Check out this humorous piece up on the Capitol Weekly site today! Democrat State Senators Correa, Calderon, and Negrete Mcleod were locked out of their Capitol offices by "The Don" Perata for attending a fundraising event for Democrat Caucus "moderates".

According to CW:

Perata declined to discuss the issue. "I never talk about the politics of the caucus," he said.

Hmmm.… Read More

A Flashreport reader would be surprised the LA Times documented something we’ve long known. The really BIG money in politics comes from very rich liberals.

The Times ran their piece back Feb 27 and we did a little of our own research. 68% of the largest individual contributors are liberal Democrats. Those donors gave over 61 million from 2003 to 2006. The very strange Stephen Bing, who inherited all his money,flushed at least 14.18 million into zany liberal projects and candidates. That14 million is but a part of his largess. We don’t know how many millions he gave to 527’s. For example, Bing just gave over $ 50 million for pass tax hiking Prop 87, the Oil Tax.

Someof the rich liberal elite inherited their money. They’ve never worked a day but they are ready to back candidates who will try to run your life.They include Ann Gerry Earhart [Getty heiress] , Susan Packard and Frank Orr [Technology heirs], Anne Bartley [San Francisco heiress], James Hormel [ food heir] and Julie Packard [ technology heir].

Of the 20 top contributors only 6 are Republican. Of the 6 only one family inherited its money. The others are… Read More

Today’s Commentary was filmed on the new FR "ActionCam" (I’m open to a new name for the cool all-digital Sony CamCorder I just bought). It is a two minute introduction to our four-column series on the candidates for the GOP nomination for the Presidency, that starts with this column from State Senator Mark Wyland on behalf of his candidate, Mitt Romney. Have a great day!… Read More

Today’s Commentary was filmed on the new FR "ActionCam" (I’m open to a new name for the cool all-digital Sony CamCorder I just bought). It is a two minute introduction to our four-column series on the candidates for the GOP nomination for the Presidency, that starts with this column from State Senator Mark Wyland on behalf of his candidate, Mitt Romney.

Care to read comments, or make your own about today’s Daily Commentary?

Just click here to go to the FR Weblog, where this Commentary has its own blog post, and where you can read and make comments.… Read More

In Jon’s, commentary on Friday he referenced a story in the Hill that talked about a big loophole concerning earmarks that the Democrats left in the rules package.

Here is what the rule actually states (From page 34 of the House rules):

9. (a) It shall not be in order to consider— (1) a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee unless the report includes a list of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits in the bill or in the report (and the name of any Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who submitted a request to the committee for each respective item included in such list) or a statement that the proposition contains no congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits;

In the earmark section of the changes to the House rules that were passed by the Democrats at the beginning of this year, they inserted the section above in order “to bring transparency to the earmark process,” but it… Read More

Jon nails it in his commentary today.

When I see that someone has been married three times and has a chilly relationship with the kids, I have to ask if too much time caught up in a self-indulgent, ego-gratifying political life — and not enough time at home — caused any of the rifts with the family.

If one doesn’t care about ever patching up those rifts with the kids, it follows that one would spend two years of a life pursuing something that would make them too busy to do so anyway.

On the other hand, if there are too many guilty regrets and personal demons from a life soured by the choices which led to a poor relationship with one’s children, it can certainly be made up in other ways. Perhaps by pursuing something such as an even larger crown to place on top of the self-indulgent, ego-gratifying political life.

Folks like that I’m sure will likely be very dedicated, marriedto their political job. The best representatives, however, may be those dedicated to the job, while also finding the time to know… Read More

John Pesching, a principal with the consulting firm Meridian Pacific, will be officially announced tomorrow as a senior advisor to the John McCain for President campaign, assisting with their efforts in the important Golden State. In this capacity, John has told me he will be volunteering his time. I’ve known John for a long, long time and I he will be strong go-to person in California for McCain’s campaign. John has a long, storied career in Republican politics, going all of the way back to beginnings when he worked in the Reagan White House (his photo helping then President Reagan with a weekly radio address is among the thousands on the walls at the Reagan Library). John spent several years as Executive Director of the California Republican Party before going on to serve seven years as the Western Regional Political Director of the Republican National Committee, giving him a lot of experience to lend to McCain’s effort not only here, but in a host of other states on this end of the country. I worked closely with John during the 2000 election cycle when he worked for the RNC, and I was… Read More

According to a column by the Fresno Bee’s Lew Griswald, Assemblyman (and FR friend) Bill Maze was supposedly surprised in reading on the FlashReport that one of his aides, Bob Smith, is running to succeed Maze in the legislature (term limits will cause Maze to retire.

I don’t buy that for a minute — given the depth of support that Smith has already put together, it is not plausible that his boss would not have heard about it.

That said, while Maze has been a solid conservative legislator, it is disappointing to see him drink the Anthony Adams kool-aid on term-limits. Guess what, Bill, were it not for term-limits, you probably never would have had a chance to serve. Now it’s time for others to have their opportunity.

Here’s the… Read More