Politics and ElectionsScott Baugh’s Continuing HypocrisyMonday, May 21st, 2012 Steven Greenhut: If you wonder why the GOP is having such hard times, one need only look at the goings-on in Orange County, where Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh is pulling out all the stops to ensure the election to the board of supervisors of Todd Spitzer, the former Assemblyman who is a clo... Fuentes Was Conscience Of OC GOPSunday, May 20th, 2012Steven Greenhut: Ever since former OC GOP Chairman Tom Fuentes' cancer returned, we all knew it was only a matter of time before we heard the bad news. He passed away Friday night after fighting a long battle. Tom and I emailed each other now and again in recent months, comparing notes on the state ... Obama golf goofsWednesday, May 16th, 2012 May 16, 2012 By John Seiler Our friend Mike Shelton sent another great cartoon: Schwarzenegger’s Bizarre AnalysisSunday, May 6th, 2012Steven Greenhut: I love it when politicians have their chance in power, squander their opportunities, then spend the rest of their career lecturing us about how to reform government. Arnold Schwarzenegger was not just a disappointment, he was a fraud -- and a particularly embarrassing one at that. N... Proposition 29: Why should voters care?Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 April 25, 2012 by Katy Grimes There are examples of waste, fraud and abuse in nearly every corner of government. With the election season upon us, voters need to pay special attention to what is on the ballot. California's ballot initiatives say a great deal about the health of the st... California’s zany votersMonday, April 23rd, 2012April 23, 2012 By Brian Calle Disillusionment with the two dominant political parties in California should come as no surprise given the economic malaise, massive regulatory bureaucracy and climbing unemployment numbers plaguing the state. “Decline to state” voters now make up one in fi... Jarvis Taxpayer Group Snubs SpitzerTuesday, April 17th, 2012Steven Greenhut: Despite the Orange County Republican establishment's backing of pension-spiking union ally Todd Spitzer for the board of supervisors, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has endorsed Spitzer's long-shot opponent, Deborah Pauly. The Jarvis association even returned a $1,000 donat... Fletcher: Unprincipled and UnconvincingThursday, April 12th, 2012Steven Greenhut: A new poll shows that Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher has surged in his race to become San Diego's next mayor after he dropped his Republican affiliation and became an independent, which just shows how little attention San Diego voters are paying to this important race. In reality, Flet... Do ‘strong men’ vote conservative?Thursday, April 12th, 2012Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: Data is not in a recognized format in /var/www/vhosts/calwatchdog.com/httpdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 258 Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: Data is not in a recognized format in /var/www/vhosts/calwatchdog.com/httpdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 258  April 12, 2012 By John Seiler According to the Telegraph, a Brit paper, a survey shows that "strong men" vote conservative. Such men... "tend to build up their upper body strength and become subconsciously obsessed with their fighting ability, they told the journal Human Nature.... "Research... Another Reason to Boycott Government MotorsMonday, April 2nd, 2012April 2, 2012 Last fall, Government Motors assaulted the John and Ken radio show by pulling ads from the show because the talk show hosts favored restricting immigration. I wrote it about it then. If Government Motors had been a private company, that would have been no problem. Private companies ... |