The Young Guns, an aggressive group of House GOP members lay down the gauntlet for competitive seats, gaining some coverage in The Hill today. The group is led by, among others, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield).

Elsewhere in The Hill, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) points out how ethanol subsidies and other government policies might have led to a "food crisis." Speaking of the Senate, the endorsement tallies have tipped to Sen. Obama, here.

Over in the Politico, Rep. Matsui outlines the democratic majority’s energy reform policy and some tips for living a "greener" life.

As noted by our friends at RedCounty, Rep. Royce has proven not only a great conservative congressman but also a prolific op ed’er with… Read More

The rock band Pink Floyd used to fly inflated animals over the crowd in the ’70’s during their "Animals" tour.Then they would blow them up. it was a pretty cool effect.

Front man, Roger Waters still is 30 years later. At Coachella Fest this weekend heflew an inflated pig over the crowd that had Obama for President on the bottom of it. How nice.

Unfortunately, the blow up pig wasn’t the only pigto materialize. Roger had asked the officials at the City of Indio and the concert promoter if he could have a plane fly over the concert grounds and dump hundreds of thousands of slips of paper the size of fortune slips in fortune cookies with Obama’s name on them onto the show. The city and the promoter wisely said no.

Well, Roger the pig did it anyway. And he made a mess. The wind was blowing and today people woke up with thousands of tiny slips clogging their pool skimmers, on their front lawns being ground into the grass by their sprinklers, and all over the city streets. It is horrible.

Apparently Obama has found another questionable character to hang out with.

Don’t come back… Read More

From the OC Register’s Total Buzz blogQuote of the day…

“I sleep with a Democrat every night. If I can do it, legislators can too. I’m not telling them to sleep together. That’s not what I’m saying, but…”… Read More

LOL – This new Mark Nuaimi video was e-mailed to me. It made me miss HBO’s The Supranos. I think the makers of it are poking at the fact that Nauimi, the Mayor of Fontana, boasts that with his strong-handed ways, he has made his city into an amazing place. These "You Tubers" founds some parts of Fontana that aren’t so swell… I’m going to see if I can use my Tivo to find an old episode now… I admit it that if myposts are inspiring others to make videos, I think it is cool! (Pretty soon I will need a Mark Nuaimi page — my first commentary on the "King of Fontana" is here, and here is my second. Also, the first YouTube video I received is here.) … Read More

(If this post seems familiar, we’ve used the "Disneyland" analogy below before, as it is a favorite tactic of the left to throw out questions without putting them in realistic context and then use the answers to justify liberal policies…)

As FR contributor and public opinion pollster Adam Probolsky likes to say, a poll is only as good as what you ask, and to whom you ask it. So I was quite amused to see so much enthusiasm erupt from the liberal media and left-wing Democrats when the Field Poll released their latest survey. The source of their glee?

Their latest survey claims to show that Californians support more taxes and more government involvement in health care.

Here is the problem — the question is a "feel good" rosy one that describes the plan with out ANY mention of the negative consequences of the plan. For example, there is no mention that potentially tens of thousands… Read More

The Wall Street Journal has a brief piece on former Hewlett Packard honcho Carly Fiorina and the substantial role she has taken on in helping John McCain become the next President of the United States. There is also a piece on the San Francisco Chronicle’s Politics Blog about former E-Bay Chief Meg Whitman, who is also helping out McCain, and how she is looking at running for Governor of California. In fact, both Fiorina and Whitman have been talked about as potential GOP candidates in the future for office here in the Golden State.

Let me offer some advice to both of these ersatz California politicians – get out there and start to talk about what you believe, and why. Especially in the case of Whitman… Read More

The Wall Street Journal has a brief piece on former Hewlett Packard honcho Carly Fiorina and the substantial role she has taken on in helping John McCain become the next President of the United States. There is also a piece on the San Francisco Chronicle’s Politics Blog about former E-Bay Chief Meg Whitman, who is also helping out McCain, and how she is looking at running for Governor of California. In fact, both Fiorina and Whitman have been talked about as potential GOP candidates in the future for office here in the Golden State.

Let me offer some advice to both of these ersatz California politicians – get out there and start to talk about what you believe, and why. Especially in the case of Whitman… Read More

Priceless? No, only $3.99… SD Mayor Jerry Sanders was accused last week by opponent Steve Francis of tossing an F-bomb at him (see Jon Fleischman’s Thursday post). Sanders responded to a resulting media inquiry with a clarification, saying no, he didn’t say, "F you, Francis," but instead, "F you, Steve."

It’s good to see the two are on a first name basis.

Sanders’ "Yeah, so what?" approach effectively put an end to the matter (not counting how Francis will no doubt use it in mailers and TV ads — here’s a press release, in fact). As frustrated as he may be with the million dollar campaign against him, I doubt Sanders meant to pop off to Francis. Yet, it was refreshing to hear him own up to it immediately, especially given a spokesman was denying the… Read More