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Check out this great television spot now running statewide for Tony Strickland, courtesy of a large independent expenditure from "Team 2006" (Indian Tribes and some Silicon Valley interests).
"Vault" (link below).
h/t to Shawn for sending this along… Read More
As I wait for graphics I have time to skim through the various national columnists to see what the big brains are thinking (actually, that’s not altogether true. First I looked up the 1974 Rankin-Bass stop-motion holiday cartoon The Year Without a Santa Claus and found the fan websites for both Heatmiser and Snowmiser and played both their songs loud until everyone else in the office told me to put a cork in it).
Then I went over to Peggy Noonan who had the following gem in her Wall Street Journal opinion piece entitled Is there Progress Through Loss?
We’ve been reading about the independent efforts underway to help Tony Strickland get elected State Controller. Some Indian Tribes and Silicon Valley types are stepping up bigtime (to the tune of millions of dollars). Why would they do this? Maybe they are sick and tired of having a liberal, tax-loving majority on the State Board of Equalization? Duh.
In the meatime, Strickland’s Democrat opponent, John Chiang, has started to flake out on his media payments causing cancellations around the state. Much like his Democrat colleague Cruz Bustamante, Chiang’s campaign seems to be imploding.
There is union money out there… But with Angelides losing by a margin so vast, do the unions want to drop good money after bad?… Read More
Over at the Democrat Majority Report website, FR (liberal) friend Steve Maviglio a ‘Top Ten Races to Watch’ — I guess he is doing this once a week as he did it last week and now this week. Anyways, on the first list, he graciously threw Angelides v. Schwarzenegger in the 10th and final slot. This is commendable. Steve’s a loyal guy — after all, if Gray Davis was the HMS Titanic, and Davis the Captain on the bridge — Steve stayed with "Captain Davis" as the ship went down. Keeping Phil Angelides on the Top Ten list was a gesture of kindness as no one would rate the Governor’s race in California as one of the top ten races to watch…
Well, perhaps demonstrating a little bit of "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me" — in his new top ten list, Steve has finally conceded that Angelides no longer makes the top ten.
He ads a "special mention" for Angelides — which I have posted below. Keep… Read More
Several years ago, my wife and I got in a cab in pre-Katrina New Orleans. The cabbie asked was where we were from. We told him California. At that point he stopped the cab and said "You guys elected Maxine Waters!?”. I anxiously assured him that wasn’t us. He did finally drop us off in the right place. I was a little worried.
"Activist "Najee Ali may be on to something. He just got a Temporary Restraining Order against the Congresswoman. She apparently threatened him after a Schwarzenegger event he attended. See article here.
To be honest, I don’t need a TRO against Maxine Waters. There are a couple Republicans that I should get one for. You know who you are.
Imagine getting verbally attacked by some lawmaker and then getting a TRO. That would make a great CRP Convention. Then again a CCW would be more effective and more inclusive.… Read More
A Republican behind the scenes big wig dies in a seedy place later raided for prostitution and there are lots of unanswered questions about what happened when he died.
Where would you read about?
Everywhere is the right answer and it would be at least two-three days on the cable shows.
That same story actually happened to Democrat LA Labor boss Miguel Contreras. The story gets published only in the LA Weekly. See it here.Then the target becomes the LA Weekly. See article here and then here.
Now, I’m not sure it is in the interests of the Republic to reveal all of this. It definitely isn’t good for the family etc.. But we all know what would have happened if Contreras had been a powerful GOP Leader.… Read More
It’s hard to say who is running a more inept campaign – Phil Angelides or Cruz Bustamante. While a good argument could certainly be made for Angelides, my money’s still on Cruz.
From the day he released his ballot statement in the Primary, talking about his personal weight loss crusade, you just knew that he was going nowhere fast.
But it’s continued.
His TV spots are out, and besides the fact that they are probably only running alongside infomercials in the wee hours of the night, they are among, if not THE worst ads you’ll see this year.
Take a look for yourself. They are each only 15-seconds.
FR friend Matt Rexroad is one of California’s most capable political consultants. He has worked in many capacities in political campaigns and in government offices. Currently he is a partner with Meridian Pacific, and in that capacity, he is playing a very hands-on role in GOP campaigns. Most recently, Matt has become involved in helping to quarterback some major independent efforts to help Tony Strickland become the next Controller. This is in addition to his direct efforts on behalf of Bruce McPherson’s campaign for Secretary of State, and a host of other conservative causes.
Believe it or not, while he doing all of this, and being a great husband and father, Matt is on the City Council of his home town of Woodland, and is running a hard-fought race for Yolo County Supervisor. His platform is one of property rights, fiscal… Read More