Have you ever wondered about those intense sessions with Carly Fiorina and her team right before she goes on TV? Do you think she’s brushing up on the issues of the day? Mulling over tax proposals or possible changes to the health care system?  

Well, you would be wrong.

Caught on an open mic, we learn that Carly likes to discuss the close relationship between Sean Hannity and Meg Whitman, Cheeseburgers, and, most importantly, Barbara Boxer’s hair.

God, what was that hair? Soooo yesterday.

That was her actual quote.  “Soooo” yesterday.  Check out the clip to the right, and watch five minutes up close and personal with the failed HP CEO.

Hat tip to Muley63.

Brian Quintana, whose full time work is production stuff for the film industry, has a history in politics. He ran a strong race in the early 90s for the seat that would ultimately become Antonio Villaraigosa’s launching pad.  But these days, he’s got diverse interests.  In yesterday’s election, he ran against Barbara Boxer for the Senate nomination, finishing in 2nd place with about 14% of the vote. Fairly respectable all things considered.

Today, he released a press statement going over his race.  It was an absolute treasure, full thing over the flip, but here are some of my favorite quotes:

Quintana would’ve done even better had blogger Mickey Kaus not copied his idea to challenge California incumbent Barbara Boxer.

Yes, perhaps he should have spoken to the Patent and Trademark Office on that. Because filing for Senate is “an idea” that you copy as a third grader would copy off his neighbor’s paper.

Quintana spent a mere $100,000 to receive 253,243 votes which translates to $ .39 per vote.

He then went on to compare himself to other candidates in yesterday’s election. If we are really talking cheap campaigns, how about Yes on 13? Or No on 16 for that matter.  Value, No on 16, PG&E power grab brought the miserly value.

Before closing out the release with a section comparing the number of absolute votes he received to others in unrelated elections, he sums it up thusly:

Quintana has clearly proven his political prowess and business savvy. He is expected to do well in his future political and business endeavors. “It has been a real treat to travel this vast state, and serve as a voice for the little people,” Quintana stated. “You have not heard the last of me.”

Honestly, I don’t know what to say to that. Dude’s got a point.

nd The Winner Is – Brian Quintana

Dollar for dollar the clear victor in Tuesday’s statewide primary was United States Senate candidate Brian Quintana – a Hollywood Producer and Businessman.

Quintana spent a mere $100,000 to receive 253,243 votes which translates to $ .39 per vote.

Meg Whitman spent over $80 million for 1,101,528 votes which translates to $72.62 per vote.

Steve Poizner spent over $35 million for 461,823 votes which translates to $75.78 per vote.

Chris Kelly spent over $12 million for 265,110 votes which translates to $45.26 per vote.

Carly Fiorina spent over $6.7 million for 952,072 votes which translates to $7.03 per vote.

Barbara Boxer spent over $3.7 million for 1,426,923 votes which translates to $2.59 per vote.

Chuck DeVore spent over $2.1 million for 321,218 votes which translates to $6.53 per vote.

Tom Campbell spent over $1.7 million for 366,581 votes which translates to $4.63 per vote.

Quintana would’ve done even better had blogger Mickey Kaus not copied his idea to challenge California incumbent Barbara Boxer. For the record, Quintana pulled his papers with the County Registrar-Recorder on February 17, 2010 and submitted his qualifying signatures on February 24, 2010. Kaus did not pull his papers until March 1, 2010.

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Quintana has clearly proven his political prowess and business savvy. He is expected to do well in his future political and business endeavors. “It has been a real treat to travel this vast state, and serve as a voice for the little people,” Quintana stated. “You have not heard the last of me.”

Quintana received more votes than any Latino in California history (excluding Lt. Governors Cruz Bustamante and Abel Maldonado). He even received more votes than Antonio Villaraigosa did in either of his Mayoral General Elections.

Cruz Bustamante: 4,290,473 votes | 1998 CA Lt Governor Election

Cruz Bustamante: 3,589,804 votes | 2002 CA Lt Governor Election

Cruz Bustamante: 2,724,874 votes | 2003 CA Gubernatorial Recall Election

Cruz Bustamante: 1,937,213 votes | 2002 CA Lt Governor Primary Election

Cruz Bustamante: 1,899,566 votes | 1998 CA Lt Governor Primary Election

Abel Maldonado: 675,854 votes | 2010 Lt. Governor Primary Election

Brian Quintana: 253,243 votes | 2010 United States Senate Primary Election

Antonio Villaraigosa: 152,613 votes | 2009 Mayoral General Election

Antonio Villaraigosa: 124,561 votes | 2005 Mayoral General Election

Quintana received more votes than more prominent Latinos in California’s Democratic primary Tuesday.

Brian Quintana: 253,243 votes | 2010 United States Senate Primary Election

Albert Torrico: 249,067 votes | 2010 Attorney General Primary Election

Rockard J. Delgadillo: 169,717 votes | 2010 Attorney General Primary Election

Pedro Nava: 167,514 votes | 2010 Attorney General Primary Election

Chuck Pineda: 71,484 votes | 2010 Governor Primary Election  

Prop	Yes	No	D/K
13 (seismic retrofit)	46	26	26
14(open primary)	50	28	22
15(fair elections)	29	46	26
16(PG&E protection)	41	45	14
17 (Mercury Ins scheme)	43	39	18

SurveyUSA has released their latest batch of data on the propositions and the LG race.  You can see the polling data on the props to the right.  As you can tell, these are some pretty worrying numbers.  Props 14 and 15 seem to be going the exact opposite of how we would like to see them going.  And 16 and 17 seem to be hovering in that troubling zone. If I had to bet, I would go with both of those failing. But, it’s going to be a long night on those two.’

As for the LG’s race, Newsom and Maldonado have pretty substantial leads there.  On the Democratic side, Newsom leads Hahn 43-27 right now, with 9% going to Eric Korevaar (which will wither by the time we get the results) and 21% undecided. Newsom looks set to pull this one off tomorrow.

On the Republican side, St. Abel leads Sam Aanestad 26-16, with 32% undecided and the rest going to a smattering of other candidates.  Now, thing is here that Aanestad might pick up a lot of last minute support from the far-right.  I think this one is hardly a lock for Maldo, and we might be in for a bit of a surprise here.

So, folks, what this shows me is that every vote is extremely important.  Demand that your friends and family vote!

Speaker Pelosi doesn’t wade into every one of our ballot fights, but when the issue is contentious enough, and/or egregious enough, she’ll say something. PG&E’s $46 Million investment in Prop 16 is getting closer to passing. How could it not with that much spending. I don’t even regularly watch TV and I’ve caught a few of the rather irritating and deceptive ads.  This is egregious enough.

And so today, Speaker Pelosi weighed in to the fight on Prop 16 and coming out strongly in opposition to PG&E’s Monopoly Protection Scheme. On the steps of City Hall, her chief of staff appeared at a press conference at City Hall to make the Speaker’s position clear.

How egregious you might ask is Prop 16? Well, well over 60 newspapers have eviscerated the measure, with but one or two in support.  Over 60 cities have announced official opposition to the measure.

But the fact is that PG&E is going all out for the win here.

Prop 16 is the ballot initiative that would limit the ability of cities and counties to go into the public power business. San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkirimi says if the measure passes, it would encourage other corporations to take their issues straight to the voters.

“It is obvious that if PG&E prevails, they will be the first corporation to embed themselves into our state constitution,” he said. (ABC7)

We need turnout. PG&E has aligned themselves with the Republicans, and this is going to be a GOP friendly election.  Democrats must turn out or it is very possible that PG&E’s money may work. Please, let your friends, family and random people on the street know the importance of turning out on Tuesday.  We must beat this thing.

Well, it looks like all the polling showing Carly Failorina pulling ahead in the Senate primary has put a beating on Campbell’s fundraising efforts. He’s now pretty much conceding the race:

Capitulating to his dwindling campaign treasury, Republican Senate candidate Tom Campbell pulled his television advertising Tuesday and in the closing days of the primary race will rely on Internet appeals and telephone calls to make his case to GOP voters. (LAT)

You just can’t win on phonecalls and internet appeals alone. That might be enough in Rhode Island, but in a state where millions of votes are required, you simply need more than just the internet.  I know, you might not expect to hear that from an internet-type, but there it is.  

To be frank, Campbell kind of scared me. He does this faux-moderate thing really well, and then yanks the rug out from under Californians who really need help.  If Fiorina can continue to loan her campaign a few million of seed money, her campaign won’t be completely hapless. However, she has an Achilles heal, her tenure at HP, that is her qualification for running.  

I’m not calling anything yet, but this is the surest sign of any yet.