History.com is reporting, as on the rest of the blogosphere, that Queen Nancy “we don’t need no bipartisan cooperation” Pelosi is reversing traditional rules of minority rights, ethics reforms, chairperson term limits and making Congress live by the laws of the land.
These long standing traditions include public committee meetings, truth in budgeting, proxy votes, House audits (which rose from the Post Office Scandals) and minority rights to offer amendments to legislation.
This tyrannical posture from the most ineffective and unpopular Congress in memory means President Elect will have a very short honeymoon and very little bipartisan support.
If Democrats do not write their leaders in outrage over these violations of public trust and political transparency, then they speak volumes on their lack of concern for the rights of men, women, businessmen and blue collars, who care about how their government performs under scrutiny. “Say nothing and you too can experience CAR WINDSHIELD!”
When I heard that last year’s Libertarian Presidential candidate, Bob Barr, had reversed himself on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) I was stunned. He wrote this abomination when he was in Congress. However, his reversal has nothing to do with a change in his views regarding gay marriage. Rather, Barr believes now that DOMA is an indefensible violation of state’s rights. He is right about that - but I wish he would let go of his lingering Republicanism and embrace gay marriage too.
Barr wrote “I can sympathize with the incoming commander in chief. And, after long and careful consideration, I have come to agree with him that the law should be repealed,” in an editorial in the L.A. Times today. Read more…
Minnesota’s state Canvassing Board is set to certify the final results of that state’s United States Senate election today. There has been an ongoing recount of the ballots cast and as of Saturday Democrat Al Franken holds a 225 vote lead over incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman. Franken will be certified as the winner and will almost certainly be the next United States Senator from Minnesota.
Coleman went to the Minnesota Supreme Court trying to get hundreds of rejected ballots from heavily Republican areas counted however the court rejected his bid with their ruling. Franken is not out of the woods yet however. Coleman and his legal team have promised a long drawn out legal battle should Franken be declared the winner.
How ironic that the party that always decries court intervention is always the first to run and file lawsuits when things don’t go their way. Anyone remember Bush v. Gore? Read more…
What fun! The Democrats get to vote again on Jan. 10 and 11, for their Assembly Delegates. We already wrote about the 69th A.D. delegate candidates - now we will focus in this post on the 68th A.D. Delegate candidates.
You have to figure that Paul Lucas, who is running with his given first name of “John,” has a solid chance of winning due to his name I.D. and his popularity with the Teamsters. Other men who are running include: Read more…
I bet all of you are wondering, “Who is Mario Guerrero?” Since he is also running for the 69th AD. Well, guess no more! Mario Guerrero is a young democrat who has lived all of his life in Santa Ana.
Guerrero has dedicated his time to serve the people of Santa Ana in any way he can. He is proudly serving and going into his second year in the Santa Ana Youth Commission. He is also well know for being a neighborhood activist and finding ways to prevent crime in his own neighborhood. He also has volunteered in several Local, State and Federal Political Races.
Seriously? Chuck Devore for the U.S. Senate? This is the BEST the California Republicans can do against Senator Barbara Boxer? How many times did Devore lose when he ran for the Irvine City Council back in the day? Does ANYONE take him seriously? Good grief!
DeVore supported Prop. 8. Enough said. Hopefully the Libertarians will be fielding a candidate, otherwise I will be voting for Boxer. How will YOU be voting? Read more…
California Democrats will be conducting their state Election Meetings on January 10-11. Locally a number of prominent Latinos are running in the 69th District. You may vote in our poll below for your favorites. You may vote for up to 12 candidates in our poll.
If you intend to vote in the Election Meeting, be sure to register in advance, at this link. You will be able to vote for six men and six women. Click here to see where you can vote. In the 69th A.D. the Election Meeting will be held at the Rancho Santiago Community College District Board Room, at 2323 N. Broadway, in Santa Ana. Registration starts at 10:00 a.m., and the meeting begins at 12:00 noon. Read more…
The United States Senate appointments in Illinois and New York have be grabbing all the headlines but there is another one being made in the state of Colorado and it is appears the governor is set to announce his choice. Democratic Governor Bill Ritter is going to announce that he has chosen Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet will fill the vacancy that will be left by Ken Salazar who is leaving to become President-elect Obama’s Secretary of Interior.
According to his biography on the Denver Public Schools website Bennet was appointed Superintendent in 2005. During his tenure the districts students have made tremendous improvements in reading, math, writing and science and the district has expanded its early childhood education program by 40%. Read more…
Republicans used to be good. Of course they were. They “Re-invented America with Newt Gingrich!” They were always the hard core Conservative voice that defended our right to keep and bear arms. They always fought against “activist judges”. They always were defending small business from invasive regulation. They always defended the right of the unborn. They were always guarding our right to speak and believe in whatever religion we wanted. Ronald Reagan set the tone for three generations. He said it just right and made us all proud.
But Government today has basicially become a Socialist self-sustaining machine. FDR, LBJ, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton knew that! Two famous Democrat quotes: “Hell, sell it to the government….they’ll buy anything!” and “It doesn’t make a Tinkers Damn what the people think!” Well, the Republicans got shaky right after Clinton. We needed a clean cut image and Bush 43 and Laura have done a great job…keep up appearances! In a policy sense, we have joined the Democratic landslide. Arnold thought he could come in the Governor’s office and make a difference. He didn’t sell it properly and lost all four of his most important Initiatives! Arnold was upset and simply found out that even the Republicans weren’t on his team either! That was a shock. So, he just plain sold out and forget about it. You can hardly blame him! Read more…
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich sent a message yesterday by announcing that he was appointing former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Obama. That message was “F**K YOU!!! I am still the Governor and I am still in charge.” The brazen move by Blagojevich has really stuck it to the Democratic leadership in Illinois and D.C.
By choosing to appoint Burris in defiance of Democratic leaders, including President-elect Obama, Blagojevich has turned what should be a time of celebration for Democrats into a nightmare. Rather than riding the wave of change and hope that Barack Obama is bringing to the White House, the Democrats will now be knee deep in controversy and the GOP has to be loving it.
So instead of talking about the policies the Obama Administration wants to put forth they will be talking about Blagojevich and Burris. So instead of getting to work on getting our country back on the right path after eight horrific years of failed Bush policies they will likely be in the middle of a legal fight to keep Burris out of the Senate seat. However it is my belief that it will all be for naught and Burris will be seated. Read more…
