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April 30, 2008 Two Data Points That Will Change California Permanently
February 27, 2008 “Good Government Activists” Wrong Again in Attacking Fair Political Practices Commission Chair Ross Johnson
January 17, 2008 New Survey Shows California’s Political Parties Are Doing Their Job
October 19, 2007 New California Figures Show Increase in Voters Registered Without a Party
August 24, 2007 Field Poll: Californians Rate Overall Congress Job Performance at New Low--Failure to End Iraq War Seen as Major Cause
August 23, 2007 GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN AND PRESIDENT HILLARY CLINTON?
July 15, 2007 John Garamendi, Jr. Decides Not to Run for Senate Seat
July 13, 2007 Garcia vs. Parra--How Republicans Don't Serve Their Constituents II
July 10, 2007 REPUBLICAN POSTER BOY ACKNOWLEDGES PATRONIZING THE “D.C. MADAM” - U.S. SENATOR REVEALS, “SERIOUS SIN”!
July 10, 2007 Progressive California Candidates: Learn How to Win at DFA Training Academy
June 19, 2007 CRIMINALIZATION OF POLITICS, WHILE APPEALING TO CYNICS, IS NOT VIRTUOUS
June 19, 2007 Advanced Imaging of California Precincts Shows Nuanced Landscape
June 19, 2007 As Summer Comes to Central Valley, Assembly, Senate and House Races Warm Up
May 30, 2007 Stockton is Not the Secret--It's Happening and It's Democratic!
May 29, 2007 Getting Voters Mobilized in California: Some Useful Research Findings
April 27, 2007 California Senate District 23 Preview
April 20, 2007 California Senate District 21 Preview: Frommer v. Liu
April 12, 2007 The Secret is Stockton!
April 11, 2007 Take Back Blue California
April 10, 2007 “POLITICIANS ARE ELECTED TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT, NOT WHAT’S POPULAR”. JON FLEISCHMAN, CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY OFFICIAL
April 09, 2007 THE NORTH WILL RISE AGAIN IN CALIFORNIA POLITICS
April 03, 2007 SHOCKED, SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT POLITICS TOOK PLACE IN THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICE…
March 29, 2007 Giuliani, Clinton Lead in California, Strong Support for Redistricting Changes but Difficulties for Term Limit Initiative
March 29, 2007 Bush at All Time Low in California Poll--Other Attitudes of the Golden State on State and National Issues and Officeholders
March 25, 2007 JERRY BROWN FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA???
March 23, 2007 REPUBLICANS DROP FROM PARITY WITH DEMOCRATS TO 35-50 DEFICIT IN PUBLIC ESTEEM – AND RIGHTLY SO!
March 21, 2007 Alberto Gonzales Must Go --For the Integrity of Those We Elect in California
March 21, 2007 Poizner Joins Limbaugh in Running Away from Schwarzenegger
March 20, 2007 Charges of Politics in California HP Pretexting Case and Lawsuit Against Auto Manufacturers is Laughable
March 19, 2007 WILL NEW FPPC OFFICIALS OUTLAW THE USE OF “MAIL” IN GOVERNMENT?
March 16, 2007 How to Lose at Practically Anything (Politically)
March 15, 2007 THE NEW FEBRUARY PRIMARY LEAVES THE JUNE PRIMARY AN EMPTY STEPCHILD
March 06, 2007 Leno Squares Off Against Migden in State Senate Primary
February 27, 2007 SACRAMENTO’S ONLY ELECTED REPUBLICAN USES TAX DOLLARS TO PAY RENT TO HIMSELF FOR AN “OFFICE” WITHOUT PUBLIC ACCESS??
February 26, 2007 WAKE-UP CALL FOR CALIFORNIA’S ENDANGERED CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS
February 22, 2007 SEX OFFENDERS USED AS POLLING PLACE OFFICIALS? REPUBLICANS TO THE RESCUE!!
February 21, 2007 From Red to Blue: California Assembly District 15 in 2008
February 14, 2007 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS SUPPORT WAR, TAX HIKES AND DEFICIT SPENDING?
February 12, 2007 Is the GOP Machine Trying to Steal the OC Special Election?
February 08, 2007 What an Early California Primary Means to the Nation
February 02, 2007 MAYOR NEWSOM MAKES TODAY’S SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE A COLLECTOR’S ITEM
February 02, 2007 Republicans: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee in Orange County!
February 01, 2007 Want Your District To Go From Red to Blue...Go Door-Door And Register Voters!
January 25, 2007 BUSH IRAQ POLICY BACKED BY 60% OF CALIFORNIA’S GOP--OPPOSED BY 70% OF THE ‘INDEPENDENTS’ AND 87% OF THE DEMOCRATS
January 25, 2007 Triple Play in the Works for California? Early Presidential Primary, Redistricting Reform, and Term Limit Loosening
January 22, 2007 GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER HOLDS ALL THE CARDS IN ANY REAL DISPUTE WITH MINORITY LEADER VILLINES
January 22, 2007 2008 Presidential Race Will Have a Western Accent and Be Good for California Democrats
January 19, 2007 Centrism in California: Just Some Political Form of Bipolar Disorder?
January 17, 2007 Orange County Republican Control Eroding Like Southern California's Seaside Cliffs
January 11, 2007 REDISTRICTING REDUX – A PRIMER FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISSUE WON’T GO AWAY
January 10, 2007 REPUBLICAN OFFICEHOLDERS SHOULD TREAD LIGHTLY IN THEIR CRITICISMS OF SCHWARZENEGGER
January 09, 2007 GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER LEADS “NEW” REPUBLICAN PARTY AGENDA: MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TAX INCREASES??
December 26, 2006 REPUBLICANS IN THE LAND OF CALIFORNIA, 2006
December 18, 2006 Analysis of Final Election Returns in California “Down Ticket Races”
December 18, 2006 VILLONES CALLS FOR “REFORM”: STACK THE GAME TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR REPUBLICANS TO WIN (?)
December 18, 2006 The 2008 Presidential Primaries: Another Inconvenient Truth
December 15, 2006 Analysis of the Final Returns on California Ballot Propositions Including Strange Factoids
December 14, 2006 California Voter Turnout Was 56.2% in November--Not a Record Low and Higher Than Many Reported
December 13, 2006 WILLIE BROWN TO EMCEE INAUGURAL OF GOVERNOR??
December 04, 2006 REDISTRICTING – BEWARE REFORMERS BEARING ‘GIFTS’
November 28, 2006 California Republicans Don't Need to Audit Where Campaign Money Went
November 25, 2006 CORREA WINS…BY FRAUD? A TRICK?
November 21, 2006 State Senate Race 34 Final Figures, Correa Wins, and a Post Mortem On All the Dirty Business Behind the Orange Curtain
November 19, 2006 California Election Turnout Higher Than Reported--Real Analysis Should Await the Facts
November 18, 2006 Democrat Lou Correa Has Won Hotly Contested State Senate Race in Orange County--Now the Charges Fly
November 17, 2006 California Election Analysis and Update: Democrat Correa Pulls Ahead in State Senate Race; 80th Assembly District Race Between Clute and Garcia Too Close to Call
November 15, 2006 State Senate Race Even Closer--Many Ballots Left to be Counted in California
November 14, 2006 What We Learned in the 80th Assembly District Race: Bonnie Garcia vs. Steve Clute
November 07, 2006 The Hot California Races and How the Election Will Trend From Early Evening to Tomorrow or Beyond
November 07, 2006 High Level of Interest in Outcome of Election in California--But There's Work Cut Out for Us--Right Now
November 06, 2006 Field Poll Director Says Turnout Will Matter on Many California Races
November 03, 2006 Field Poll: Turnout to Determine 3 State Offices: Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, and Controller
October 29, 2006 Republican Microtargeting -- and Race Baiting in California
October 28, 2006 Reach Out and Tip Someone: A Challenge for All Politically Active Californian Progressives
October 28, 2006 Prop 90 in the 4th Assembly District Race: Stark Differences in Vision and Leadership
October 26, 2006 State Controller Candidate John Chiang is "Victim of Political Drive-by Shooting" Says Speaker of the Assembly: Read the Facts Behind This Charge, It May Affect Your Vote.
October 26, 2006 California Democratic Party Chair Art Torres' Surprisingly Frank Discussion at the Institute of Governmental Studies
October 26, 2006 Latest PPIC Poll Has Schwarzenegger Ahead of Angelides 48 to 30%, Bond Package Ahead, Prop 84 Slightly Behind, and Much Food for Thought
October 26, 2006 LATEST SURVEY UNDERSCORES IRRELEVANCY OF SURVEYS WHEN VOTERS SPEAK
October 24, 2006 OLD CAMPAIGN HABITS DIE HARD
October 23, 2006 Different Stories on the Orange County Voter Intimidation Letter
October 22, 2006 Thoughtful Comments of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Who Says He May Not Run for Reelection
October 10, 2006 In the Wake of the Foley Scandal There’s Another California House Seat In Reach: Bill Durston Has a Shot at Dan Lungren
October 10, 2006 Sierra at the Crossroads: Bringing the Environment Back into Politics
October 07, 2006 California Young Democrats Hope to be the Margin of Victory
October 02, 2006 DOES NON-VOTING CONDEMN OUR POLITICS?
September 30, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle's Bold Move Opening Up Endorsement Process May Be Wave of the Future
September 28, 2006 PPIC Voter Survey Shows Larger Schwarzenegger Lead, But Also Opportunities for Angelides: Voters' Thoughts on Candidates and Ballot Measures Are More Nuanced and Complex.
September 28, 2006 The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Poll: What They Say About Schwarzenegger and Angelides Race for Governor, the Voters, and Other Issues
September 25, 2006 CATCH 22 on Party Registration and the Way Campaigns are Run in California
September 15, 2006 Swift Boats Arrive in Sacramento
September 13, 2006 California’s Nonvoters Could Radically Change Outcomes Across the Board, Study Released Today Shows
September 12, 2006 “I SPY” ….Chapter 29: The Schwarzenegger Tapes
August 31, 2006 The Politics and Policy Behind the Legislature’s Rejection of Last Minute Tribal Gaming Pacts and Prison Bills
August 31, 2006 OH, WE OF LITTLE FAITH! CALIFORNIANS IN FUNK OVER FUTURE
August 27, 2006 MORE REPUBLICAN PROPAGANDA FROM DAN WALTERS
August 24, 2006 Turning Red California Blue
August 16, 2006 New Poll Delves Deeper Into Busby Loss, Finds Major Rifts Among Republican Voters
August 03, 2006 MOUNTJOY TO GET A THIRD OF THE VOTE AGAINST FEINSTEIN?
August 02, 2006 “JESSICA’S LAW” PROTECTS CHILDREN, REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS.
August 01, 2006 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN DOWNTICKET BLUES
July 21, 2006 Am I my Senator’s Keeper?
July 20, 2006 Does Ben Stein Know The Real Tom McClintock?
July 11, 2006 Local Races in California are NINO—Nonpartisan in Name Only
July 07, 2006 DAN WALTERS SHIFTS BLAME FOR CALIFORNIA’S ENERGY DEBACLE
July 06, 2006 MAKING BOOK ON THE GOVERNOR’S RACE?
June 29, 2006 Blue Youth in the California Electorate
June 24, 2006 THE PLAY’S THE THING--Cavala's Take on Schwarzenegger's "Triangulation"
June 23, 2006 DOING GOOD BY DOING WELL: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE ‘HASTERT’ WEAKNESS
June 22, 2006 “THEY JUST KEEP ON COMING….”--THE BILBRAY LESSON
June 07, 2006 Yesterday’s Election, “Moderate Democrats” in the California Legislature, and Where We Go From Here
June 07, 2006 Both State Ballot Propositions Fail. Strickland Wins Republican Nod for Controller. Democrat Jack O’Connell Wins State Superintendent Race Outright in June.
June 07, 2006 Angelides Wins Democratic Nomination for Governor, Other Statewide Nominations Decided Except Republican Nomination for State Controller
June 06, 2006 Vote: There’s A Lot at Stake Today for California’s Future
June 05, 2006 Remembering Enron’s Impact on California
June 04, 2006 Using the Lessons of Historical Statistics to Predict Elections Shows That Campaigns are not Baseball Games
June 04, 2006 The California Democratic Primary: Still an Undecided Voter? Information for You to Decide.
June 04, 2006 The California Democratic Primary: Still an Undecided Voter? Information for You to Decide, Part 2.
June 03, 2006 SPEIER VAULTS INTO LEAD OVER GARAMENDI. SURPRISED?
May 30, 2006 Facts Don't Lie: The Best Democratic Nominee for Governor
May 30, 2006 Lost in the Inland Empire: Ground Zero... Bacaland!
May 28, 2006 LA Times Final Poll on Demo Primary: Gov. and Secretary of State Close, Garamendi, Dunn, Brown, Bustamante, 81 and 82 Ahead
May 25, 2006 People 1, Politicians 0
May 18, 2006 Time Warp in Arnold’s Rhetoric
May 15, 2006 Lost in the Inland Empire: Signs of the Times
May 12, 2006 Is Democratic Dominance Threatened in California?
May 10, 2006 Insurance Commissioner Candidates Should Stand Behind Garamendi Regulations To Protect Integrity of Office
May 10, 2006 “Open Wound” In Republican Party Over Bond Package
May 04, 2006 Marching California to the Polls and a New Progressive Era
May 01, 2006 Complete List of Candidates Endorsed at California Democratic Convention
April 30, 2006 More News From the Convention
April 30, 2006 Convention Wrap up—Sort of
April 29, 2006 The gauntlet that delegates must negotiate before voting at CDP Convention
April 29, 2006 California Democrats Already United for Fall Campaign. Great Enthusiasm Amongst the Young
April 29, 2006 Progressives View From Coachella Valley
April 29, 2006 Day Two Begins: California Democratic Convention
April 28, 2006 Hamming It Up and Blogging from the California Democratic Convention
April 28, 2006 Pictures Without the Thousand Words From California Democratic Convention
April 28, 2006 From the California Progress Report Base Camp at CDP Convention
April 28, 2006 First Returns Trickle in From CA Democratic Convention
April 28, 2006 We'll be at the State Democratic Convention This Morning
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