Link here.

Robert’s also on the Calitics ActBlue page

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Too few of our Democrats are truly music to the ears.  Barney Frank is one of that eloquent, ballsy few.  Smart, funny, and particularly compelling when he’s stumping for my Democratic challenger, David Roth.  

Yes, I MET him in a Roth supporter’s Palm Springs full-to-the-brim house last Saturday (forgive the delay in posting, the kids shorted out my keyboard that same morning).   A lovely man.  He told us not to whine about how corrupt and unfair the rightwing is – they’re not going to stop.  Democrats have to beat them in GOTV, we have to walk our precincts, and we have to give David money.
Mary Bono called Barney Frank to prevent this appearance.  Let’s discuss that on the flip:

 We have a great candidate, (and here Rep. Frank digressed a bit to assure us that despite the game face they put on it, campaigning is hellish and exhausting.)  Barney Frank told us that we are the lucky ones, with a race that can actually flip a district, and a candidate ready to win it.  This CA-45th district that has been smugly Republican forever, until now.

Frank and his partner used to have dinner with Sonny and Mary, they go back twenty years.  About Bono, Barney Frank said, Mary Bono is a very nice person.  But unfortunately (paraphrased as best I can),  Mary Bono’s completely in line with the right wing GOP faction in charge, has been since playing her role precisely as cast on the  Senate Judiciary Committe during the Clinton impeachment.  She had some good votes, but only when they made no difference to the GOP bosses.  “She’ll bring you ice in winter.”  

This is a crucial political decision being made in November.  Barney Frank, kind as he is, had to tell Mary Bono he was coming to Palm Springs to speak on behalf of David Roth.

Congressman Frank reminded those in attendance how lucky they are to be involved in one of the very few competitive Congressional races in the nation. The Congressman also remarked that if Democrats didn’t win back a majority of Congress, “You ain’t seen nothing yet,” referring to what the Republicans will do if they retain control.

A rare public appearance:  Our local medical marijuana advocates interviewed Bono on tape .  Watch it.  Just as Barney Frank said, she seems nice enough, but well-rehearsed to defend an absurd policy.  Not about to deviate from the party line.  If you like what the Republicans serve up, keep her.  

David Roth is running because he can’t stand still, he likes to joke.  But he gets serious when he talks about Iraq, America’s leadership, our healthcare, our kids.  And as he said last Saturday, Mary Bono is out of touch, out of sight, and come November – out of office.

Democrat – David Roth.

And there you have the facts of Arnold.  The Facts of Arnold.  That’s just for CarlsbadDem. Anyway, Robert Salladay made a nice catch this afternoon.  In a press release about the jobs report  Team Arnold neglected to include information about the negative aspects of the jobs report.  Namely, the unemployment rate is UP, 4.9% from 4.8%.  I guess that’s not as important as the 37K McJobs created last month.

Whoa! Stephen Bing just dropped $10 million on Prop 87.  This from John Myers:

On Wednesday, Bing wrote a $10 million dollar check to the Yes on 87 campaign, supporting a proposal to fund alternative energy research through a new tax on oil drilling.

That makes his total contributions to date for Prop 87 a whopping $26.5 million. Bing has the reputation of being a reclusive millionaire, but it’s hard to miss him in this race… considering his contributions account for some 82% of all the money raised in support of Prop 87 (campaign total: about $32 million). (CapNotes 9/15/06)

There a couple of propositions where we are going to need to lay down some serious coin.  I actually think defeating Prop 90 should be our top priority, but winning on 87 can’t be far behind. 87 would provide an excellent model for the rest of the oil-producing states to invest in alternative energy technology.