Last night the two Republican candidates for Governor of California squared off in what we would call a much-overdue first debate. First and foremost, I would like to thank New Majority California for generously arranging to broadcast the debate live via streaming video so that FlashReport readers could catch the debate live! You can read more about the New Majority here. If you didn’t get a chance to see the debate, or for some reason want to see it again, here it is…

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Unlike other events where I typically mix in with attendees, and occasionally look off at whatever sequestered area the media has been forced to squeeze into, this time I am IN that area — covering the first Gubernatorial GOP of the season as a "member of the press corps" — yikes.

With the help of my friend and fellow blogger Matt Cunningham (holding the FlashCam), I filmed this little five minute video… Check it out! Be patient if it isn’t up right away – You Tube takes a few minutes to process.

Check out my "live tweeting" of the debate at www.twitter.com/flashreport. I’m also live blogging on Red County’s live feed here.

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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!

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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…

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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)…

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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…

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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…

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