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John Seiler: Conservative activist Karen England is running a write-in campaign against Abel “Arnold’s Chauffeur” Maldonado for the Lt. Gov.’s seat. In this year of the maverick, anything is possible. Maybe she could win. At a minimum, she could dump
Read MoreBarbara Alby is in for sure
Steven Greenhut: I just heard that former Assemblywoman Barbara Alby definitely is running for the Senate against Ted Gaines and Roger Niello to represent the seat east of Sacramento. The debate between Gaines and Niello has been dull so far.
Read MoreChristine O'Donnell, come to California and run for governor!
John Seiler: Christine O’Donnell, the feisty new Tea Party candidate who won the GOP primary for Senate in Delaware, should trade places with Meg Whitman, and run for governor here. Meg would be happier running Delaware, the center of a
Read MoreThe (Big) Money's On Whitman
SEPT. 17, 2010 Earlier this week, gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman made a campaign stop at Yelp, a user-generated business review Web site. She received a bruising and biased barrage of questions from employees, critical of Whitman’s self-funded campaign financing. It
Read MoreThe Politician's Whisperer
Katy Grimes: Jerry Brown is known for the “uncanny ability to reinvent himself.” However, Brown’s political record is all over the place – he’s raised taxes, he’s cut taxes. He’s pro-union, and claims his support for “a living wage” is justification.
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Meg: Stop lying about Jerry and taxes
John Seiler: Meg Whitman continues running commercials based on disproved assertions about Jerry Brown and taxes. It’s especially grating that she is using a Bill Clinton quote attacking Jerry from the 1992 presidential campaign. First, Clinton is a notorious liar.
Read More$10,000 is a Powerful Symbol
Anthony Pignataro: Symbols are everything, Governor Jerry Brown used to tell his cabinet, according to former Employment Development Director J.D. Lorenz’ magnificent 1975 memoir The Man on the White Horse. “Blacks are the wrong symbols for the 1970’s,” Brown would
Read MoreEngland for Lt. Gov.?
Steven Greenhut: It’s more than a rumor — California conservatives are actively recruiting a write-in candidate for lieutenant governor in response to Abel Maldonado’s refusal yesterday to sign onto the state’s appeal of the ruling overturning anti-gay-marriage Prop. 8. No
Read MoreGaines, Niello Love Big Government
Steven Greenhut: I turned on the Eric Hogue radio show this morning and heard Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, discuss his Senate race with liberal Republican Roger Niello of Fair Oaks and conservative former Assemblywoman Barbara Alby of Folsom. Niello is
Read MoreKnow Your FPPC Target
Anthony Pignataro: Dan Schnur has only been chairman of the state Fair Political Practices Commission since June but he’s already made huge changes in California’s campaign watchdog. Last month his special Political Reform Act Task Force met for the first
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