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2008: Game On in CA-11
Cross posted at Say No To Pombo Last Thursday, Jerry McNerney took the oath of office as a member of the 110th Congress. A scant five days later, with what must surely be unprecedented speed, the NRCC...
View ArticleCA-11: McNerney Activist Falls On Hard Times
For the full context of this story, you can read Part 1 at The Progressive Connection. By mid-2005, Jerry McNerney’s second Congressional race against Richard Pombo was shaping up to be a rerun of the...
View Article[Updated] Doolittle Will Not Run in 2008?
Cross posted on The Progressive Connection Hank Shaw of the Stockton Record has just put up a post on his blog saying that his sources have John Doolittle resigning: I am hearing from my Sacramento...
View ArticleRepublicans have admitted McCain is a liar
There's something that's been bothering me for the last week. Since I haven't been able to find a diary about it, I'll just plunge ahead (and delete if it's been covered). Back on Sept. 4, before Cindy...
View ArticleObama has rope-a-doped McCain
On October 7, the morning of last week’s presidential debate, Chuck Todd told the Morning Joe crew that in his opinion, John McCain had to deliver a game-changing message at the debate. They had the...
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SoCal Republicans put Obama's face on the $10 food stamp
California’s Inland Empire newspaper, the Press Enterprise is reporting on a recent newsletter that was sent out by the Chaffey Community Republican Women Federated. In that newsletter, the Republican...
View ArticleAre the Feds closing in on Richard Pombo?
Probably not too many people noticed this item in yesterday’s Boston Herald: The former head of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe was charged today with making illegal campaign contributions to members of...
View ArticleRealpolitik in the California Democratic Party
"So, Comrade, if you do not support me, I will crush you." Two guesses who said that: was it Josef Stalin or John Burton? Well, all I can tell you is that I heard from my old friend Don Goldmacher...
View ArticleIRV Produces Stunning Results in Oakland Mayoral Race
Jean Quan has won the Oakland mayor’s race! What does that mean? Well, first things first. Oakland is the bluest among blue cities. So it makes sense that the mayoral race on Nov. 2 was between three...
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A Tale of Two Dressage Riders
This is a story about two women – let’s call them Ann and Judy. Later in life, one was diagnosed with MS, the other one suffered a stroke, and both turned to horseback riding as a form of therapy....
View ArticleHas John Boehner put the Republican Caucus on a cookie diet?
Okay, so this is just a trial balloon, something maybe slightly better than what the Magic 8-Ball told me. But throughout this whole government shutdown/debt ceiling debacle, I can’t get this one thing...
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