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Late this afternoon Steve Poizner and Meg Wihitman will have their first debate, moderated by network news reporter Conan Nolan. A big thank you to event hosts The New Majority for streaming this event and providing us the embedding code so you can watch it below… The event is at 530pm… I will be attending the event in person — should be fun!
At the GOP Convention, Meg Whitman held a "townhall style" program featuring herself and former Massachusetts Governor and 2008 GOP Presidential contender Mitt Romney. The session was moderated by FR friend and radio talk show host Eric Hogue…
Before Insurance Commissioner and Gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner addressed State GOP Convention attendees last Saturday night, his campaign ran a two minute video from popular conservative California Congressman Tom McClintock. I reached out to Team Poizner and asked them if they could make that video available to FR readers (or watchers in this case)…
The National Organization of Marriage has just launched a new television commercial here in California in which they seek to emphasize that on the issue of gay marriage, Republican Tom Campbell and Barbara Boxer have the same position. They highlight a couple of other similarities as well.
Brian Brown, Executive Director of NOM, has this to say about his organization’s ad, "GOP voters believe in tax cuts, national defense, and the family. They oppose same-sex marriage by a 4-1 margin. They deserve to know that Tom Campbell is a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice, pro-tax Republican — not much different from Barbara Boxer on many key issues."
A well placed source with NOM shared some information about the ad buy itself, "The ad is focused in key GOP areas – San Diego, LA, Fresno, Bakersfield and Sacramento media markets. In larger markets such as LA, San Diego and Sacramento it is targeted to areas within the market that are rich in Republican voters."
Here is the ad…
This last weekend at the California Republican Party Convention, State Senator Tony Strickland formally announced his candidacy for State Controller. We had the FlashReport FlipVideo camera on hand… This video below starts with Strickland’s actual announcement, followed by a statement made by Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, announcing the endorsement of HJTA PAC for Strickland — and then Strickland, Coupal and I sit down for a few minutes to talk about the campaign. I’d like to extend an FR shout-out to Strickland’s campaign consultant (and former FR contributor) Joe Justin, who helped to set this up…
We’ll be posting up all kinds of fun "goodies" from this last weekend’s State GOP convention, but this one we put on the top of our list. Photo credit goes to Republican National Committeeman Shawn Steel for this picture of U.S. Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina’s top consultant, Marty Wilson. In case anyone was wondering whether Marty is willing to take on any task necessary for the campaign, we note here that Marty is carrying Mrs. Fiorina’s purse. Marty, we think it’s your color!… Read More
For the first time, the two contenders for the Republican nomination for Governor, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, will debate. The event, hosted by the New Majority, will take place at 530pm today in Orange County. We will be featuring live, streaming video of the showdown here on the FlashReport Blog! So tune in to watch it live, or catch the replay!… Read More