For over a year State Senator Jeff Denham has been running for the GOP nomination for Lt. Governor. Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth had endorsed his colleague in his bid for higher office.

Today off the transom came a release from the campaign of State Senator Sam Aanastad, who recently announced that he, too, is seeking the GOP nomination for LG. The release announced the endorsement of Hollingsworth of his candidacy.

Needless to say, it seemed like an interesting story if Hollingsworth was dropping his support for Denham in favor of Aanestad. Were Hollingsworth not the leader, that wouldn’t be too shocking. Between Aanastad and Denham, the former is more ideologically conservative. But because he is the leader, it would have been a head-turned.

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Over the weekend the campaign of Chris Norby dropped a mail piece to voters. "Why does Linda Ackerman Lie?" is in large print on the piece which takes to task Ackerman for dropping a piece attacking Norby on sexual harassment allegations.

This mail piece really highlights the fact that AD 72 voters will be getting a lot of "he said, she said" pieces going back and forth, which will make it very hard for those not closely involved in politics to sort of the truth of allegations (heck, even for those hip-deep in this stuff it is hard to figure it all out).

Nevertheless my initial thoughts are still relevant, the burden to overcome the back-and-forth and get a positive image of herself out there to voters will be on Linda Ackerman. Supervisor Norby is already a well known commodity in North Orange County. The challenge here is highlighted by a conversation I had with a non-political Republican voter from the district whom I asked about this race. He said that he was skeptical of allegations being brought up about Norby now. He wondered why allegations hadn’t been brought up before. I tried to explain that Norby hasn’t been… Read More

This last Friday evening and Saturday was the third annual Western Conservative Political Action Conference held in Newport Beach, California. The event, which drew as many as 350 people at its peak, represented a third straight year of growth for the event. While the event was relatively short in length, starting with a sunset reception on Friday and concluding with a dinner Saturday evening – Western CPAC was jammed pack with a great program that included a whole slew of great speakers.

For my part, as a Co-Chairman of the event, I wanted to see this event get high-level exposure through-out the conservative blogosphere, with a top-notch bloggers row. I reached out to my friend Elizabeth Crum, Vice President of the Nevada-based Citizen Outreach and Editor of the Nevada News Bureau, who… Read More

This last Friday evening and Saturday was the third annual Western Conservative Political Action Conference held in Newport Beach, California. The event, which drew as many as 350 people at its peak, represented a third straight year of growth for the event. While the event was relatively short in length, starting with a sunset reception on Friday and concluding with a dinner Saturday evening – Western CPAC was jammed pack with a great program that included a whole slew of great speakers.

For my part, as a Co-Chairman of the event, I wanted to see this event get high-level exposure through-out the conservative blogosphere, with a top-notch bloggers row. I reached out to my friend Elizabeth Crum, Vice President of the Nevada-based Citizen Outreach and Editor of the Nevada News Bureau, who… Read More

I’m finding it very difficult to believe that Anita Dunn, who said on film on June 5 that communist mass murderer Chairman Mao was one of her philosophical heroes, still has a job. Can you imagine the ramifications of a Republican in her position saying something even mildly similar? For folks who don’t pay attention, under Mao nearly 34 million people were murdered, many in concentration camps. Think North Korea. Disgusting. This woman has no place in any responsible administration.… Read More

U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes is fired up about so-called "leaders" of the Ag Community who are thwarting efforts to get the water pumps turned on.… Read More

Senate pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) had a press event last week to argue the Governor’s furlough of state workers is not saving as much as advertised.A huge number of state workers live in his district.Steinberg and a group from UC Berkeley gave compelling arguments.If they and others are successful in convincing the public and the Governor that the furloughs are not producing enough savings, the Governor’s only viable alternative is to exercise his executive power to unilaterally layoff tens of thousands of state workers with a single stroke of his pen. http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/14/steinberg-seeks-a-one-two-punch-on-furloughs/ … Read More

Today, I announced I was endorsing Chris Norby for the 72nd Assembly District.

Iwanted to briefly let people know why. I think Chris Norby will be a fighter for Republican principles. During this breakfrom the legislature I hear more and more how people are mad. While they are mad at Obamacare and tax increases, they are also mad at the Republican Party.

Norby understands that frustration and I will never have to worry about him voting for big government or a tax increase. He gets that. Chris Norby is a grassroots Republican. I may not agree with him on every issue, but we need more fighters from the grassroots in Sacramento.… Read More