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CalWatchdog Morning Read – June 27
How far can a third party candidate go? Cops lost almost 1,000 guns Democratic leaders say spend Rainy Day Funds on cloudy days too Tom Steyer spending boosts gubernatorial bid Newsom, de León fight over gun control legacy Good morning!
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Middle class squeezed in Bay Area
Driven by shifting economics, demographics, and changing definitions of moderate prosperity, middle class Californians in areas once rife with new arrivals — and dominated by Democratic voters — have begun looking for the residential exits. Statewide struggle Both the Bay Area
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Dislike of Clinton, Trump creates third-party moment
If there was ever an opportunity for a third-party run, now would be it. Unfavorable opinions among voters of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton — the presumptive presidential candidates of the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively — create a
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – June 21
Is Issa really in trouble? What about that Trump endorsement? Dalai Lama brings peace to Sacramento Ballot initiatives prepare for war Housing for the homeless is getting close Is Congressman Darrell Issa really in trouble after squeaking through the primary
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Trump’s Mexico-baiting roils CA, GOP
Donald Trump’s primary victory in California came along with a big cost to his campaign, as the presumptive Republican nominee’s sustained attacks and insinuations against Mexicans and Mexican-Americans roiled the Golden State and slowed the party’s move to consolidate around him.
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CA GOP shut out of U.S. Senate race
California Republicans emerged from a bruising primary election day without a candidate in the runoff race to replace outgoing Sen. Barbara Boxer — triggering an unprecedented new political calculus in which GOP voters will be courted by the underdog Democrat. “Democratic Orange
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Divided Democrats look to Brown for lessons
Waiting until nearly the last possible moment, Gov. Jerry Brown endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, highlighting both the limits of his room for political maneuver as California’s top Democrat and his quiet prominence as a leader strangely suggestive of the party’s
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – May 26
Clinton, Sanders tied in CA, both lead Trump San Jose Senate race splits Democrats Cap-and-trade credits ain’t selling High-speed rail behind schedule, short on funding Presidential circus Good morning! Happy Thursday. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are virtually tied
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Clinton, Sanders virtually tied in CA, both lead Trump
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are virtually tied in their quest for the Democratic presidential nomination among likely voters in California, with both leading the prospective Republican nominee, Donald Trump, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll released
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Democrats launch anti-Trump attacks on down-ticket GOP candidates
The Trump effect has begun. It’s what Republicans fear and Democrats embrace: How the controversial presumptive nomination of Donald Trump as the GOP’s presidential candidate will affect races further down the ballot. Democrats are hoping to tie Trump around the necks of Republican candidates
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