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So much for moderate Republicans
John Seiler: A computer couldn’t come up with a candidate more moderate Republican than Meg Whitman. And she’s rich and willing to spend $160 million, too. Her computer-date running mate, Abel Maldonado, also was a poster-boy for Republican moderation. So
Read MoreGive Us Liberty Or We'll Get Dems
This article first appeared in the Orange County Register. NOV. 3, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT President Barack Obama saved the Republican Party from itself. In a two-party system, when one party makes a mess of things, the only choice is
Read MoreTraitorous tax increasers lose
John Seiler: One good result from the election. Traitorous tax increasers Abel Maldonado and Mike Villines lost their statewide races, respectively for lieutenant governor and insurance commissioner. Both Republicans betrayed the taxpayers they had pledged to protect when they signed
Read MoreExpect More Population Flight
NOV. 2, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Given the predictably one-sided recent election results in California, a new trend may be soon emerging called “red flight” to describe the rapid mass out-migration of residents from cities and counties that are insolvent
Read MoreDeparted Californians Swing Election
NOV. 2, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Given that a couple of million Californians have left the state in the past 20 years, most of them Republicans, it’s surprising that Democrats didn’t do better. Jerry Brown, as I write, won by
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