Are there really that few conservative voters in California? That’s what I feel like polls must be showing these days. If you look at the national political picture, President Bush and the Republican Congress are suffering hemorrhaging on their right flank due to frustrations on the inability of the federal government to grapple with the issue of illegal immigration, the desire for an exit-strategy for Iraq, and the out-of-control spending that is taking place under GOP reign. Conservatives have strong feelings on the issue of illegal immigration, and our preferred way of dealing with the many millions of undocumented people who have violated our nation’s laws by coming here are articulated well by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher here. You can understand more about the spending problem here. So I find myself frustrated on two levels. As I look back in Washington, D.C., I am… Read More

In one of the best political developments of the last 10 years, Republican fiscal "moderates" in Pennsylvania had their asses handed to them in the primary elections yesterday. You can read about it here, but the moral of the story is – conservatives will come out and defeat big spending Republicansin primaries. And as I have penned before, this is exactly what must happen to drive change in the GOP. With the immigration disaster looming, and federal spending at an all time high, conservatives sent moderates a big message last night – everyone needs to get their act together orits over. All you guys that voted for those big bonds ought to take notice too. As long as we keep spending literally all of the surplus and failing to deal with structural State deficits, you are all vulnerable too.… Read More

Let me give a hearty shout-out to the OC Blog for alerting me to this great column, penned by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, that appears on the Orange County GOP website. When I read it, I thought to myself, perhaps if this column were read here on the FlashReport by our readers, it would resonate with many, and make it clear to many others that Congressman Rohrabacher speaks for many, many of us who are outraged at the idea that millions of people who snuck/crept/smuggled/lied their way into America would be legitimized through amnesty*.

The Congressman’s article is entitled Turn Off the Faucet First, and begins like this:

If a bathtub is overflowing and water is spilling onto the floor, the first thing most rational people would do is turn off the faucet, remove the sink stopper and let the water drain. Then the clean up… Read More

I read the Los Angeles Times article about Michelle Steel working at as Claude Parrish’s chief deputy at the Board of Equalization for only three months — and then quitting as soon it was certain she could list "Equalization Boardmember’s Deputy."

Yawn.

With all due respect to the respected publisher of this respected publication, I’m more outrraged that Marcus Frishman is making $111,768 a year as Parrish’s deputy.

Like many conservatives, I find myself in an odd situation vis-a-vis the BOA 3rd District race. The choice is between two excellent conservatives: Michelle Steel and Assemblyman Ray Haynes. Ray has long been an inspiring and tireless conservative voice in the California wilderness. I have been friends with Shawn and Michelle Steel for many years, and know Michelle to be as relentless in her conservatism as Shawn.

Naturally, Ray is… Read More

The CalRaces blog has video of a very agitated Jim Ledford, primary opponent to Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, having a total meltdown at a press conference last Friday, May 12th. (Mike Spence blogs about it below and links to an article in the Antelope Valley Press.) The video includes a very “special” moment at the end. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll ask yourself, why can’t Tom Hanksshow this much emotion? www.CalRaces.com… Read More

Your GOP Primary opponent is an incumbent, who just got done crossing the state to qualify the popular Jesica’s Law initiative. The initiative will crack down on sex offenders.

Q.What do you do?

A. Hold a press conference attacking her on the issue of sex offenders.

That is exactly what happened in the 36th Assembly District race between Jessica Law co-author Sharon Runner and Palmdale Mayor James Ledford.

Next Garamendi will attack McClintock for being weak on taxes or Feinstein will hit Mountjoy on illegal immigration. That sound you hear is Ledford’s campaign going over like a led ballon. No GPS trackernecessay to see where this is going.

See the article here.… Read More

The good news: Mike Wallace finally retiring from Sunday night’s propaganda laced ’60 Minutes’. The bad news: Helen Thomas is taking his place, and Ed Bradley got official permission from the network (as part of his contract negotiations) to wear a different ostentatious outfit every 20 seconds he is on camera, as opposed to his current 30 second deal.… Read More

Francine Busby’s 2006 campaign for Congress is a totally different creature than her bid in 2004. Then, she was a longshot liberal running against a popular incumbent. Now, she’s the Democrat poster child for ethics reform and moderation.

But while Busby (pictured to the right) needs to tell voters she’s a moderate in order to win a congressional district that President Bush carried by 11 points in 2004, moderation is hardly a Busby trait. Her public persona is a long record of radical leftism that the mainstream media is loathe to report. Busby has established ties not only to the fringe left of the Democrat party, but to groups and organizations whose positions on moral equivalence between terrorism and war would make even the dedicated liberals in her own party wrap themselves in the flag.

On her 2004 campaign website biography, Busby lists two groups with which she "actively participated," that are mysteriously missing… Read More