One of the joys of being old political talent is discovering new political talent. I have discovered one in Dan Centinello, currently serving as the campaign coordinator for Assembly candidate Kevin Jeffries. Dan is from New York where he wasChairman of the New York State College Republicans. He found his … Read More

THE DEATH TAX HAS TO GO… One of the biggest challenges facing Republicans in Washington, D.C., is that while there is technically a Republican majority in Congress, it is a weak majority at best. Actually, you have to things working against you if you are the President, anxious to have some legislation reach your desk that will excite and motivate conservatives. The first challenge is that a number of the "Republican" United States Senators, such as Jim Jeffords, Olympia Snowe, John McCain, and Arlen Spector (there are a few others) look to themselves as ‘mavericks’ of sort — with that word being code for ‘squishy’ — or maybe I should say that these GOPers really are not committed to reducing the size and scope of the federal government. It is this group of ‘squishy’ GOP Senators that is responsible for porking up the latest appropriations bill, sent over from the House, with funding for the War on Terror and for Katrina recovery efforts.

But as if this particular group of… Read More

THE DEATH TAX HAS TO GO… One of the biggest challenges facing Republicans in Washington, D.C., is that while there is technically a Republican majority in Congress, it is a weak majority at best. Actually, you have to things working against you if you are the President, anxious to have some legislation reach your desk that will excite and motivate conservatives. The first challenge is that a number of the "Republican" United States Senators, such as Jim Jeffords, Olympia Snowe, John McCain, and Arlen Spector (there are a few others) look to themselves as ‘mavericks’ of sort — with that word being code for ‘squishy’ — or maybe I should say that these GOPers really are not committed to reducing the size and scope of the federal government. It is this group of ‘squishy’ GOP Senators that is responsible for porking up the latest appropriations bill, sent over from the House, with funding for the War on Terror and for Katrina recovery efforts.

But as if this particular group of… Read More

Dear Mr. Branstine: In 2000 you published the following letter in the Riverside Press Enterprise against my boss Congressman Darrell Issa. Now you are now complaining because I point put that you ran as a Democrat many times for Assembly. If this is not true I welcome you to sue me. You can not run from your past. Congressman Darrell Issa and I support Kevin Jeffries for the 66th Assembly District. He is the trueRepublican. Your values seem to be whateverworks for you at the moment. As a resident of Riverside County and a member of the Riverside GOP I want to keep phoney Republicans like yourself out of office. You have right to your opinion and so do I. Darrell Issa had run one time for office in the past, you had run three times, and yet you call him a career politician. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Darrell Issa never ran as a Democrat as you did. Welcome to the world of Republican politics pal. I plan to do everything I can do to make sureRINO’s like you are not the Republican Nomoinee for the 66th… Read More

Senate Democrats, in their finite wisdom today, passed Senate Bill 1437 to mandate that public school textbooks include the contributions of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT).

A recurring argument made in support of the bill is that LGBT students need to learn about other LGBT role models in history textbooks so that they won’t feel isolated. “Knowing that others who are like you have taken a path in which you’re interested is helpful to a young person finding his or her place in the world,” said Sen. Bowen who went on to point out what we all know, which is students can be very cruel.

Indeed, kids torment other kids based on race or gender. Certainly, they can be cruel to lesbian or gay students. And this, Sen. Bowen tells us, explains their high rates of suicide. To stop the cruelty, to stop the suicides, we must teach about the contributions of LGBTs throughout history.

Again, the argument is made in the text of SB 1437, stating that because hate crimes are directed at LGBT students, they are “at greater risk for suicide, skipping school, drug and alcohol abuse and other risk-taking behavior,… Read More

Democratic candidate for Long Beach mayor says he’s an expert on the Roman Empire and Long Beach is having the same problems. See article here.He doesn’t nean the Huns, or the corruption of government and morals. He means the middle class is leaving. Really? What can he really do about, when is supported by the people that call more government programs? At least the Huns won’t come a knocking.… Read More

Well, this shoe took so long to drop I’m not sure anyone will take note. But while Assemblyman Van Tran ‘effectively’ endorsed his colleague Lynn Daucher for State Senate in the 34th District some time ago by dropping out of the race, today the Daucher campaign made it official, sending out a release proclaiming that Tran has officially supporting Daucher’s candidacy.

Tran, who is riding high today because of this favorably press, is a hard-nosed campaigner. So the question was and is not whether he would endorse Daucher, but whether he will ‘turn on’ his considerable campaign operation to support her.

Tran’s number one political operative in Orange County, Barrett Tetlow, is currently heading up the State GOP/Join Arnold Victory 06… Read More

House chairman disputes report of probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top Republican lawmaker disputed a report on Thursday that identified him as the latest target in a series of federal investigations of members of Congress.

The Los Angeles Times quoted sources as saying authorities had begun an investigation of California Rep. Jerry Lewis’ relationship with a lobbyist linked to convicted former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.

Lewis said he had no knowledge of an investigation and denied wrongdoing in the awarding of contracts as the powerful chairman of the House of Representatives Appropriations… Read More