Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight? Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world! Pinky: Narf! The Sac Bee’s Daniel Weintraub posted this afternoon about Phil Angelides’ Power Point presentation for victory in November.

“According to the campaign braintrust, Angelides is going to remind Democrats early and often that Schwarzenegger is a Bush Republican who campaigned for the president in Ohio and shares his values at crunch time…”

In other words, Team Phil is counting on the governor’s re-elect in California to play out like Senator Joe Lieberman’s re-elect in Connecticut. Does that mean Mulholland has a “kiss of death” photo/video with Gov. Schwarzenegger and Pres. Bush? Probably. Will it matter? I don’t think so.

Democrats in Connecticut are upset with Lieberman over his rubberstamp of the Iraq war. Try as they might (and will), there’s no… Read More

The Schwarzenegger for Governor campaign these days is like the Energizer Bunny on steroids. There isn’t a two hour block of time that goes by during the day where you don’t hear from the campaign, defining Scharzenegger, or defining Angelides (who keeps trying to redefine himself with little success). There is enough volume coming off of the Team Arnold transom that it is sometimes hard to appreciate all of it. But every once in a while, I get something from them that is worth passing along.

Today I got what may be their best "Typical Phil" release yet, themed around outrageous and Over The Top comments made by Phil Angelides or his lackeys (usually Bob Mulholland) about the Governor, or Republicans.

A couple of examples are below, but open the attachment to see all ten!

Way to go Team Arnold – this stuff is great.

OVER-THE-TOP #3: Angelides Compared Governor Schwarzenegger To Segregationists Angelides Compared Governor Schwarzenegger To George Wallace And "Many Other Segregationists." "By vetoing the Civil Marriage and Religious Freedom Protection… Read More

Interesting Hollywood’s outrage over Mel Gibson for stating that Jews are to blame for starting all the world’s wars while they remain silent about Hezbollah’s and Iran’s intention to wipe Jews off the planet.

As I read that Barbara Walters doesn’t think she wants to see any more of Gibson’s movies, the phrase, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" comes to mind.

Hollywood’s self-obsessed, therapy-addicted, pill-popping culture takes greater offense at the concept of words not directed at any Jew in particular than they do at deadly missiles aimed quit particularly at Jewish civilians in Israel.

Where is Sean Penn and why isn’t he on his way to Israel to show solidarity with a Jewish minority being attacked by terrorists? Why isn’t the Hollywood Community vocalizing support for disarming Hezbollah? Where are Tim Robbins and his lovely wife Susan Sarandon? Why aren’t they lecturing the International Community to make the Jew-hating Islamic terrorists put down their weapons and return the two Israeli soldiers Hezbollah kidnapped and is holding at this… Read More

OK, this is more ‘gossipy’ than substantive, but I thought I would share:

Necklace Envy By Mary Ann Akers Roll Call Staff August 2, 2006 House and Senate aides are buzzing about a late-night lobbying incident last week involving Rebecca Cox, the wife of former Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Calif.), who now serves as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.… Read More

There is a lot to digest in terms of California political news today – you might find yourself spending more time than usual perusing the news. WILL JAN SCULLY PUT ROB REINER IN FRONT OF A GRAND JURY? I have featured on the main page today the lead editorial from today’s San Diego Union Tribune because it highlights an important criminal investigation taking place that has managed to slide off of the ‘public radar screen’ – the investigation of Rob Reiner and his role with the state’s First Five Commission. You’ll recall that a lot of controversy swirled around this issue – eventually leading to Reiner stepping off of the commission. There was a lot of monkey business going on (things like Reiner’s Commission spending taxpayer dollars to run pro-preschool advertising on TV at the same time that Reiner was gathering signatures for his preschool ballot measure). Ultimately the criminal investigation into Reiner’s activities ended up in the lap of tough prosecutor Jan Scully,… Read More

There is a lot to digest in terms of California political news today – you might find yourself spending more time than usual perusing the news. WILL JAN SCULLY PUT ROB REINER IN FRONT OF A GRAND JURY? I have featured on the main page today the lead editorial from today’s San Diego Union Tribune because it highlights an important criminal investigation taking place that has managed to slide off of the ‘public radar screen’ – the investigation of Rob Reiner and his role with the state’s First Five Commission. You’ll recall that a lot of controversy swirled around this issue – eventually leading to Reiner stepping off of the commission. There was a lot of monkey business going on (things like Reiner’s Commission spending taxpayer dollars to run pro-preschool advertising on TV at the same time that Reiner was gathering signatures for his preschool ballot measure). Ultimately the criminal investigation into Reiner’s activities ended up in the lap of tough prosecutor Jan Scully,… Read More

Update 5:15 pm…..Senate Passes Soledad Bill:

Statement by Majority Leader Bill Frist WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D., (R-Tenn.) made the following statement on legislation to protect the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial Cross, which passed today by unanimous consent:

“I am proud that the Senate chose to protect an important memorial honoring our nation’s fallen veterans. With the passage of this legislation, the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, will be controlled by the federal government who will ensure that the men and women it memorializes will continue to be honored.”

Since 1954, a 29-foot cross has stood atop Mt. Soledad in San Diego, California memorializing the American war dead of World War I, World War II and the Korean conflict. Over the years, the Memorial has grown and now includes six large, concentric walls covered with granite plaques commemorating individual servicemen and women, bollards, pavers and a flagpole proudly flying the American flag. The Mt. Soledad Memorial, in its entirety, is a world class war… Read More

Keep this one in your back pocket and feel free to pull it out later in this campaign cycle and use it liberally: Code Pink sides with Hezbollah against Israel.

Like the predictable nags they are, the all-girl, post-menopausal busy bodies who call themselves Code Pink will no doubt regroup after they’re done protesting Israel’s right to defend itself against Islamic terrorism, and protest Governor Schwarzenegger, as they have done so many times in the past.

So when Code Pink organizes against Arnold later in the campaign, be sure to tell your friends, reporters, book club companions and IM buddies that this is the same group of women who supported a terrorist organization that seeks to eliminate Jews from the face of the earth.

And oh, by they way, don’t expect the same amount of media scrutiny for Code Pink Anti-Semites as Mel Gibson is receiving. No, Code Pink isn’t screaming out obscenities about the Jews at their protests of Israel (that we know of), but their rhetoric is every bit as fowl.

"Close to 400 protesters showed up for a spirited… Read More