After all, the Board has helped to make The City a Mecca for those seeking to live on government assistance by their extraordinary efforts to redistribute wealth. Their latest? Now they have voted to set aside $2 million to fight the effects of the potential efforts to crack-down on the nation’s criminal alien problem. What kind of a welfare state do we live in when the homeless nationals of other countries soak up all of redistributed wealth? Last night at the OC GOP’s Annual Flag Day Dinner, commentator Dennis Prager pointed out that one of the problems that we have is that the left in America is unprepared to call the phenomenon of Islamo-fascism evil. Prager pointed … Read More

How Reagan Won By Losing (From WSJ’s Political Diary)

Ever since the Young America’s Foundation bought Ronald Reagan’s old ranch near Santa Barbara, it has become almost a shrine to old friends and admirers of the Gipper. History was made there, as visitors can still see the tree stump on which Mr. Reagan signed the 1981 supply-side tax cuts that helped set off a generation of largely uninterrupted economic growth.

History was on the mind of many of the foot soldiers in the Reagan Revolution this past weekend as about 70 of them gathered at the Reagan Ranch for a conference marking the 30th anniversary of Reagan’s 1976 primary challenge of President Jerry Ford. The conference took its inspiration from the recent book by Craig Shirley entitled… Read More

There are those in politics that rely on polling data and those that rely on instinct and the "feel" of the electorate. I don’t think its a stretch at all to say that the situation for Republicans in general is beginning to "feel" like an improving trend. Of course, we had nowhere to go but up. It’s nice to see the downward slide stop for now.

It all starts in Washington, where the mood of the electorate is set by whether or not we see leadership. The electorate has been very, very dour as of late, butthe President has had his best week in a year and one senses he might be on a small roll right now. Although the basic competency of Congress has not changed, and it is still light years from solving any major problems facing the country domestically, the overall situation seems stable for now. The President’s improving polling numbers validate the "feel" of the current situation.

Here at home, many of the components of a re-election for Arnold Schwarzenegger are in place. He has the opponent he wants, a hardcore liberal who wants to raise taxes, sign job killing legislation and pursue policies that… Read More

There are those in politics that rely on polling data and those that rely on instinct and the "feel" of the electorate. I don’t think its a stretch at all to say that the situation for Republicans in general is beginning to "feel" like an improving trend. Of course, we had nowhere to go but up. It’s nice to see the downward slide stop for now.

It all starts in Washington, where the mood of the electorate is set by whether or not we see leadership. The electorate has been very, very dour as of late, butthe President has had his best week in a year and one senses he might be on a small roll right now. Although the basic competency of Congress has not changed, and it is still light years from solving any major problems facing the country domestically, the overall situation seems stable for now. The President’s improving polling numbers validate the "feel" of the current situation.

Here at home, many of the components of a re-election for Arnold Schwarzenegger are in place. He has the opponent he wants, a hardcore liberal who wants to raise taxes, sign job killing legislation and pursue policies that… Read More

Last week, when flying from Sacramento to Orange County on a SWA flight, I reported on the ‘notables’ on the flight.

Today’s flight has a different group of interesting characters, though no less notable. Flying with my fiance, Maureen, and me are… State Senator Chuck Poochigian, Assemblyman Chuck Devore, Assemblywoman Lynn Daucher, State GOP Chairman Duf Sundheim, former GOP Chairman Mike Schroeder, Republican Insurance Commissioner Nominee Steve Poizner, and from the Governor’s campaign team – Julie Soderlund and a discovery, that the son of my friend Rich Galen (www.mullings.com), Robert, is working for the Governor’s campaign.

With all of these GOPers, I shouldn’t leave out our token Democrat “VIP” – Assemblyman Tom Umberg.

Somehow I don’t think Umberg is going where the rest of us are headed – the Orange County GOP’s big annual Flag Day dinner (with special guests Arnold Schwarzenegger and talk show host and columnist Dennis Prager, of whom I am a huge fan, and whom I am introducing).… Read More

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER ’06 STEVE POIZNER – A STRONG OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GOP Last election day, John Kraft received 617,443 votes. Who is John Kraft? No this isn’t a takeoff from my favorite Ayn Rand novel. John Kraft was a Democratic candidate for State Insurance Commissioner. Kraft received nearly a third of the votes for this office as a virtually unknown candidate who, according to the Secretary of State’s webpage, didn’t even raise the funds required to file a campaign report — which is like $1,000. Well, the real story behind Kraft is not who is he — but rather, who he is… Read More

With speculation swirling around a possible Arnold endorsement of Democrat Dianne Feinstein, Retired State Senator has decided to let the Governor know he is willing and ready to "….fight the liberal policies of Dianne Feinstein, Phil Angelides and others of the far left. "

The Governor should be embracing every nominee of the party. After all aren’t a "Big Tent"?

Read the Mountjoy letter below.… Read More