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Jon Fleischman

Former Senator Cathie Wright Sticks A Finger In Elton’s Eye

Former longtime California State Legislator, Cathie Wright, has officially decided to poke a stick in the eye of her longtime local Congressman, Elton Gallegly.

Gallegly’s running for re-election this year, having served in Congress from that area since before people converted from LP to compact disk.  Conventional wisdom is that Gallegly will easily win renomination as the Republican nominee in what is an overwhelmingly GOP district.

Those who know Cathie Wright (I used to work for her for a time) can visualize her smirk as she envisions Gallegly reading that she has endorsed Michael Tenenbaum against him.  Tenenbaum, a local businessman, is in the midst of what will likely be his second Kamikaze run against this incumbent…

FR readers may recall that there was some drama two years ago when Gallegly participated in some political machinations, apparently desiring to retire but "softball" his seat to a friend.  For a short period, it looked like Tenenbaum might be the only GOPer on the ballot.

That said, Gallegly is part of a Republican minority in Congress that needs to really evaluate if we are the party of limited government, or if we are the party of spending a lot, but just a little less than the Democrats…