Sad Day at the OC Register
I love newspapers. I always have. I get three of them in my driveway every morning. And as outraged as I was when the OC […]
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Drinking Liberally Returns to Santa Ana
As you all know Memphis at the Santora has closed, the new location for Drinking Liberally will be the Bistro 400. To start we will be meeting on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month.
The arithmetically challenged Diane Harkey
Something struck me as just not quite right about a celebratory email I saw that Board of Equalization candidate Diane Harkey sent out to supporters on Wednesday morning. The header proclaimed “We Won…Big!”.
Dramatically low turnout helps Republicans dominate primary results
The current unofficial turnout numbers for the 2014 Primary Election in Orange County sit at 16.9 percent. In comparison turnout in 2012 was 26.5 percent, and the worst ever in Orange County was in 2006 with 21.5 percent voting. Low turnout drives the results in a primary election tilting in favor of whichever party holds a better registration lead, and turnout average. In Orange County the numbers tilt strongly in favor of Republicans.
Democrats win only if Democrats vote
Today is primary election day in California. There are many important contests on the ballot today. Whether it is a statewide contest for Controller, Superintendent of Public Instruction, County School Board, congress, State Assembly or State Senate, who is on your ballot in November will be determined by a few thousand voters.
CD-45 Voters Fact Check; Drew Leavens Does Live in Irvine
Some last minute shenanigans need to be dealt with in the race to replace John Campbell in Congress. Drew Leavens is the only Democrat in […]
Tom Tait Crawls into Bed with Jon Fleischman on Measure D
Measure D must now stand for desperate, as Republican blogger and CA GOP official Jon Fleischman has just offered up a robocall for Anaheim voters […]
If you still have your “Vote by Mail” ballot…
Primary election Day is this Tuesday, June 3rd. If you requested and received a “Vote by Mail” ballot, it is probably best that you not mail it at this point. But if you are going to, today would be the last day to make that attempt. To be on the safe side however, you should plan on dropping off your completed ballot at your nearest polling place on election day.
California Republicans Retreat
The Sacramento Bee published this story recently that highlighted the plight of Republicans in California. The main point — the GOP is bleeding registered voters […]