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This from a blog up in Stockton, on Record.net:
Apr-3
AD 30: Parra Touts Gilmore at Dinner
Ah, the ongoing feud between the House of Parra and the House of Florez!
Last night, hours before she was to have a private confab with incoming speaker Karen Bass of Los Angeles, outgoing...
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Talk about deja vu all over again. There's been another big night of voting and I'm still not sure what it means — or if it means anything, given the little change in Obama's delegate lead. What do you guys think?
And are you glad the drama continues, possibly all the way to the...
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I finally got the names and numbers together today.
— Government editor Christine Bedell
Campaign contributions to Kern County supervisors from July 1 to Dec. 31 of 2007
Ray Watson — 4th District
Beginning cash balance: $0
Monetary contributions: $35,649
Payments made: $97.11...
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This L.A. Times poll really surprised me. Not the part about McCain winning in a hypothetical match-up with Clinton but in one with Obama as well. And that McCain has an advantage over the Democrats even on domestic issues.
It goes against everything else I've been reading. What do you...
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Opinion piece in the L.A. Times compares the John McCain/lobbyist brouhaha to that of Bill Thomas several years ago:
Back When ''In Bed With Lobbyists'' Was a Metaphor
"It’s odd how one politician’s scandal tends to bulletproof the next politician who...
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This is not to be missed, either.
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Oh, boy, talk about a strong start to the scandal season. The New York Times just broke a story that John McCain may have been having an affair with a lobbyist: http://www.nytimes.com/2008...
WASHINGTON —...
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So Obama made it 10 wins in a row Tuesday night and did you watch his loooong speech after Wisconsin was called? He was already talking like the nominee, setting himself apart from McCain. So the question is: Is it over for Hillary?
BTW, I thought it was so funny how Obama violated candidate...
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State Sen. Dean Florez caught us up on his pro-Barack Obama stumping with this press release today:
Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, a supporter of Illinois Senator Barack Obama who has been working hard to spread the word about his candidate to voters in the Latino Community, will...
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This post from the Fresno Bee editorial opinion blog is fun: Does Nicole Parra dislike the Florez family so much she'd endorse a Republican for her seat?
Assemblywoman Nicole Parra, D-Hanford, spoke glowingly of Republican Danny Gilmore during an interview this morning with KMJ radio's Ray...
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I'm really intrigued by the impact super delegates are going to have on the Clinton-Obama race, whether these high-and-mighty folks are going to confirm or upend the vote of the people. And whether the Supreme Court is going to end up sorting all this out ala 2000.
What do you guys think...
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Yes We Can
by will.i.am (Link)
I was sitting in my recording studio watching the debates...
Torn between the candidates
I was never really big on politics...
and actually I’m still not big on politics...
but 4 years ago, me and the black eyed peas supported Kerry...
And we...
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The Web & The Election - Intitial Conditions and the Web
The author Rob Paterson demonstrates the Fibonacci Curve –and defines it as “ it is the ideal growth to full potential curve that Nature uses in all systems. There is a lesson here for all politicians and it is...
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My friend and her husband attended a moderated discussion between Bob Dole and Tom Daschle in Dallas Wednesday night and the two former senators had some good dish on Mitt Romney, Barack Obama and the presidential race generally. I just had to share what she wrote to me:
The function was...
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A lot of us in the newsroom were surprised by Kern County's vote in the presidential primary. Anyone else?
We were surprised Obama didn't do better since he seemed to have the only really active Democratic campaign effort in town. Were the Hillary folks hiding somewhere?
We thought Huckabee...
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State Sen. Dean Florez has been campaigning for Barack Obama throughout the state, including with Ted Kennedy, as you see. He sent us a photo and some video from the trail.
So I gotta ask: How good do you think Florez is on the stump? Get a look here:
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Assemblywoman Nicole Parra definitely won't run for re-election if Proposition 93 passes next Tuesday, her spokesman said today. We reported last week that the Democrat was leaning against running again for her 30th District post if voters approve the term limits measure.
Her spokesman didn't...
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Do you care about political endorsements by celebrities?
Two of them, actresses America Ferrera and Amber Tamblyn, are scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. at Cal State Bakersfield today in support of Hillary Clinton.
The actresses are participating in several rallies where they will talk with...
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For the five of you who care — though ALL of you should care DEEPLY — the latest round of campaign finance reports are due today. They cover money in and out of campaigns during the last half of 2007.
I've only begun perusing the docs but one thing I noticed is Republican Danny...
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Maybe Barack Obama really can bring the country together. He’s done it with political rivals Dean Florez and Nicole Parra.
State Sen. Florez, the Democrat from Shafter, and Assemblywoman Parra, the Democrat from Hanford, are members of Obama’s new Latino Steering Committee in...
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Now that the list of presidential drop-outs is getting longer and longer — Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards being the latest additions — we want to know: Which among them would have been the best president?
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An L.A. Times poll says the Proposition 93 contest — which could keep Nicole Parra, Roy Ashburn and our other pols around longer — is too close to call. How are you voting?
Here are the details of the poll and a link to the whole story:
SACRAMENTO -- Half of likely California voters...
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The Obama campaign announced today it's launching a Spanish-language television ad — but airing in L.A., not up here. It purports to highlight his "personal story and vision of hope for our country. "
You can view the ad at: http://ca.barackobama.com/c...
See...
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Today is the first multi-state contest of the primary election season with contests in Nevada and South Carolina. While Nevada is for both parties today, South Carolina is Republican only, with the Democratic contest a week from today. So what do the tea leaves say today?
Democrats...
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I saw my first Hillary Clinton television ad this morning. It's a positive, get-to-know-the-candidate ad that's common early in a race.
Take a look and tell us what you think. I hear there's a Barack Obama ad running also but haven't caught it. If you have and can share it with the rest of...
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So I received my absentee ballot last week but still have gone nowhere near it. Not in this incredibly unpredictable — on both the Republican and Democratic sides — primary. You don't know what someone's going to say or do next let alone who will survive the upcoming state contests.
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Voters are at the polls across Michigan as we speak, casting their votes in that state's primary. There's a bit of strangeness in this primary so we'll go over the oddities first.
First, while the Democratic Primary is being held today, the state Democrats have been stripped of their...
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John Edwards is turning his attention to California, says his campaign...
EDWARDS TO BRING FIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS TO CALIFORNIA
“America Rising, Coast to Coast” Tour Stops in Los Angeles on Thursday, January 17th
Los Angeles, California – On Thursday, January...
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Nothing’s set in stone but Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich may come to Bakersfield Jan. 21, according to a campaign worker.
It would be part of a tour of central California being planned for the Ohio congressman, said Roslyn Scheuerman, a Ventura-based member of...
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Now that New Hampshire kept things interesting in both primaries, (bless 'em), what do you guys think will happen in California, including in Kern? Who will do well here? What will determine that? Or are you hesitant to predict ANYTHING given the surprises New Hampshire gave us?
We'll be...
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If you're wondering what the Obama camp is planning after yesterday's loss, it sent out this press release this morning, (which includes some California specifics):
Coming off an impressive win in Iowa and taking the once inevitable frontrunner down to the wire in her firewall state, it is...
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I was at the county elections office today and there was a woman there wanting to re-register, as an “independent,” and then pick which primary — Democratic or Republican — to vote in next month. She was clearly disappointed — and first in disbelief — that...
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All the pundits and campaign managers we've been talking to say we'll start seeing campaign ads, mailers, phone calls and the like after the New Hampshire primary. Well, New Hampshire's just a few hours away!
So we in the newsroom are wondering, are you guys excited about or dreading the...
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This is the first installment of this campaign season’s Election Notebook, a place in the newspaper and on this blog for announcements, anecdotes and/or other short items related to local politics and the three — yes, three — major elections here in 2008.
Please post fodder...
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