
I was wrong – I admit it
On January 14th I posted on this leading California / National Political BLOG that Rep. Roy Blunt had the votes to be the Republican Leader in the House of Representatives. As we all know, I was wrong. I do believe that on January 14th Blunt did have the 117 votes to be the Leader, the problem for him came on Feb 2nd when the voting took place and he only had 109 in the end.
I have a good friend who works in a senior position for Blunt. Before I posted Blunt’s press release that day, I point blank asked him if what they were saying was true, as I did not want to use the FlashReport as a flack vehicle for whoever puts out what spin. My source confirmed the information was correct and as I said, on January 14th I believed it was true.
As many of us have learned in politics, the only poll that matters is the one taken on Election Day. Rep. Roy Blunt (as did my boss Rep. Darrell Issa) was reminded of that this week. For those of you out there who send me nasty e-mails or posted on their BLOGS a.k.a Power Blue Report chastising me for lying about Blunt’s votes. I admit I was wrong about the out… Read More