To Paraphrase Eugene O’Neill — The Big Cat Fight Cometh

Dear California’s Capitol,

Over the past 36 hours, our campaign has already been working hard to highlight the clear choice between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina in the race for U.S. Senate.

After all, this election is about who’s fighting to create jobs and who’s in touch with Californians — and that’s Barbara Boxer.    Read more »

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Guest Editorial: The Cowboy Libertarian on the GOP Primary

Reagan’s 11th Commandment

“Our 11th Commandment is perhaps more profound than we realize.  ‘Thou shall not speak ill of any Republican.’  To do so means we are inhibited in the support we can give that Republican if he should become the nominee of our party.  Certainly our task is harder if we must challenge and refute charges made by our opponents if those charges were first uttered by us….    Read more »

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Put on Your Public Relations Guru Hats and Play This Game

Watch Meg Whitman’s Primary Night Victory speech.

Now watch that of her Democratic rival, Jerry Brown.

Ignore the substance or lack thereof. (California’s Capitol will dissect the contents of both at a later date.)

Don’t analyze. Be visceral.

Just watch.

Who is the winner?

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What Would $167.6 Million In Budget Savings Buy California?

As the dust settles on the June 8 primary, lawmakers are still grappling with how to close a $17.9 billion gap between revenues and spending commitments.

The often-missed constitutional deadline of June 15 to send a budget to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is less than one week away and appears likely to be missed again.    Read more »

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Dig Deeper Into June 8 Election Results Using the Link Below

Secretary of State Semi-Official Elections Results

(Editor’s Note: Scroll down to “Maps,” which show how each county voted for closer look at the state’s political breakdown. Only Orange County — 43 percent GOP registration — and San Francisco — 56.6 percent Democratic — rejected Proposition 14, for example.)    Read more »

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Rejoice! Finally, the Last Meg Whitman-Steve Poizner Mailer

(Editor’s Note: Darn confusing, this Republican primary. Hard to figure out who stands for what. One day Poizner is just another liberal politician and then he is the only conservative in the race. One day he’s joining with labor unions to weaken Proposition 13 and the next he’s its “#1 defender.”      Read more »

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And This from the Tom Campbell U.S. Senate Campaign

Friend,

Tomorrow is Election Day.

We’ve asked you to step up throughout this campaign and you’ve always come through. Tomorrow is the big day, and we need you to do three things to help Tom win.

Plan to Vote Tomorrow Have a question on how to vote in the Republican Primary or where to vote?    Read more »

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U.S. Senate Candidate Chuck DeVore — Ever the Optimist

Dear —-

I have a path to victory in the Tuesday Republican Primary.

But I need your urgent help right now to make it happen.

All I’m asking for is just 5 minutes of your time today and 5 minutes of your time tomorrow.

What I need you to do is so simple and so easy – yet it will likely be the difference between victory and defeat.    Read more »

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Democratic Voter Alert: There Are More Options Than Jerry

Like GOP voters in the Republican primary for governor, Democrats have many more options to choose from than their most visible gubernatorial candidate, Attorney General Jerry Brown.

Counting Brown, there are seven Democratic candidates for governor. There are also seven GOP contenders, three Peace & Freedom candidates, two American Independents, two Green Party candidates and one Libertarian for a total field of 23.    Read more »

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GOP Voters: There Are Other Choices Besides Meg and Steve

From the relentless carpet-bombing of television ads and mailers, the impression California Republicans would get is that their only choices for governor on June 8 are former eBay executive Meg Whitman and Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.

They’re just two of eight candidates vying for the GOP nomination. Unlike Whitman, Bill Chambers, Douglas Hughes, Ken Miller, Larry Naritelli, Robert Newman and David Tully-Smith have not donated nearly $70 million of their own money to trumpet their candidacies.    Read more »

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