Two stories of note.

Over at Roll Call, this article shows that there may be a silver lining to a GOP rain cloud this year. More on the rain cloud.

Over at the Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert, the opponents to Prop. 11 have been caught in double-print (the written form of double-speak).… Read More

You have to ask yourself what kind of LOSERS go out and steal campaign signs. Stealing signs is not only LAME, it is also a violation of law, and an infringement of the First Amendment rights of others. Well, the California Republican Party is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the LOSERS who you can see sign-stealing in this video… (Can you help finding the culprits? If so let me know.

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As we approach the general election, I have to tell you that no vote that one of the most important votes that any conservative in this state can cast is a vote in support of Proposition 11.

By passing Proposition 11, Californians will be making it possible to add more conservatives to the legislature than ever before. That’s right – despite all of the rhetoric of misguided Prop. 11 supporters, who somehow believe that this measure will end partisanship in Sacramento – it will not. But what it will do is add more Republicans into the mix, giving us more votes to stop spending increases, tax increases and the growth in government that we have seen at the hands of the liberal Democrats who control the institution.

Ironically, a trip to the Yes on 11 website allows you to peruse quotes from officials of groups like the… Read More

As we approach the general election, I have to tell you that no vote that one of the most important votes that any conservative in this state can cast is a vote in support of Proposition 11.

By passing Proposition 11, Californians will be making it possible to add more conservatives to the legislature than ever before. That’s right – despite all of the rhetoric of misguided Prop. 11 supporters, who somehow believe that this measure will end partisanship in Sacramento – it will not. But what it will do is add more Republicans into the mix, giving us more votes to stop spending increases, tax increases and the growth in government that we have seen at the hands of the liberal Democrats who control the institution.

Ironically, a trip to the Yes on 11 website allows you to peruse quotes from officials of groups like the… Read More

House Republican Leader John Boehner today urged the Administration to cut-off funds to ACORN, the "nonprofit" group accused of voter fraud on behalf of Democrats in 12 states, that has received$31 million from the Federalgovernment in the past nine years.

"It is evident that ACORN is incapable of using Federal funds in a manner consistent with law," said Boehner, echoing my calls over the weekend publishedin the Christian Science Monitor that ACORN has become, essentially, a racketeering outfit by virtue of voter fraud claims so bad, one person was registered to vote by them over 70 times in an Obama-leaning precinct in Ohio.

Liberal election lawyers are fit-to-be-tied on the election law blogs about the recent ACORN revelations. (Some must be paid by ACORN or its subsidiaries!) Their rationalizations for ACORN range from "they are a central organization overseeing nonprofits" to "failure to be tax exempt is not uncommon for a nonprofit." ACORN claims to be a "nonprofit" but can’t produce an "IRS tax determination letter"… Read More

Hot off the presses, former eBay Chairman (and ersatz California Governor) Meg Whitman today took out her rather sizable checkbook, and wrote a rather sizable check to the campaign against Proposition 5, which we here at the FlashReport like to call the "Let Criminals Out of Jail" Measure. Law enforcement leaders, and frankly most political leaders around the state have unified against the measure (heck, anything that gets Orange County’s conservative D.A. Tony Rackauckas and actor Martin Sheen on the same side, against it, must suck on a whole new level).

Whitman’s contribution certainly represents a high-profile donation, and the No on 5 campaign can use it. While the initiative is terrible, the reality is that raising money to defeat it has been very difficult.

Of course, I have to finish off this post by juxtaposing some 2010 Gubernatorial politics. With this donation, Whitman will be sure to get a boost with law enforcement types, who are all opposed to this thing. If… Read More

Today Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner spent some time at the St. John’s Shelter Program for Women & Children, in Sacramento. Poizner’s visit to this facility coincides with an annual week of volunteerism that is hosted by the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation. During the week of October 20, 2008, thousands of insurance employees will donate upwards of 12,000 service hours across the nation.

Poizner’s visit to St. John’s provides me with a long overdue opportunity to sing the praises of a good friend of the FlashReport, Michele Steeb. Formerly a Vice President with the California Chamber of Commerce, Michele left the political arena to focus on a charitable endeavor, and serves as Executive Director of St. Johns Shelter.… Read More

The well regarded CATO Institute in Washington, D.C., has released their annual Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors. What do they have to say about Governor Schwarzenegger, who barely eeked out a "C" grade (thanks to GOPers stopping tax increases)? You can read the report online here (Page 13 has the California section) although you really should read the executive summary on Schwarzenegger’s performance, which I thought was spot-on. I have excerpted that below… Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican… Read More