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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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Video below:

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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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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.

The video is pretty funny and also brings attention to Cooley’s horrible record on three strikes.  Here is an article that provides more info on Cooley’s three strike record.

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Imagine with all the controversy of a CRA Convention and the allegations of endorsement fraud and Consultant Manipulation – and you’re the Sgt. at Arms.

This meant I was in charge of the election committee and the overall order of the convention. It was jammed with speakers, drama and delegates we’d never see at a Convention again…

Oh, and I managed to piss off three major statewide campaigns while I was at it…

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This press release from Senator Harman’s campaign just hit my inbox.

It is interesting to note how far Steve Cooley’s numbers drop once the public is informed that he is opposed to California’s popular three strikes legislation.

Press Release below:

Harman Leads Cooley by 6 Points in Latest

Attorney General Poll

FIRST BALLOT

California Senator Tom Harman 21.3%

District Attorney Steve Cooley 15.1%

Republican Senator and Attorney General candidate Tom Harman leads Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley 21.3% to 15.1% in a new statewide poll of Republican likely voters conducted last week.  “Basically, Steve Cooley is unknown outside of Los Angeles County, L.A. is only 19% of the Republican vote, and Mr. Cooley is by no means universally loved there,” said Harman strategist Wayne Johnson.

The poll results prompted Johnson to strongly re-affirm Harman’s commitment to win the Republican nomination for Attorney General. “I find it disingenuous that the rumor mill of an opponent who is trailing in fundraising, trailing in endorsements and trailing in the polls would suggest that the frontrunner should consider leaving the race,” said Johnson.  “These numbers should put to rest any notion that Tom Harman is not only the frontrunner, but that he is in this race to stay. He will be the nominee.”  In the same internal poll, Harman led Chapman law school dean John Eastman, another rumored candidate, by a margin of 27.9% to 11.7%.

FIRST BALLOT

California Senator Tom Harman 27.9%

Law School Dean John Eastman 11.7%

“We’re very confident that Tom Harman will be the Republican nominee and that he will be the best match-up, by far, against any of the potential Democrat nominees,” added Johnson.  “California Republicans, particularly primary voters, are looking for a candidate who will defend the Three-Strikes-and-You’re-Out initiative to keep repeat felons off the streets.  Tom Harman is that candidate.”

Harman has been endorsed by Three Strikes proponent Mike Reynolds.  Reynolds has recently criticized Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley as “the most prominent opponent of California’s ‘Three Strikes and You’re Out’ law.”

“In 2006, Steve Cooley teamed up with pro-prisoner rights Democratic Senator Gloria Romero to promote legislation that would have devastated ‘Three Strikes,’” Reynolds reminded voters. “Serious violent criminals would be released and put back on the streets only to commit more crime.  In fact, under his [Cooley’s] plan over 2,400 convicted felons would have been put back into our neighborhoods.”

When voters are informed that Cooley has been a leading opponent of Three Strikes, Cooley loses to Harman by a margin of 57.6% to 17.1%.

SECOND BALLOT

California Senator Tom Harman 57.6%

District Attorney Steve Cooley 17.1%

The statewide survey of 500 likely California Republican voters was conducted by Val Smith, PhD.  Field dates were January 13-15. Margin of error +/- 4.4%.

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