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Is Mitt Romney channeling Meg Whitman?

Sept. 25, 2012 By John Seiler Maybe Mitt Romney will put in a boffo appearance at the three debates in October and go on to win. But for now, his campaign clearly is floundering. Remember Meg Whitman’s campaign for governor

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Stuzman on Whitman's Loss

John Seiler: I’ve known Rob Stutzman about 15 years, since he was press secretary to Attorney General Dan Lungren back in the 1990s. He’s one of the most knowledgeable people about California politics. He was with Arnold in the early

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Taxes, Whitman and Skelton

As I’ve noted over the years many times, L.A. Times California columnist George Skelton is the man who never saw a tax he didn’t like — or a tax cut he didn’t hate. He’s at it again today, attacking Meg

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Pete Tax Increaser Wilson backs Whitman

I knew a Schwarzenegger governorship would be a disaster in the summer of 2003, when his campaign during the recall was endorsed by ex-Gov. Pete “Tax Increaser” Wilson, and Arnold brought on board many Wilson cronies. Back then I dubbed

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Newsom explains CA govt. for you

April 15, 2013 By John Seiler Promoting his new book, “Citizenville,” Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke to Fortune magazine. His last line was the best, explaining how he’s eager to write articles, “I’m available, and I’m cheap because I’m in government,

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Video: GROW Elect advances grassroots Latino GOP action

March 6, 2013 By John Seiler The two major themes of last weekend’s GOP convention were more grassroots organizing and more involvement by Latinos and other growing constituencies. Even those who not Republicans should welcome steps to make the party

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Arnold still haunting GOP conventions

March 4, 2013 By John Seiler The ghost haunting this past weekend’s California Republican Convention in Sacramento was the steroid-bloated, hulking apparition of ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Just eight years ago, in 2005, Arnold was the toast of the GOP. He

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Is there any hope for CA Republicans?

Feb. 25, 2013 By John Seiler Last week I riffed on a column by Tony Quinn on Republicans, immigration and California, “Are Republicans Finally Learning to Count?” In turn, Quinn has responded to me: “He argues that even if they

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Why GOP can’t ‘count’ on immigration

Feb. 20, 2013 By John Seiler Tony Quinn gets things partly right when he writes in a Fox & Hounds article, “Are Republicans Finally Learning to Count?“: “But now some Republicans at last want to face that reality and make some

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Skelton: GOP would win if it became just like Dems

Feb. 19, 2013 By John Seiler L.A. Times columnist George Skelton continues to amuse as he keeps telling Republicans they could win again if they just became like Democrats. After all, Democrats are winners, aren’t they? As the psychologists say,

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