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California Democrats tar opponents with Trump

  California Democrats have centered around a handful of Republican challengers they hope to tar with Donald Trump’s brush.  Assemblymen Dante Acosta, R-San Bernardino, David Hadley, R-Torrance and Marc Steinorth, R-Redlands, Assemblywoman Young Kim, R-Fullerton, and state Senate candidate Mike Antonovich have all

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Former Marine giving high-profile CA congressman a close race

Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, isn’t the only high-profile House Republican in an unexpectedly difficult re-election fight. A case can be made that former House government oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa, the eight-term Vista Republican and wealthy tech tycoon, may even

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CA Republicans to push immigration reform

Bucking their newly minted party leadership, several members of California’s congressional delegation have resolved to push ahead with a new bill that would reform immigration law by loosening it up. Reps. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, and David Valadao, R-Hanford, expressed confidence

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Immigration reform in 2014? Not so fast

One of the most poignant, and frequently discussed, political narratives to come out of Washington in the last year has been the relationship between House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on the one hand; and on the other hand the conservative

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McClintock: Ryan budget plan riddled with dishonesty

Tom McClintock, once the shrewdest guy in the Legislature, is now among the shrewder people in Congress. Last night the Northern California lawmaker sent out a column trashing the two-year budget compromise approved by the House at the behest of

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Paul Ryan budget deal begs question: Why Republicans?

January will begin in earnest the California mid-term election cycle. Although Gov. Jerry Brown’s seat likely is secure, assuming he’s running for re-election, Republicans hope to gain seats in the California Legislature and in California’s delegation to the U.S. House

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Democrats also need to rethink policies

March 13, 2013 By John Seiler Since their drubbing in last November’s election, Republicans have been taking a lot of criticism about their polices, especially for California. We’ve done a good bit of it on our site. But Democrats also

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Economy, DOW have stagnated for 15 years

Oct. 12, 2012 By John Seiler The evidence keeps rushing in that the U.S. and California economies have stagnated for about 15 years. Obviusly, there are bright spots, such Apple, Google and the other Silicon Valley nerd factories. But for

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The post-Constitution VP debate

Oct. 12, 2012 By John Seiler I watch debates differently. I look for how each candidate upholds the U.S. Constitution, which each has taken an oath to “preserve, protect and defend.” In the vice-presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul

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Polls show smarmy Biden loses VP debate

Oct. 12, 2012 Katy Grimes: I couldn’t decide if Vice Presidential incumbent Joe Biden was manic during the VP debate last evening, or just being condescending and rude to intimidate challenger Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Rude, condescending, and just weird,

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