MAY 1 PROTESTS Sometimes, when I am up early compiling news stories, I really shake my head. Today is one of those days. On May 1st, there will be a huge day of rallies to, in essence, support illegal immigration into the United States. You can say anything else you want about it, but the bottom line is that advocates of this day of protest are actually protesting the rule of law. They are protesting the idea that there is actually such a thing as right and wrong. It is fair to engage in a dialogue with the people and with policy makers about the law, which states that there is a formal and necessary process that any potential immigrant to the United States must follow before immigrating to America. The reality is that there are now millions of residents in the United States who quite literally ignored that law, and came here anyways. Congress is in the midst of a debate about how to make sure that these immigration laws can be more effectively enforced at the points of entry to America, and they are debating what to do, in a very practical sense, about what is estimated to be well over ten million… Read More

OPERATOR ERROR YESTERDAY ON MY PART KEPT MY COMMENTARY FROM APPEARING ON THE SITE.

I have to run to an event for work this morning, but please enjoy yesterday’s commentary…today! Obviously if you read the FR blog yesterday, you know that the trip with Eric Roach to DC was successful, but you all missed out on an important mid-trip update, which is important because my entry belows makes the clear case why Democrats DON’T want Eric Roach to run – which is GOP turnout. Brian Bilbray is ill-equiped, as a GOP nominee, to inspire conservatives to the polls… Anyways, check it all out below, and if you missed out on yesterday’s featured piece on Tax Freedom Day by Doug Wilson, you can toggle to yesterday’s FR in the upper-right hand corner of the main page…

YESTERDAY’S COMMENTARY POSTED TODAY… TAX FREEDOM DAY Today, April 26, 2006, is Tax Freedom Day. What does that mean? It means that the average … Read More

OPERATOR ERROR YESTERDAY ON MY PART KEPT MY COMMENTARY FROM APPEARING ON THE SITE.

I have to run to an event for work this morning, but please enjoy yesterday’s commentary…today! Obviously if you read the FR blog yesterday, you know that the trip with Eric Roach to DC was successful, but you all missed out on an important mid-trip update, which is important because my entry belows makes the clear case why Democrats DON’T want Eric Roach to run – which is GOP turnout. Brian Bilbray is ill-equiped, as a GOP nominee, to inspire conservatives to the polls… Anyways, check it all out below, and if you missed out on yesterday’s featured piece on Tax Freedom Day by Doug Wilson, you can toggle to yesterday’s FR in the upper-right hand corner of the main page…

YESTERDAY’S COMMENTARY POSTED TODAY…

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I figure it’s time for some news that does not involve publisher Jon Fleischman’s ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ to Washington D.C with Howard Kaloogian…

In the major suburban cities that circle San Diego City, there are Democrat Mayors in Oceanside, Lemon Grove, and Chula Vista. To be fair, Oceanside’s Mayor is not a Democrat. But he is a lickspittle of the labor unions and lefty extremists like Councilwoman Esther Sanchez so I figure I may as well toss him in. Not to digress on Oceanside, but the Democrat/labor dominated government is all the worse because the GOP has a clear registration advantage there. Unfortunately, as anyone who has had the misfortune to work there for a while knows, Oceanside is the Iraq of San Diego Republican politics. Various GOP factions are more interested in taking the knife to one another than they are in forming a winning coalition that actually governs. Oceanside is a pretty free-wheeling city… a Republican candidate who can unite the factions and organize the business community will find himself a powerhouse in local politics.

More interesting is yesterday’s revelation about Chula… Read More

At the last minute Palmdale Mayor James Ledford challenged incumbent Sharon Runner in the 36th Assembly District. He has already mailed twice and looks like he willtry to win. But he is already in trouble.

Ledford as Mayor of Palmdale wrote to Sharon Runner to SUPPORT tripling the car tax! That should go over well in a GOP primary. (of course CRA is supporting Runner—Full Disclosure). See the letter for yourself below.… Read More

This coming weekend, the California Democratic Party will meet in Sacramento. There will be much drama surrounding whether or not State Treasurer and former State Democratic Party Chairman Phil Angelides will get the official endorsement of the Party he once led.

That said, you look at the Democratic Primary between Angelides and Westly, and any Republican really has to ask the question, which of these candidates will likely fair worse against Governor Schwarzenegger in the November ballot. If you ask Schmidt, Soderland and company, I’m sure that they will happily tell you that when we come into the home stretch, the Governator will clean the clock of either candidate handily. That said, there are a lot of folks that think Steve Westly would be a more challenging opponent for November, both because of his extremely deep pockets and the fact that Angelides is vulnerable to so many more attacks.

So here is my grand idea! For those of you who do not remember, the Governor’s Chief of Staff, unfortunately, is a liberal Democrat by the name of Susan Kennedy. While seeming to be a very nice person, Kennedy has spent her professional career… Read More

I’m waaay overdue for some posting here on FR.

Now that the 35th SD special election is over, focus is drifting back to the pocketful of contested elections on the June ballot.

The 67th AD primary is most directly impact by Assemblyman Tom Harman’s victory over Diane Harkey. Now he’s the presumed incumbent Senator for the next eight years, instead of a termed-out lame duck. As such, he’s in a much stronger position to help his wife Dianne succeed him in the Assembly.

Thus far, Mrs. Harman’s campaign has been overshadowed by the slugfest going on between Cypress Councilman Mike McGill and OC Supervisor Jim Silva.

Until a few months ago, the expectation (which I shared) was that Jim Silva would roll into this seat. Neither Harman nor McGill were considered serious candidates. In the last few monhts, however, McGill has revamped his campaign with $120,000 in his own funds and aggressive tactics from new campagin manager Joe Ghiardiello and Cal-YAFers. Their strategy is to positon McGill as… Read More

No, I’m not just talking about a candidate who says what a terrible thing it is … the liberals letting these sexual predators back onto the streets and into our neighborhoods … and how he’s opposed to those in the legislature and on the bench that allow such things … and how if elected he’s gonna go to Sacramento and fight to change all that … because he’s gonna protect our children and our families. No, I’m not just talking about the candidate who says those things.

Heck, let’s face it, that about sums up the stump speech on the subject for nearly every Republican running for office … and a good number of the Democrats. No, I’m talking about the guy running for office, going door-to-door AND handing out maps of the sexual registrants in our neighborhoods.

Call Joel Anderson’s effort a campaign hook, call it theatrics, call it a media grabber, call it what you want. I don’t care … you have got to love it! Most candidates — in any… Read More