How much money is Poizner going to spend? He’s plunking down another $11 million, and he wants to criticize Cruz’s money issues? No, this man is trying to buy himself a position. One wonders what’s in it for him.
Peninsula Republican Steve Poizner, Bustamante’s rival in the race for insurance commissioner, put $1.7 million of his high-tech fortune into the race Friday, raising his total contribution to the campaign to just under $6 million. There’s likely more to come, since Poizner’s campaign is talking about putting $11 million into a TV ad effort.(SF Chron Politics Blog 10/01/06)
Chris Bowers is on fire these days. He’s been working to Google Bomb GOP candidates and now to get our unnopposed incumbents to fork over some of their Cash on Hand. This money should be going to our competitive races. It should be going to McNerney, Brown, Rodriguez, Roth, Busby, Cox, etc. This money should be going to candidates who can change the course of the House.
And DiFi, this goes for you too. $4 million bucks on a series of puff piece ads when you are up by 25 points? get over yourself. That money could have paid for a gigantic ad buy in Tennessee for Harold Ford Jr. But instead, it gets thrown in the toilet of California media. Boxer has been working hard to elect Dems in the Senate, you…um, you’re working to elect who exactly?
On the flip I have the full list of House incumbents in California that should be giving at least 30% of their Cash on Hand. Give them a call and tell them to do so. Here is the full spreadsheet.
Apparently the corrupt John Doolittle will not be going down without a fight. A new non-partisan SurveyUSA poll has Doolittle up by 10 points (51-41) with a 4.1% MoE. So, this is race will require that we get every last Brown vote out. Doolittle needs to go.
Well, it’s about damn time! The DCCC has finally entered the CA-11 race. They’ve releasd a new ad which should hit the air today. I’m not sure how big the ad buy is right now, but I’ll be sure to update the diary if I hear anything.
CA-11 has increasingly become a viable race. The district is trending away from Pombo. And while the newcomers aren’t necessarily San Francisco liberals, they are people that care about the enviironment. And they are generally well-informed about what Pombo is doing to the nation.
Follow me over the flip.The DCCC has FINALLY entered the CA-11 race for Jerry McNerney. This ad, which is actually really good, will go out today. I don’t know how big the buy is, but I’ll try to get some information.
Pombo is in trouble, big time.
In editorial after editorial, major newspapers are decrying the relationship that Pombo has had with Abramoff. Decrying the outlandish ideas that Pombo has presented:
And while his strident environmental views have caused us concern in the past, the idea he floated this past term about selling off parks was over the top. It’s just one of many such ideas.(SacBee 10/20/06)
Or you could look to his ties with Jack Abramoff, which have brought a level of national disrepute to Northern California. In combination with John Doolittle of CA-04, the Dirty Duo have sought to plunder government for their own gain. The USA Today did an article about their connections with Abramoff. We don’t need that kind of coverage anymore; we don’t need a third of the crookedest Congressman in our state. It’s time to get these crooks out of here. It’s enough already, and the people of Northern California are beginning to see past the rhetoric.
Editorial Boards have seen it, Pete McCloskey, the venerable GOP Congressman, has seen it. It’s just nice that the DCCC has seen it too.
Exactly 2 weeks left. The CA-LtG debate was yesterday, and you can view it at CBS5.com here. Unlike the controller debate, this is well…dirty. McClintock goes on the attack on his Executive Life Hooey and then scares us all:
McClintock, who has served in the Legislature for 20 years, said the state would benefit from a look back to the 1950s when roads were less crowded, water was so plentiful many cities didn’t meter it, and public schools were the best in the country. He called for the lieutenant governor’s office to be “an idea factory” that would help make government more efficient. (SF Chron 10/24)
Yikes, but I’m pretty sure I don’t want his kind of ideas (no minimum wage, no choice, no equality, and well…no government). The best part is McClintock thinking that somehow the fifties are going to come back. He complains that people are leaving the state, and then complains that the roads are too crowded and we have too little water. Well, Tom, you can’t have it both ways. Growth means crowded freeways or paying for new ones. Which are you planning to support? Well, you aren’t supporting the bonds, so I’m thinking that you’ll have to stick with crowded freeways. No Tom, we really don’t need your backwards ideas.
Let’s move. Teasers: GOP freaking out, Prop 87 as a rallying point, Prop 90 is getting too little attention, The Gav, and The Levees
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The NRCC is worried…very worried about CA-11. The NRCC has spent over $600,000 compared to the people helping McNerney at $80K. What does all that money go to? Well, push polls and dirty mailers of course? The Pombo campaign is getting desperate, and getting dirty. With only 2 weeks, expect Pombo to get more desperate and more dirty.
Oh yeah, the NRCC is pouring money into CA-04 too. So far, over $150K, plus a bunch more from the GOP cronies of John Doolittle in the House. Maybe he should quit taking 15% of his campaign funds (through Julie Doolittle).
Prop 87 could be the big energizer we need. With all the star power coming into the state (Gore, Bill Clinton) to campaign for Prop 87, and a popular enemy in Big Oil, Prop 87 makes for a good rallying cry. So, go vote for Prop 87 and tell your friends! Global Warming Bad, Big Oil Bad, Prop 87 Good!
Dan Weintraub hits the nail on the head when he says that Prop 90, “is a constitutional amendment that could change the face of California government forever. It deserves far more attention than it has received to date.
Al Gore’s appearance in Berkeley was very energized. That man still has a lot of motivation to work for issues that are important to him. And, all of a sudden, he’s an impassioned speaker. Berkeley Bubble has it covered.
Charlie Cook’s National Journal Campaign Race Rankings have bumped CA-11 and CA-04 up the charts. CA-04 (Charlie Brown vs. John Doolittle) has moved up to #46 from #41. CA-11 (Jerry McNerney vs. Richard Pombo) has moved up to #34 from #37. Neither race has received anything in the way of support from DCCC, but this is the year that we need to take these two crooks out.
Speaking of Doolittle, juls notes on dkos that he’s pulling out all the negative tricks in his arsenal now. His latest? Calling people at all hours with a robocall that leads in with “Let me tell you more about Charlie Brown.” Dirty and desperate…that’s our 15% Doolittle!
More from CA-11 and CA-04: The USA Today, which I think has the highest circulation (I could be wrong), has a story about Doolittle and Pombo’s connections to Jack Abramoff. Wow, more national attention for our dirty duo. You know, corruption never loves the light. Let’s get the flood lights on these 2 crooks.
More from CA-11: McNerney is challenging a Pombo ad. Apparently Pombo didn’t feel that it was really that important that he follow the rules. He didn’t properly “I approve this message” on the end of the ad. Bad crooked Congressman, bad!
In other races, The Rogue on dkos points out David Roth’s (CA-45) latest achievement of getting on the DCCC’s emerging races list. You know that list is to me? Rahm’s list of races that he will take credit for if they win, and he will blow off if they lose. But, Roth is a hard charger and would be a great Congressman.
With one move, Governor Schwarzenegger could make California America’s hub for developing “green” clean-power technologies — which are going to be the growth industry of the 21st century — and do something that President Bush has only paid lip service to: really help to end America’s oil addiction.
Do it, Arnold. C’mon, just do it.
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Passage of Prop 87 would be huge. To begin with, it would be the perfect complement to the carbon reduction law that Arnold just signed. That law requires California to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Prop 87, for its part, sets a goal of a 25 percent reduction in oil consumption in California in 10 years. Today, California consumes about 16 billion gallons of gasoline a year, so a 25 percent reduction, if realized, would put California well on its way to meeting its new carbon emissions goal.
Of course Friedman is right on the issue of Prop 87, it would be a phenomenal resource for our state. But Friedman reveals his naivete of California politics, he has been suckered in by Arnold’s new “green” image. Perhaps he missed that executive order that pulled the legs out from underneath AB32. No, Arnold won’t endorse Prop 87, just like he wouldn’t sign Alan Lowenthal’s bill to clean up California’s ports. Arnold is just an actor, today he’s playing green. Tomorrow, who knows?
Al Gore will be in Berkeley today talking about Prop 87, the Alternative Energy Proposition. Here’s a link to the Prop 87 Website with all the stuff on there. It will be at noon at MLK Park in Berkeley. You need to sign up at their website to get a “ticket”.
Another week closer to the election. We are now only 15 days away from it now. Teasers: Prop 86, Props in general, Prop 90, Debra Bowen, Money, prop 85 and Latino voters, Gary Miller and Arnold Schwarzenegger is a politician…shocker!!
The national NAACP has overriden the state chapter’s decision to oppose Prop 86, and now officially endorses the cigarette tax. There had been a big hulabaloo about the fact that the state chapter’s president had taken some money from cigarette manufacturers before deciding to oppose the proposition. Whether this was the reason for the national decision is … unclear.
George Skelton thinks there is a bit too many spending props on the ballot. My take: Hmm, perhaps this is better defined as the work of a legislature. Oh, my bad, Prop 13 cuts off the legislature from making any revenue decisions.
The Sierra Club thinks that Prop 90 is the “most evil ballot measure.” Well, that sounds about right.
Frank at CPR has a commentary on Debra Bowen’s race and her SF Chronicle endorsment.
Dan Walters thinks the disgusting amount of money isn’t that big of a deal, and that reform couldn’t possibly help. I have an idea: Money isn’t speech! So put that in your pipe and smoke it Scalia and Scalito. Rich people should not be able to purchase elections. Buckley is wrong.
Prop 85, aka Prop 73, again, will likely be close again. Peter Hecht thinks the Latino vote will be critical.
CA-42: A race that should have been. Gary Miller is completely corrupt, and we have nobody there.
