On this election day, much will be decided across this country. The next President and Vice President will be elected. Republicans will certainly lose seats in the United States Senate, but will we be able to retain enough seats to filibuster against egregious, left-wing legislation? Pundits estimate House GOP loses in the neighborhood of 20-30 seats (some say that Tom McClintock’s bid for Congress is in peril, and that once-thought-safe incumbent Members of Congress like Dan Lungren are no longer assured reelection).

As the State Legislative level, it is unclear whether the sizable lead of Barack Obama in California will sweep Democrats into an even greater lock-hold on the Senate and Assembly, or whether, like in 2006, the Democrat wave will crash at the border (no state legislative seats changed parties that year).

In the State Senate, only one seat – the 19th District – is really in… Read More

A few days ago, I had an opportunity to sit down for about a half hour and conduct an interview with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a Californian, who is Co-Chairman of Senator McCain’s Presidential Campaign. Meg Whitman was in Orange County, and chatted over at the Irvine Hyatt Hotel, after she spoke to a New Majority event, and before she went on to a McCain for President function.

Whitman’s relatively recent arrival on the political scene has piqued the interest of many. Her success story at eBay, her net worth (rumored to be close to the billion dollar mark) and her high profile with the McCain campaign have made her quite the topic of discussion. Yet, still not much is known about Whitman’s politics. Rather than… Read More

A few days ago, I had an opportunity to sit down for about a half hour and conduct an interview with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a Californian, who is Co-Chairman of Senator McCain’s Presidential Campaign. Meg Whitman was in Orange County, and chatted over at the Irvine Hyatt Hotel, after she spoke to a New Majority event, and before she went on to a McCain for President function.

Whitman’s relatively recent arrival on the political scene has piqued the interest of many. Her success story at eBay, her net worth (rumored to be close to the billion dollar mark) and her high profile with the McCain campaign have made her quite the topic of discussion. Yet, still not much is known about Whitman’s politics.

Rather than substantially editing down the interview (which I typically do for interviews), I thought that it would… Read More

I don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow, but, should a miracle occur, and Republicans avert the impending debacle that many of the polls now predict, we should recognize that such a victory would be a divine gift, and not the result of any thing we have done to deserve the respect and support of the American people.

We deserve to lose, because we have not been who we say we are. We have spent so much time worrying about how we market ourselves that we have forgotten to worry about doing the right thing. The most unfortunate thing about that sad state of affairs is we know what the right thing to do is, and people know we know. We promise to shrink government, to cut taxes, to eliminate government control of peoples lives, to restore liberty and true equality, to eliminate government power, and to make government less of influence in people’s lives. People entrusted us with power to do just that. We didn’t. We played politics with our principles. More important, after people took power away from us for not living up to our promises, we still played politics with our principles. The most recent bail out of the financial markets for… Read More

About 40 of us Prop 8 supporters gathered in Redding Saturday to fly the flag for traditional marriage. It was a rainy day on a busy intersection near one of the big shopping centers, lots of traffic. But we had a hearty group that stuck it out for nearly 3 hours…turns out the rain was not as much of a factoras the "free exchange of ideas and thought." Now, by and large the response to our support of traditional marriage in conservative Redding/2nd Assembly District was very good, about 96% of the drivers-by were honking, thumbs-up, and smiling.

But what got me was the venom of the No on 8 folk. I’ve been seeing and hearing the stories of the Yes On 8 signs being destroyed or stolen but seeing how angry the lefty’s are in person is a real eye opener. A few driving by would thumbs down or nod in disapproval, but the high percentage that would scream obscenities out the window or forget to hold up all their fingers when waving was kind of disturbing. We were peaceful, as conservatives usually comport themselves well, [with some exceptions at times],too.

The anger at any conservative backed issue is not unusual… Read More

Proposition 6 has strong support from California law enforcement, including every sheriff in the state, the California Police Chiefs’ Association, the California District Attorneys Association, the Chief Probation Officers of California and rank and file police officers.

Here’s a sample of what California law enforcement has said about Proposition 6 in the past year.

“Proposition 6 wisely invests in probation. Young people who make mistakes but are not hardened criminals desperately need adequate resources to ensure they stop negative behavior and succeed in living by the rules. A strong effort at the probation level is a wise investment.”

– Modesto Police Chief Roy Wasden Modesto Bee: “Modesto police chief endorses Proposition 6” Oct. 31, 2008

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"They’ll say it’s a ‘lock em up, throw away the key’ ballot measure, and it’s not, frankly. In fact, the independent analysis says it will save money. It’ll reduce incarceration needs long-term. The analysis says if the prevention programs work and fewer people are arrested and… Read More

This morning’s Flash Report features a Sacramento Bee article about voter suppression in the 4th Congressional District. Apparently high-propensity, Republican poll voters are receiving calls telling them that they are now registered as absentee voters and it’s too late to mail in their ballot. Voters are also told that in order to vote on Election Day, they must wait in long lines to verify their eligibility. This is nothing short of ACORN-type voter manipulation.

In this heavily-Republican stronghold, there is only one possible culprit: Democrats intent on discouraging Republican voter turnout. When this matter was first brought to light yesterday, I talked with local GOP insiders and learned that the source of these calls is Democrat congressional candidate Charlie Brown’s campaign. In a sign of desperation, Brown’s campaignis stooping to unscrupulous, dishonest tactics like voter suppression.

Tom McClintock’s campaign is now calling on the Brown campaign to investigate whether their volunteers or staff have been making these voter suppression calls.

“Voters demand to… Read More

Last evening, I had the opportunity to attend the annual dinner gala honoring the memory of Sir Winston Churchill at which the Claremont Institute presents its coveted Henry Salvatori Prize in the American Founding. This year’s honoree was Ambassador John Bolton.

In accepting the prize, John Bolton opened his remarks by commenting on the stark contrast America is facing relative to choices for the Presidency. He talked about how the greatest threat facing our new President will be the growing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction around the world.

Bolton expressed a word of warning about a Presidential candidate who expresses his willingness to sit down, without preconditions, with leaders of hostile countries — but fails to tell the American people what it is he would say to those… Read More