This item just posted on the Fresno Bee political notebook blog page – apparently Republican Congressional candidate and former House Member got a mention in Karl Rove’s new book, Courage and Consequence. Rove was in Fresno on Tuesday morning at a breakfast for Supervisor Debbie Poochigian. Richard Pombo was also at the breakfast, where copies of Rove’s book were handed out to the attendees.

Unknown to most, if not all of the breakfast attendees, at the time, was the mention of Pombo on page 463 of Rove’s book. Click here ot read the Fresno Bee post.

The race to succeed George Radanovich in CD 19 isa wide open affair, with Pombo, State Senator Jeff Denham, and former Fresno Mayor Jim Patterson competing for the nomination. Fresno Council member Larry Westerlund is also running in the contest. Too close to call as of this date.… Read More

My apologies in advance, but this is a “Tale of Two Campbells” – so look for me to use first and last names when referencing the two principles in this story. It’s like opening a can of Campbell’s soup — one with a lot of pork inside…

When I was reading the exclusive column featured on this website, penned by former Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell, in which he pledges to carry no earmarks were he elected to the Senate, and in which he challenged one of his primary opponents, Carly Fiorina, to join him in making this pledge – something came to my mind: a conversation that I had with Congressman John Campbell (who is also a regular contributor to the FlashReport Blog) a few years ago.

Most readers probably know that John Campbell has been amongst the few patriots (along with… Read More

My longtime friend and fellow FlashReport blogger, Doug LaMalfa, is running for the State Senate. While as a GOP officer I don’t take sides in primaries — I think we can have a "if you blog dozens of times for this website we’ll promote your campaign materials" policy. Anyways, Doug’s launched what I think is his first TV spot… Check it out!

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My apologies in advance, but this is a “Tale of Two Campbells” – so look for me to use first and last names when referencing the two principles in this story. It’s like opening a can of Campbell’s soup — one with a lot of pork inside…

When I was reading the exclusive column featured on this website, penned by former Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell, in which he pledges to carry no earmarks were he elected to the Senate, and in which he challenged one of his primary opponents, Carly Fiorina, to join him in making this pledge – something came to my mind: a conversation that I had with Congressman John Campbell (who is also a regular contributor to the FlashReport Blog) a few years ago.

Most readers probably know that John Campbell has been amongst the few patriots (along with… Read More

From today’s Wall Street Journal Political Diary E-mail…… Read More

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Acting Board of Equalization Member Barbara Alby and BOE Staff Member for Michelle Steel have teamed up to file legal action challenging State Senator George Runner’s inclusion of "Taxpayer Advocate" as part of his ballot title. They charge they they are all taxpayer advocates, but that Runner’s full time job is legislating. Runner has been hired on a part-time basis by Americans for Prosperity’s California branch to do some work — with a job title of Taxpayer Advocate… We’ll see what a judge says… Steve Poizner is now calling on The Force to help him out in his campaign for Governor. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Proposition 14, which we have dubbed the "Make it easier to raise taxes" measure — which was specifically written to reduce the number of solid, anti-tax conservatives in the legislature — isn’t doing nearly as well in the polls as people have said — coming in at just 56%. Hopefully the voters will get a chance to understand that this measure is part of … Read More

Last Saturday the Orange County Republican Party held the much-awaited grand opening of its new headquarters. No longer is the OC GOP a renter — thanks to the hard work of OC GOP Chairman Scott Baugh and a team of generous donors, the county party has now purchased a new building to house its permanent headquarters. Located centrally in the county, in Tustin, the new HQ features state of the art technology, a large call center, and much more.

As astute followers of politics know, the past few days GOP strategist and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove has been criss-crossing the Golden State pitching his new book, and helping GOP candidates, committees and causes. Rove was the headliner for the OC GOP HQ opening, and I was there (I serve on the OC GOP Committee as the Alternate for Assemblyman Chuck DeVore) with the handy FlashFlipCam and recorded Rove’s entire speech (runs slightly over 30 minutes with the introduction from Baugh). That video is below.

I also have included a clip of some video taken at the opening where the building was dedicated to the Frank Greinke family for their generosity (much of the down payment for this… Read More