File under “over the line” “classless” “disrespectful” or any other adjective.  Carly Fiorina last week called Chuck DeVore’s ballot title “deceptive” on Twitter, referring to his “Assemblyman/Military Reservist” designation.   This claim by Fiorina is not only bogus, but downright offensive to all of those who have served our country.  How does Fiorina expect to position herself as a pro-military candidate when she publicly belittles the service of a veteran of our military who attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard?  Hopefully the person who tweeted that comment on @CarlyForCA’s page has been replaced.

DeVore of course is a Military Reservist, and if Carly honestly thought it was a false title she would have taken it up with the Secretary of State or the Attorney General, not a petty Twitter post.  After months of petty actions by the Fiorina campaign nothing should be surprising at this point.

Fiorina’s sleazy Boxeresque attack however ended up being timely.  Coincidentally Assemblyman DeVore served in the military for 24 years, and the top rated show “24″ on Fox that ended tonight.  DeVore quickly responded with this ad:

This ad spread around the internet preceded DeVore’s commercials that aired on the series finale of “24.”   I would love to see what a “24″ themed ad about Fiorina’s military experience would look like.  I am imagining scenes with security escorts…of Carly being escorting out of a building from a job from which she has just been fired. (ehh hem Hewlett Packard)

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A month and a half ago the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a poll on the US Senate Republican Primary that showed Carly Fiorina leading the race with 24%, Tom Campbell with 23% and Chuck DeVore with only 8%.  The rest of the respondents were undecided on their choice as to who would be the GOP nominee.  The Fiorina campaign used this opportunity to try to urge DeVore to step out of the race, suggesting he had no shot and he would only be a spoiler for Tom Campbell.   However, today’s poll released has Fiorina with 25%, Campbell still at 23% and DeVore doubling his support to 16%.  Basically of the 9% of voters that have decided on a candidate 8% of them have decided to go with DeVore.  36% of voters remain undecided, indicating it is still anybody’s race.

That same poll released in March had Poizner trailing by 50 points to Whitman.  The new poll has him down only 9%.  This of course was due to his massive media blitz over the last two months.  The poll also indicates that 31% of likely primary voters remain undecided in the Gubernatorial race.

With a little over 3 weeks left in California’s primary season everything remains up in the air, but the two candidates who appear to have the wind at their backs are DeVore and Poizner.  Stay tuned…

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Thanks to the FlashReport for directing readers to conservative hero Tom McClintock’s blog to check out  his June 2010 California Primary ballot:

Prop. 13.  Seismic Retrofits. YES:  Earthquake proofing your house shouldn’t trigger a tax increase until you’re ready to sell.  Any questions?

Prop. 14. Distorted Primary. NO: This was the result of the corrupt deal for the tax increase engineered by Abel Maldonado that included this measure to by-pass party primaries in a manner Maldonado believed would enhance his future election prospects.  Instead of voters of each party putting their best candidate forward, this jerry-rigged system is designed to disguise the difference between the parties and force those pesky third parties off the general election ballot entirely.

Prop. 15. Taxpayer Funded Elections.  NO: The real purpose of this measure is to allow the legislature to tap taxpayers to finance political campaigns.  Jefferson said it best: “To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”

Prop. 16. Utility Elections. YES: Cash-guzzling city governments have been taking over the territory of utilities through eminent domain and PG&E wants to put it to a vote.  This measure gives you the choice upon whose mercy your future electricity bills will depend: the monopoly of city hall or the monopoly of your utility.  Here’s a better idea: restore the freedom of individual consumers to choose among competing providers who actually have to earn their business.  Alas, that part was left out by the suits at PG&E.

Prop. 17.  Insurance Rates. YES: A simple question: should drivers be able to take their “continuous coverage” discount with them when they change insurance companies?  A simpler question: why are our laws such a micro managing mess that we have to vote on something as self-evident as this in the first place?

On the statewide races:

For Governor, Steve Poizner: Steve had the courage to support Arizona’s decision to enforce our immigration laws when Meg Whitman cut and ran.  He opposes the bank bailouts, rampant borrowing and environmental extremism that Meg Whitman embraces.  And unlike Whitman, Steve Poizner was never “a huge fan” of radical leftist Van Jones.  This time, let’s have a governor from the Republican wing of the Republican Party.

For Lt. Governor, Sam Aanestad: Sam was my seatmate for many years in both the Assembly and the Senate.  He never wavered from his devotion to Republican principles of limited government.  Abel Maldonado broke his signed taxpayer pledge and bears responsibility not only for the biggest tax increase in California’s history, but also the budgets that ran California off the fiscal cliff.  No single race on the ballot more clearly defines the difference between the Party of Reagan and the Party of Schwarzenegger.

For Attorney General, John Eastman: I worked with John Eastman at the Claremont Institute – a public policy think tank devoted to restoring American founding principles to the public policy debate.  John is a nationally renowned Constitutional advocate and scholar whose leadership is desperately needed in the Attorney General’s office.  Imagine having an Attorney General who not only respects the Constitution but who understands and reveres it.

For Insurance Commissioner, Anybody But Villines.  Mike Villines was another of the sell-out Republican votes on the massive tax increase that crushed what was left of our state’s economy last year, after signing a no-new-taxes pledge.  Liars don’t belong in government.

For U.S. Senate, Chuck DeVore: Chuck is a conservative’s conservative who has always stood on principle, even when it has meant standing virtually alone.  I’ve never heard him give a speech without thinking “I wish I’d said that.”  I rank him up there with Sam Aanestad as one of the finest people I’ve had the opportunity to serve with in the legislature.  He would become an instant leader in the United States Senate.

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Today, I learned something called “May Revise”…(Dexter Morgan is always learning something new) California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the budget revision for the spending plan for the next year (2010-11) to close a $19.1 billion deficit.

Ohhh, this month is May…Revise.  I get it!

Governor wants to eliminate the state’s welfare program starting in October.  Hey, not a bad idea.

Governor did not propose any new tax hikes.  Sounds good to me.

The Democrats are saying “Not so fast, Arnold!”

Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), Senate President, says, “We will not pass a budget that eliminates Cal-WORKS. Outright. We will not be party to devastating children and families. Period. It’s not why we came here, it’s not what we believe in. … We need revenue, and we will fight for revenue.”

Revenue = Taxes.  This Steinberg guy will devastate children and families with less take home pay!

Then, Senator Denise Moreno-Ducheny (D-San Diego) says, “This is just a sad budget day”

Geez, I was told this lady has been in the legislature for 14 years and hasn’t produced a state budget on time!

Watch this clip of a Press Conference by Steinberg and Moreno-Ducheny.

(Yeah, it is 29 minutes long, but you will want to get a shot of whisky or two after listening to those two nuts!)

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Yahoo!  Yee-Haw!

Steve Poizner was so pumped up after Tuesday night’s Tea Party event in Shingle Springs at the Ponderosa High School gym that prompted the Insurance Commissioner to pony up $2.5 Million in his campaign coffers.

Mmmmm…Mr. Poizner that is a lot of dough, which brings to a grand total of $22 Million to get you closer to the Governor’s office.  Ka-Ching!

Sir, You, Meg Whitman, Chris Kelly and other self-funded candidates should stop this practice of using your personal wealth to buy an office.

Remember, we are a Republic not a Aristocracy!

Uhhh, I hear there is something called FPPC, a California agency that oversees campaign finance, could do something about this.

What about the legislators or the people amend our campaign finance laws that would ban such practice of candidates who self-fund their campaigns?

By the way, Mr. Poizner:  Dexter Morgan knows that $2.5 Million can buy a whole lot of stuff such as books for kids, food for the needy and heck even establish a business to create much needed jobs.

Though, I digress about how you spend your money, because in your little world “Money is No Object”!

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With just over a month to go Republican primary election former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin released an endorsement of former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.  Of course it was almost a year ago when Palin resigned her position as Governor of Alaska and began her nationwide blitz.  She has since become a bestselling author with her book Going Rouge and was even the keynote speaker at the national Tea Party Convention a few months ago.  Palin seemed to be building up some serious credibility amongst the conservative grassroots over the past few months.

She received some blow back in February when she endorsed her former running-mate John McCain for re-election in favor of his primary challenger JD Hayworth.  Of course most conservative activists gave Palin a pass on this endorsement because McCain was the person responsible for making her endorsement relevant on a national scale.  However, aside from McCain, Palin has made some endorsements that pass the conservative test such as Rand Paul and Doug Hoffman.

The real shock came when the former governor endorsed McCain’s darling running for Senate in California, Carly Fiorina.  Apparently Sarah Palin forgot about Carly’s embarrassing gaffes where she insulted both McCain and Palin, and subsequently got her fired from the McCain campaign:

One would think that after the McCain cronies attempted to hang Palin out to dry and spread rumors of her “diva” attitude following the campaign that she would have had it.  However, she again returned to the one who punched her political meal ticket in 2008 and endorsed his hand-picked candidate in California yesterday.

But something happened on the road to Rome, The Politico has noticed Palin’s decision yesterday is vastly unpopular amongst her very own supporters.   On her own Facebook page thousands of comments of disapproval have poured in expressing outrage and urging her to reconsider her endorsement of Fiorina.  It seems the very grassroots conservatives Palin has been appealing to the last year are now disgusted with her lack of follow through by not endorsing the true conservative in the race Chuck DeVore.

Here are a few excerpts of comments left on Palin’s post touting her endorsement:

“I am really disappointed that you are endorsing a progressive instead of the only constitutional conservative running in the senate race is Chuck DeVore.”

“I hope Palin will reconsider and endorse DeVore. He is the best candidate.”
“I am sorry. I love Sarah and I understand her support of the RINO John McCain. However, Carly Fiorina is also a RINO in how she has conducted herself to date. Sure she has done some things right, like her NRA membership, however, I support a real Tea Party Supported and endorsed CONSERVATIVE, Mr. DeVore.”

“Wrong, wrong, and wrong — Chuck DeVore is THE conservative. You’re losing me, Sarah …”

“Sarah- I have looked at all the other comments and the majority are clearly AGAINST your endorsement of Fiorina. This was a VERY BAD decision on your part. You have lost all credibility with me and thousands of others in the tea party movement. If I ever see you on Hannity or any FOX news program I will automatically shut you off now. Just like Obama your endorsements are meaningless. YOU ARE SUCH A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!!!”

To read the rest of the outrage click here: http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/lets-shake-it-up-in-california-updated/386510153434

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This just dropped in my In box from Tom Harman for Attorney General Campaign. If viewed widely this video should destroy any chance Cooley has at winning the Republican nomination for Attorney General.

From Tom Harman for Attorney General:

Sacramento, CA – In a new video posted on Vimeo this week by USC law professor Jody Armour, Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley spends much of a 63-minute interview attacking California’s Three-Strikes law, as well as “Jessica’s Law.” The video of an interview at the Univeristy of Southern California’s Unruh Institute of Politics on October 23, 2009 captures Cooley railing against Jessica’s law, blaming on “Republican ideologues.” He then advises the audience if they want to pass a law in California to “name it after a female.”

The event was titled: Crime, Punishment & Rehabilitation: The Politics & Policy of California’s Prisons and featured Cooley, former Assemblyman Pat Nolan and Armour.

“Earlier this week a Cooley spokesperson tried to tell a leading news agency that he never took a position on Jessica’s Law. Well this certainly sounds like a clear position to me,” noted Harman campaign strategist Tim Rosales.

Steve Cooley has continually shown contempt for Republican voters and tough-on-crime laws like Jessica’s Law and Three Strikes. As this video makes abundantly clear, “his liberal positions on the issues put him far out of the mainstream, not only of Republican Primary voters, but of the 70% majority of all Californians who voted for Jessica’s Law,” said Rosales. Jessica’s Law protects Californians from violent sexual predators.

“Californians have a better choice for Attorney General,” concluded Rosales. Tom Harman brings over 40 years of legal experience to the job, supports Three Strikes and Jessica’s Law and is the author of legislation to streamline the death penalty.” In February, 2010 Harman was named Crime Victim United’s “Legislator of the Year.”

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Patrick Ruffini, noted and syndicated conservative blogger, had a quite entertaining tweet yesterday, it read:

“Carly Fiorina’s Facebook page is still defaulting to show “fan” posts. Not the best move, in her case. http://bit.ly/bvSOsG”

Apparently Carly doesn’t have as many “fans” as she would like.  On the page, if you subtract Carly’s own posts, the majority of the comments on her wall are calling her a RINO and are people disgusted with her.  It seems everyone is ready to put the failed presidential candidate, John McCain, and his cronies out to pasture and move forward with a real brand of conservatism.  Let’s see how long her wall on facebook is “public”….her overpaid media consultants are probably flipping coins on deciding whether to make her page private or not…either way, they will be hit.  In the spirit of baseball season, all I can say is.: “SWING and a miss Carly.”  Lets just hope she continues to vote after she’s defeated.  That is a tough task for her.

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With a heavy heart, I am sad to report the loss of a great defender of republican values.  We have lost Barry Nestande, one of California’s finest political minds, and part of the iconic Nestande political family.  He collapsed and died suddenly of a heart attack today, quotes a close political insider.

Please keep the Nestande family in your hearts and prayers.  Barry’s brother Brian Nestande currently represents much of Riverside County in the Assembly.  His father also served in the California Assembly in the late 70’s.

Barry Nestande’s blog on flashreport.org can be found here

Added after original post:

The Desert Sun is now reporting more details.  read it here

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I had the opportunity to visit the CRP convention over the weekend in Santa Clara.  On Saturday, while walking through the campaign poster covered hallway, I saw something pretty funny.  One of the campaigns for Attorney General (or at least I would assume so) was passing out “Cooley Kool-Aid” which promised to coax you into thinking Cooley’s a conservative.  Next, from around a corner, a kid in an umpire costume was heckling Steve Cooley all the way down the hall for not supporting 3 Strikes and You’re Out.  Another guy had a camera, and the video has since made its way to YouTube.  The best part is (not visible from the video, but my perspective) was Cooley pushing the cameraman telling him to watch out for a sign way and was getting pretty frustrated.

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