America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani wraps up an impressive run in California by winning the Straw poll at the National Federation of Republican Women’s recent convention.

This follows wins in straw polls at the California Republican Party State Convention (conducted by the Monterey County Republican CC) and at the California State Fair (conducted by the Sacramento County Republican CC).

The NFRW convention (they have 1,825 local clubs) was attended by GOP women activists from around the country – which indicates Rudy’s campaign is building momentum…

Now straw polls are not scientific, but Giuliani also leads all polls in California and nationally – across all demographic and philosophic profiles.

And, as FR contributor… Read More

Chris Simcox, Minuteman PAC Honorary Chairman and founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, announced this morning that the PAC has endorsed Duncan D. Hunter for Congress in his bid to succeed his father in California’s 52nd congressional district.

As Hunter is serving with his Marine unit in Afghanistan, his wife Margaret is keeping the campaign fires burning. "We are very happy to receive the endorsement of the Minutemen PAC, " she said. "The devastating impact of illegal immigration is probably the top issue in the 52ND congressional district, because we are on the front-lines. Duncan firmly believes that the federal government needs to do more to stem the flow of illegal immigration. He is committed to continuing the work started by his father to build the border fence and increase border security."

Attached is the full release.… Read More

San Diego’s 78th Assembly District is one of the few remaining state legislative battlegrounds. For a pretty straight look at the Democrat candidates see www.redcountysandiego.com this morning.… Read More

**Preview: Coming tomorrow and Wednesday, I had an opportunity to conduct yet another insightful and provocative interview with well-known and well-respected veteran California pollster Arnie Steinberg. This interview with Steinberg is a two-parter, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading it as much as we spent bringing it your way. Look for Part I tomorrow! – Flash**

California 4th Assembly District is safe GOP territory. Currently represented by conservative Ted Gaines, the district lies to the East of Sacramento, taking in all or most of Placer, El Dorado and Alpine Counties, a portion of Sutter County and a small piece of Sacramento County. Here is a map.

Most notable about this legislative district these days is that it falls within California 4th Congressional District where the long-time incumbent, John Doolittle… Read More

The Governor currently has a bill sitting on his desk that has not received a single Republican vote.

(Note: I stand corrected. Senator Tom McClintock voted for this bill. See vote here.)

When looking at the bill analysis it is easy to understand why. It is hard to agree with the City of Davis (I almost never do), Common Cause, Cal PIRG, and the California Democratic Party.

Despite the unsavory cast of characters supporting it (not including McClintock), the bill has merit. AB 1294 allows general law cities and counties to be able to use ranked voting (RV) systems if it passes by local initiative.

Local Control I actually believe in local control. As a former Mayor and current County Supervisor I think we even need to let cities and counties run their own systems. We don’t need Senator Battin, Assemblyman Smyth, Speaker Nunez or anyone else in Sacramento telling us what is good for Woodland.

Cities and counties should be able to be wrong. The City of San Diego… Read More

**Preview: Coming tomorrow and Wednesday, I had an opportunity to conduct yet another insightful and provocative interview with well-known and well-respected veteran California pollster Arnie Steinberg. This interview with Steinberg is a two-parter, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading it as much as we spent bringing it your way. Look for Part I tomorrow! – Flash**

California 4th Assembly District is safe GOP territory. Currently represented by conservative Ted Gaines, the district lies to the East of Sacramento, taking in all or most of Placer, El Dorado and Alpine Counties, a portion of Sutter County and a small piece of Sacramento County. Here is a map.

Most notable about this legislative district these days is that it falls within California 4th Congressional District where the long-time incumbent, John Doolittle… Read More

This morning, I was reading a column from my good friend, Debra Saunders who expresses why she is pleased that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has decided NOT to seek the Presidency. I think that Debra is the only Republican columnist for that left-wing paper who writes consistently on political issues. While not as conservative as yours truly, when you consider the arena in which she is expressing herself, she is a very conservative writer. Anyway, I read her column and realized that I that I was harboring many of the same feelings. Newt Gingrich had his shot, when he was Speaker of the House of Representatives, to show what kind of leader he can be — and he fell short. I don’t want to turn this Sunday morning column into a negative diatribe on Newt, as I do not bear him personal animus. But I will say that when it was revealed that he had been in the midst of a torrid affair with a mistress at… Read More

This morning, I was reading a column from my good friend, Debra Saunders who expresses why she is pleased that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has decided NOT to seek the Presidency. I think that Debra is the only Republican columnist for that left-wing paper who writes consistently on political issues. While not as conservative as yours truly, when you consider the arena in which she is expressing herself, she is a very conservative writer. Anyway, I read her column and realized that I that I was harboring many of the same feelings. Newt Gingrich had his shot, when he was Speaker of the House of Representatives, to show what kind of leader he can be — and he fell short. I don’t want to turn this Sunday morning column into a negative diatribe on Newt, as I do not bear him personal animus. But I will say that when it was revealed that he had been in the midst of a torrid affair with a mistress at… Read More