In 2008 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had 1187 pieces of legislation sent to him by the Democrat-controlled state legislature. Much of this legislation was terrible – which makes sense when you consider that all of these bills had to pass muster with the liberals who run the State Senate and State Assembly. Virtually any Republican bill of any substance was killed somewhere in the legislative process, ensuring that only bills that grow the size and scope of state government reach the Governor’s desk.

That said, the Governor vetoed 415 of the bills, and signed 772 of them. Interestingly, the Governor’s veto percentage of nearly 35% is the highest of any Governor. In spending time going through a lot of the bills that the Governor did sign, and considering that previous Governors (of either party) signed a greater percentage than Schwarzenegger, it’s no wonder state government is so big and fat.

For a short period of time, Governor Schwarzenegger actually threatened to veto ALL of the legislation on his desk.… Read More

In 2008 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had 1187 pieces of legislation sent to him by the Democrat-controlled state legislature. Much of this legislation was terrible – which makes sense when you consider that all of these bills had to pass muster with the liberals who run the State Senate and State Assembly. Virtually any Republican bill of any substance was killed somewhere in the legislative process, ensuring that only bills that grow the size and scope of state government reach the Governor’s desk.

That said, the Governor vetoed 415 of the bills, and signed 772 of them. Interestingly, the Governor’s veto percentage of nearly 35% is the highest of any Governor. In spending time going through a lot of the bills that the Governor did sign, and considering that previous Governors (of either party) signed a greater percentage than Schwarzenegger, it’s no wonder state government is so big and fat.

For a short period of time, Governor Schwarzenegger actually threatened to veto ALL of the legislation on his desk.… Read More

Late last night the US Senate passed the massive Wall Street bailout—which went from three pages a week ago to the size of a novel after Congressional input. Both of California’s US Senators, Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein, voted for the bailout. The courageous House Republicans, who just a few days ago stood up to enormous pressure to approve the bailout, will now be under even greater pressure from lobbyists and Wall Street to follow suit. But the reason many Republicans (and Democrats), including my congressman, John Doolittle, voted against the $700 billion bailout is because they were receiving unprecedented contact from their constituents. Fearful of losing their elections next month, members actually listened to those they were sent to Washington, DC, to represent.

The House of Representatives’ web site was overwhelmed because of all the hits and emails. The American People—thanks mostly to the new media—are informed and engaged and they want their voice heard on an act so monumental that it will impact our country for decades to come.

With so many constituents calling their… Read More

**A FlashReport Exclusive — We Had It Here First** One of Governor Schwarzenegger’s most senior staff members, and certainly the highest placed conservative in the administration, Cabinet Secretary Dan Dunmoyer, is leaving the administration. Replacing Dunmoyer will be another Republican, Victoria Bradshaw, currently the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. This change at the highest levels of the Schwarzenegger Administration will be publicly announced later this morning.

There will be a short transition, but as Dunmoyer told me in a conversation last night, “Vickie is already prepared to hit the ground running.”

In addition to be a current agency secretary since 2004, Bradshaw… Read More

**A FlashReport Exclusive — We Had It Here First**

One of Governor Schwarzenegger’s most senior staff members, and certainly the highest placed conservative in the administration, Cabinet Secretary Dan Dunmoyer, is leaving the administration. Replacing Dunmoyer will be another Republican, Victoria Bradshaw, currently the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. This change at the highest levels of the Schwarzenegger Administration will be publicly announced later this morning.

There will be a short transition, but as Dunmoyer told me in a conversation last night, “Vickie is already prepared to hit the ground running.”

In addition to be a current agency secretary since 2004, Bradshaw… Read More

It is rare, but sometimes technical issues cause a delay in the posting of our main page news links. This is one of those occasions. My apologies, and we're working with our development team (in Orlando) to get things back on track.… Read More

This morning I had a chance to speak for a few minutes with former California Governor Pete Wilson (pictured left), and with Captain Pete Hegseth, retired, a former combat soldier in Iraq. Both are veterans, both are leaders in a 401(c)4 organization, Veterans for Freedom. Hegseth is the group’s Chairman, and Wilson – well he describes his involvement in the group as, “a supporter, a volunteer and someone eager to see all of the efforts being made by these 30,000 combat veterans to educate the American people successful.”

Today Veterans for Freedom begins a saturation-level $2.2 million dollar, week-long media buy in all of California’s major media markets, featuring this ad… … Read More

Senator McCain, as he should, is going to be in Washington, D.C., to vote on the latest iteration of "taxpayers of America bail out Wall Street" — I suspect he will vote FOR it. But I strongly counsel him to vote against it. This is a great opportunity to show that the self-annointed "Maverick" is willing to buck the monied interests who are pushing for this particular bill, which is fundamentally flawed.… Read More