Category: Politics
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What Is With That?
Chelsea Clinton to receive Lifetime Achievement Award? “At the heart of New York City is a vibrant community of strong women in entertainment, media, and politics whose commitment to philanthropy is inspirational,” said Michelle Sobrino Stearns, Group Publisher/Chief Revenue Officer of Variety, in a statement released Monday. “We are delighted to be celebrating these women…
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California GOP Death Spiral: What Are You Selling?
Steven Greenhut offers an insightful analysis of the current state of the California Republican Party following the 2016 general election. An election that saw the California GOP slide further into irrelevance, giving California Democrats Super Majorities in both the State Assembly and the State Senate. Greenhut observes: In swing districts, the GOP can grab the…
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Witness
Currently re-reading Whittaker Chambers’ Witness. One of Chambers’ quotes from the 1960s, as provided by William F Buckley in 2001, seems rather prescient half a century later : But if the Republican Party cannot get some grip of the actual world we live in and from it generalize and actively promote a program that means something…
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Boom Or Bust – The Story Of California’s… Ballot Referendum Process
Rant ahead: Please review the press release from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department regarding the impact of the just passed California Proposition 47. See also an article from the Los Angeles Times regarding Proposition 47’s impact in court on it’s very first day OK – This is why the ballot referendum process can be dangerous.…
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California 2014-2015 Budget In Pictures
Where we should be: What the Democratic Legislature has delivered this century: What the Democratic Legislature WANTS (Safety net!)
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We’re Gonna Have a Surplus, And It’s Burnin’ A Hole In My Pocket
The California Legislative Analyst’s Office’s Chief Analyst Mac Taylor is forecasting a budget surplus that could reach $2.4 billion by June 2014 and $5.6 billion by June 2015. The actual projection made by the LAO has the state at a $10 billion surplus in six years, provided that revenue and spending patterns continue at the same…
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Fundraising With The Smear Of Guilt
Received a delightful letter from the Republican National Committee. Seems that they are concerned that, well, I’ve gone loco. I’ve got… a problem with this. First, I’ve never contributed directly to the RNC. I’ve never been a member of the RNC. I have contributed to individual candidates. But I’ve never contributed to the…
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National GOP and the California ATM: Or, how I learned to stop worrying, and love losing elections
I received a charming call from a national GOP fundraiser on Saturday asking me to ‘renew‘ my commitment to the National Party. I demurred, making certain that she understood that while I had contributed to the Presidential campaign in the general election, I was dissatisfied with the national party’s efforts across all fronts: Congressional, Senatorial, and the…
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Let’s Make This Interesting And Start All Over
Hey fellow Conservatives and the GOP, here’s my post election theme song. Don’t call me, I’ll call you. In January. Maybe.
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Missing a distinctive voice
In this political season, I find myself missing a particular voice. A voice that was as unique as any other audibly, and in terms of his happy warrior tone. Dean Barnett would really be enjoying this ride in 2012, and would lend a valuable voice to the current debate. A voice that could help us all…