The Policy Report

What’s The Big Deal With Debates?

Recently the buzz around the California Republican Party has been a demand for a debate between the major candidates for statewide office at the upcoming California Republican Party Convention taking place next month. First there was the Young Republican ...

Abel Maldonado Falls Short of Lieutenant Governor… For Now

California State Senator Abel Maldonado has been serving under a temporary 90-day appointment to the Lieutenant Governor’s post while Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been working to ensure he gets the approval of the Legislature to keep the job f...

Carly Fiorina’s Shocking Political Hit Ad

Most people expect to see political ads that attack the character or decisions of political rivals, but the only word that seems to come to mind when viewing Carly Fiorina’s new ad is “shocking”.  Perhaps Carly is on to something ̵...

Chuck DeVore Tests Out Tele-Townhall Concept

Sunday Night the DeVore for United States Senate campaign once again asserted it’s technological dominance over the campaigns of its Democratic and Republican opponents.  By using a “Tele-Town Hall” to meet with his supporters Chuck was...

2010 California Budget Preview

With the new year comes another budget stalemate in Sacramento.  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to release his proposed budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.  Unfortunately, the Legislative Analysts Office report predicts that the state wil...

Red County: Ventura County

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Flash Report

One Legislative Story on the Budget [By Ray Haynes - State Capitol - Flash Report]

The Legislature is getting to the point where it must pass a budget.  The good news is that the Democrats don't need a single Republican vote to pass that budget.  The good news for Republicans is that they don't have to vote to increase ta&hel...

Another Ammo Bill Passes Out Of Senate [By Doug LaMalfa - North California - Flash Report]

SB 124, a bill to further regulate and limit ammunition purchases passes the State Senate.  It is a followup to AB 962 of last year that was found unconstitutional and vague in court.  It operates under the guise of being a "cop-k&hel...

Jerry Brown - & His emerging crime wave [By Shawn Steel - Statewide - Flash Report]

With the appropriately named Brown vs. Plata up to 46,000 felons will be prematurely released from California state prisons. The vast majority of these criminals are gang members or those who received advanced criminal techniques that makes prisoners&hel...

Why Republicans Need to Back Craig Huey and the California Republican Party Needs a Rational Endorsement Process [By Brandon Powers - Los Angeles County - Flash Report]

Flying way under the news radar for most Republicans outside of the South Bay part of Los Angeles is a Congressional Special Election to fill the seat of Jane Harman, who up and left Congress to head up a think tank. The map of CD-36 is one of thos&hel...

Busy Day in L.A. [By Brandon Powers - Los Angeles County - Flash Report]

Yesterday was a busy news day in Los Angeles. On the same day that Major League Baseball swooped in to save the Dodgers and the Lakers came out and played, well, like the Lakers, plenty more news came from the City that updated old story lines and be&hel...

Flap's Blog

President 2012: GOP Debate in Arizona Tonight – A Season Finale?

GOP Presidential Candidates Set to Square Off in Pivotal Arizona Debate Well, perhaps – The debate will be the last one before Super Tuesday. It’s been 26 days since the candidates left the stage at the last CNN debate in Jacksonville, Florida...

The Morning Flap: February 22, 2012

These are my links for February 21st through February 22nd: Santorum: ‘I believe in good and evil’ – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs – Rick Santorum offered no apologies Tuesday for a controversial speech he gave in 2008...

Day By Day February 20 – 22, 2012 Positions, Just a Pinch of Love, Upgrades

Day By Day by Chris Muir – Positions Day By Day by Chris Muir – Just a Pinch of Love Day By Day by Chris Muir – Upgrades The President Day Holiday threw me a little behind on Chris Muir’s excellent cartoon series. Zed has to watch ...

@Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-02-22

(500) http://t.co/qtSuGKHG http://t.co/L4XnZw52 # California Proposition 8 Supporters Seek En Banc 9th Circuit Review » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/WR7leJ5m # President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Republican Voters Don’t Want a Brokered Convention...

President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Republican Voters Don’t Want a Brokered Convention

According to the latest Gallup Poll. Republicans by a better than 2-to-1 margin would prefer that one of the four remaining GOP presidential candidates win enough delegates in the primaries and caucuses to secure the nomination, rather than having a broke...