Here’s what Novak/Carney wrote in their report published on the conservative web site called www.HumanEvents.com:
California-11: One of the biggest Democratic coups of 2006 was unseating conservative property-rights champion Rep. Richard PomboJack Abramoff corruption scandals. The scourge of liberal, pro-government environmentalists, Pombo fell under the weight of massive independent expenditures. This makes Rep. Jerry McNerney (D) a top target for the GOP this year. (R) by tying him to the
This valley district east of the Bay tilts Republican, but not overwhelmingly—Bush garnered 53% and 54% in 2000 and 2004. To compensate for the tilt of his district, McNerney has roped some local GOP politicians into his campaign. He also has a heavy fundraising advantage, thanks to his being one of very few vulnerable Democratic incumbents this year. McNerney now sits on a two-to-one cash-on-hand edge over former state bureaucrat and former state Assemblyman Dean Andal (R).
McNerney realizes he needs to work hard to win this seat, but he has the edge early on. Leaning Democratic Retention.
Stu Rothenberg, author of the Rothenberg Political Report, slightly shifted his prediction of the outcome of the McNerney race from Pure Toss-Up to Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic, a slight move in the Democrat’s direction. Rothenberg cites Andal’s lackluster fundraising thus far and says “McNerney is starting to look like a survivor this time.”
So, Allen called up the show and prepared to defend her town.
At the time, Simpson was talking on-air about gangs after reading a Contra Costa Times’ front page story on Sunday about the city’s anti-gang task force. (Contrary to Simpson and Allen’s characterization of the story, however, it does not portray Concord as overrun with gangs.)
The two women had a lovely, meandering 17-minute chat where they applauded each other and agreed on nearly everything. At the conclusion, Simpson called Allen a “terrific lady” and said “I wish she would run for mayor in my town!”
This is the stuff of fire-breathing talk radio? Where’s the yelling? Where’s the name-calling? Where’s the angst? Oh well. There’s always tomorrow.
If you want to listen, click here and choose the archived hour between 6-7 p.m. Allen comes on the air about 13 minutes into the program. (It looks like KSFO only posts the last seven days of shows, so it will be gone by Sunday.)
In addition, military personnel involuntarily separated from their spouses and children would receive an increase.
Co-authored by reps. Tim Bishop, D-N.Y., John Hall, D-N.Y., and Bob Brady, D-Pa., the bill comes as Congress prepares to head home for its summer break where many face arduous re-election campaigns.
McNerney, a Democrat in a district with a small Republican Party registration lead, has actively sought to advocate for veterans.
“Raising pay for soldiers who encounter injuries, hazardous duty and separation from their families is the right thing to do,” said McNerney, a freshman running against Republican challenger Dean Andal of Stockton.
The bill focuses on eight types specialty pay given to service personnel. Categories include working under hostile fire, imminent danger or other hazardous conditions.
What? A woman can’t have dinner with a few friends without ending up on a New York tabloid gossip page? Not if you’re Hillary Clinton.
Here are the first few paragraphs:
IT sure looked likeHillary Rodham Clinton was plotting her political future at a secret ladies-only dinner in Washington the other night.
The New York senator was guest of honor at Tuesday’s hush-hush powwow that raised speculation about a possible White House run in 2012. The gathering was hosted by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and attended by Ellen Malcolm, founder of Emily’s List, which supports pro-choice, female Dems; Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), chair of the New Democrat Coalition; and Hilary Rosen, former Recording Industry Association of America CEO, who’s now political director of the Huffington Post.
A source tells Page Six they all met for dinner at Charlie Palmer Steak, a chophouse noted for its cellar of 10,000 bottles of wine and spectacular views of the Capitol.
Contra Costa area health and human services advocates plan a two-day “Stop the Cuts” tour on Thursday and Friday intended to illuminate the impacts of proposed cuts in the as-yet-approved state budget.
It’s yet another sign of frustration in California as state lawmakers remain deadlocked in Sacramento over how to jump the financial equivalent of the Grand Canyon with a bicycle.
The van starts at the Food Bank in Concord at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, and over the course of two days, advocates with Health Access will visit a rape crisis center in San Pablo, an adult daycare center in Pleasant Hill and a childcare center in Antioch.
The group has invited a number of elected officials to join them including county supervisors and local mayors.
But the advocates specifically target Assemblyman Guy Houston, R-San Ramon, in their tour announcement, calling on the sole Bay Area Republican lawmaker to see for himself the impacts of the governor’s proposed cuts. For example, Health Access estimates that 900 Contra Costa seniors and people with disabilities will lose the financial support they need to stay in their homes.
Democrats and Republicans are stymied in Sacramento over how to close a $15 billion deficit in the next fiscal year budget, which actually started July 1.
Democrats favor tax increases combined with cuts, while Republicans vow to fight tax hikes. Adding to the political pressure cooker, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vowed to cut to minimum wage the salaries of 200,000 state workers beginning Thursday as the state runs out money to pay its bills.
Lawmakers will eventually cut a deal — we hope — but most of their options are bad and the outcome is likely to please no one.
While Obama won’t show up in person on Thursday, he’s scheduled to arrive in San Francisco for a fund-raiser on Aug. 17.
Obama will attend a cocktail reception and a dinner at either the Masonic Hall or the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Per the invitation, the event will set you back $2,300 per person for the cocktail party and $14,250 per person for the dinner.
If you’re feeling flush and want to go, send an email to the event co-chair Jeremiah Hallisey (he’s an Alamo guy) at jfhallisey@halliseyandjohnsonlaw.com.
Addition at 2:28 p.m.: A reader asked about the origins of the numbers, $2,300 and $14,250. The invite says: “For those who have not exceeded the allowable contribution to the Obama campaign, you can contribute up to $2,300 for the primary, $2,300 for the general election and $28,500 to the Obama Victory Fund.”
The $14,250 figure is exactly half that of the maximum contribution allowed to the Obama Victory Fund but you’ll note that it is well in excess of the individual limits. It’s permissible because the Obama Victory Fund is a joint fund formed with other entities and they are allowed to combine the limits. McCain has a similar fund with a contribution cap of $70,000. Politico.com has a good story on the subject here.
The two presumed presidential nominees, John McCain and Barack Obama, will star in their own comic books, according to an Associated Press story today.
But the books aren’t going to ha-ha comic books or packed with super-heroes fighting villains for world domination or even the Electoral College. IDW Publishing says they will be illustrated, word-balloon stories of the two men’s lives.
Gee, is that what we’ve come to in American democracy? Is the only way we can get people to pay attention about the future Leader of the Free World is to draw pictures and word balloons?
Heck, with the way my eyesight is deteriorating in my advancing years, I’m definitely going to check these books out. I always did like Superman comics although I suspect we may need Wonder Woman to really clean up the mess.
Here are the first few graphs of the story:
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—It’s a year of superheroes in Hollywood, with the big-budget epics of Batman, Iron Man and the Hulk, but a big-budget production out of Washington, D.C., is carving a niche in the animation trend. Presumptive nominees John McCain and Barack Obama will star this fall in their own comic books put out by IDW Publishing, a San Diego-based publisher better known for telling the stories of robots (”The Transformers”) and vampires (”30 Days of Night”).
Don’t expect Captain America-versus-Superman hijinks or super-villains threatening the electoral process. Trading sound bites for word balloons, the books purport to tell McCain and Obama’s life stories, independently researched and illustrated by a veteran team of writers and artists.
We can rest easy and forget about the horrors awaiting us from the impacts of global warming. Captain Kirk is declaring war on the geo-disaster-in-the-making and as we all know, he has defeated far worse out there in the universe.
The Sierra Club announces this morning it will team up with actor William Shatner, of the famed Star Trek series (one of my favorite shows of all time, I confess), to fight global warming.
“Maybe what we need is a Huffington Post Poll of Polls of Polls, which will have a margin of error of +/- pi divided by Schrödinger’s cat.”
Postscript: No, I have no idea what a Schrodinger’s cat is, but Wikipedia says this: “Schrödinger’s cat, often described as a paradox, is a thought experiment devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. It illustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics being applied to everyday objects, by considering the example of a cat that may be either alive or dead, according to an earlier random event.”
Political analysts Bob Novak and Tim Carney of the Evans-Novak Political Report gave the edge to Rep. Jerry McNerney in the freshman’s re-election campaign over Republican Dean Andal, largely due to the Democrat’s substantial fund-raising lead.
This valley district east of the Bay tilts Republican, but not overwhelmingly—Bush garnered 53% and 54% in 2000 and 2004. To compensate for the tilt of his district, McNerney has roped some local GOP politicians into his campaign. He also has a heavy fundraising advantage, thanks to his being one of very few vulnerable Democratic incumbents this year. McNerney now sits on a two-to-one cash-on-hand edge over former state bureaucrat and former state Assemblyman Dean Andal (R).
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We can rest easy and forget about the horrors awaiting us from the impacts of global warming. Captain Kirk is declaring war on the geo-disaster-in-the-making and as we all know, he has defeated far worse out there in the universe.
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