Brandon Powers recently posted a link up on this site over to the evil, hated and reviled (LOL) California Majority Report website, where they have reported that there is a leadership challenge in the making to Assembly Republican Leader George Plescia (this is true, by the way).

Karen Hanretty, our famous FR alumnus, posted a comment to Brandon’s post that is worth some attention, so I am reprinting it below:

Poll after poll shows Gov. Schwarzenegger easily winning re-election next Tuesday. However, the fate of the other Republicans running for the statewide offices is not so easily predicted.

But polls do show Sen. Tom McClintock, the darling of California conservatives, running ahead of Insurance Commissioner, Democrat John Garamendi. It will be a sweet victory for McClintock, who has run and lost statewide races before. McClintock has run a smart campaign and, to many people’s surprise, stayed pretty quiet while the guy at the top of his party’s ticket was busy signing Democratic Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez’ legislative agenda into law.

After spending nearly twenty years in the legislature, McClintock,… Read More

Republicans around the country are under seige by Democrats as the party of Hillary Clinton strives to install Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House of Representatives. In California, there are three districts where Democrats are trying to pick up seats, one of them is the East Bay/Central Valley seat held by FR friend Richard Pombo. Pombo is a target by left wing groups from the east coast for his strong convictions in favor of a limited federal government in Washngton, D.C.

Democrat Jerry McNerney’s credibility dropped another couple of notches today when the influential Roll Call newspaper demanded that his campaign stop using the Roll Call masthead and a made-up headline attacking opponent Richard Pombo.

In a sharply worded letter to the McNerney campaign, Roll Call Deputy Editor Lou Jacobson says “Because of the misleading nature of this ad — and of any similar ads — we demand that the McNerney campaign stop airing or mailing any ads with this text.” Jacobson noted that the paper had… Read More

Poll after poll shows Gov. Schwarzenegger easily winning re-election next Tuesday. However, the fate of the other Republicans running for the statewide offices is not so easily predicted.

But polls do show Sen. Tom McClintock, the darling of California conservatives, running ahead of Insurance Commissioner, Democrat John Garamendi. It will be a sweet victory for McClintock, who has run and lost statewide races before. McClintock has run a smart campaign and, to many people’s surprise, stayed pretty quiet while the guy at the top of his party’s ticket was busy signing Democratic Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez’ legislative agenda into law.

After spending nearly twenty years in the legislature, McClintock,… Read More

The Hoover Institute released a new poll yesterday on several state ballot issues (Prop. 85-90 only) and the major candidates the voters will consider in Tuesday’s election.

Here are excerpts from the Hoover news release on the poll.

"According to a survey conducted October 19-27 for the Hoover Institution by Polimetrix, Schwarzenegger leads his Democratic opponent, California State Treasurer Phil Angelides 50% to 40% with 10% undecided or supporting third party candidates.

"In most other races, Democratic candidates hold comfortable margins over their Republican opponents. U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein leads Republican State Senator Richard Mountjoy 57% to 39% in her bid for reelection. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi leads State Senator Tom McClintock 51% to 45% in the race for Lieutenant Governor. Current… Read More

Two weekends ago, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was all over network TV, talking about her plans if Democrats won the House. On Monday, tracking polls all over the country showed a spike in Republican performance. We haven’t seen her since.

Harry Reid, Senate Minority leader, gets caught in a shady land deal in Nevada. Haven’t seen him since.

Senator John Kerry, in perhaps one of the worst campaign gaffes of all time, denigrates the educational levels of our troops in Iraq (who have a higher percentage of college degrees than those not serving in the military). Today, his planned trips to Iowa, Minnesota and Philadelphia are all canceled at the request of the candidates he was planning to support.

We won’t see him again until after next Tuesday.

Yes, the new strategy for the Democrats – hide!

Lest any conservative become smug about the situation, keep this in mind – these buffoons are competitive with our side. It’s time to ask ourselveswhy.… Read More

I got this letter today from a friend. It seems to be circulating around the Internet via e-mail. If you haven’t received this, send this link to your friends and family as a reminder of why we don’t want Jerry Brown occupying the Attorney General’s office. On Tuesday (or before, if they are absentee ballot voters), they need to vote for Sen. Chuck Poochigian. Here’s why:

Mr. Gregg Passama ("COPS") President California Organization of Police & Sheriffs 430 N. Vineyard #310 Ontario, California 91764

Mr. Passama,

I am a retired Los Angeles Policeman. I was a "cop" who worked,… Read More

Aside from having a Republican Governor the Republican Party in CA has had to appreciate the little victories the last several election cycles.

It seems however that is about to change. Several of our statewide candidates are poised for victory.

But there is another reason for the GOP to have hope. In Orange County the 34th State Senate Distinct is the only legislative district that is really in play this year. And while Central Orange County has been a stronghold for the Democrats that should change on Tuesday.

It is an open secret that polling shows Republican State Assemblywoman Lynn Daucher leading over Democrat County Supervisor Lou Correa. If Daucher pulls out a win here, it will be a victory for Senate Republican Leader Dick Ackerman more than anyone else. He is the one who has put all the pieces together, raised the necessary dollars and masterminded this outcome.

Local GOP Chairman Scott Baugh will deserve some credit too for overseeing the successful volunteer-led registration drive that has brought registration in the district to near even.

The Democrats are so scared of what Ackerman has put together in this race that… Read More