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GOP activists excited about party’s improving prospects in California
When California Republican activists converged on the Anaheim Marriott in mid-September, they experienced something they hadn’t felt in years. Excitement. “It’s an exciting time for the delegates as we embark on a journey in 2016 by selling principles of limited government
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VIDEO: Can the GOP build a better brand by embracing unions?
We may be experiencing a libertarian moment, but are blue collar workers the secret to give this moment a lasting impact? The Heritage Foundation’s Stephen Moore joins CalWatchdog’s James Poulos to discuss a new political alliance to challenge the supporters
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VIDEO: California’s GOP — Can There Be A Resurgence?
CalWatchdog’s Brian Calle talks to Assembly Republican Leader-Elect Kristin Olsen about the lessons the GOP has learned in California. Can the Golden State GOP build a winning coalition based on education reform?
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CA history lesson on Obama: Any doubt it will be slanted?
The conventional way to look at this bill is still ultimately the correct way — yes, what happened in 2008 was so powerful and historic that it makes sense: “SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that passed the Assembly with
Read MoreSan Diego mayoral race: Faulconer, Alvarez, Fletcher, Fletcher and Fletcher
This week saw a fun twist in the special election campaign to replace departed pervert Bob Filner as mayor of San Diego. It was the release of a questionnaire that Democratic candidate Nathan Fletcher filled out this month for the
Read MoreFletcher skeptics vindicated a thousand-fold
May 7, 2013 By Chris Reed For years, Cal Watchdog founder and now regular CWD contributor Steven Greenhut has depicted media favorite Nathan Fletcher, a one-time Republican assemblyman from San Diego, as a phony and a turncoat waiting to happen. Boy,
Read MoreBrulte: 2012 Assembly GOP lost because ‘We got lazy’
March 4, 2013 By John Hrabe Jim Brulte was elected chairman of the California Republican Party in a landslide vote on Sunday. But despite winning support from 90 percent of convention delegates, the former state senator kept campaigning until the
Read MoreCA GOP Convention delegates urge retired congressmen to help party’s finances
March 2, 2013 By John Hrabe SACRAMENTO — Meeting in the state capital this weekend for its spring convention, the California Republican Party is deep in the red. The party’s debt problems are so bad it’s not even clear how
Read MoreWhat’s left in your wallet?
Jan. 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes I hope you don’t need $1,635, because that is what the average tax increase will be on the majority of Americans. According to the Congressional Budget Office, 80 percent of American households with incomes between $50,000
Read MoreRegistration edge no longer guarantees GOP victory
Nov. 11, 2012 By Chris Reed Republican strategists for years have looked contentedly on the fast-growing Inland Empire as a future source of GOP strength, seeing all the suburban bedroom communities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties as a bulwark
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