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Who’s a senator?

John Seiler June 2, 2014

You’ve probably heard about some of the weird goings on in the California Senate. Here’s the latest:

Tim Donnelly is no Tom McClintock. He’s the village idiot.

Chris Reed June 1, 2014

I understand why my CWD colleague and friend John Seiler sees the Neel Kashkari vs. Tim Donnelly fight through the prism of past fights between relatively liberal establishment GOP types and some conservative grassroots candidates. The idea that a 2008

Issa blasted Kashkari, now backs him

John Seiler May 31, 2014

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., just robo-called me backing Neel Kashkari for governor as, “The only candidate with proven leadership in this time of crisis.” He only could mean Kashkari leading the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program during the 2008-09 finanical crisis,

Kashkari is the GOP establishment’s choice

John Seiler May 31, 2014

I just got another flyer from Neil Kashkari, the fourth so far. See the images below. It’s similar to the first flyer, which I wrote about earlier. Flyers from Tim Donnelly: None so far. I’m not a fan of either. I can’t figure out

President Jerry Brown?

John Seiler May 30, 2014

I think there’s a high chance Gov. Jerry Brown will run for president in 2016. He tried three times already, so you know he has “fire in the belly.” After November, he likely will be coming off an unprecedented election

CA GOP’s Arnold Problem

John Seiler May 27, 2014

Going on 11 years now, the California Republican Party has an “Arnold Problem.” Gone from office now almost four years, ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger continues to loom over the party. Here’s what “The Terminator” promised during the 2003 “Total Recall” election: The