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CA-26: California Democratic Party Strikes Out On Tony Strickland
Screenshot from website: Wrong for California
The California Democratic Party who paid for this website Wrong for California has it WRONG about California State Senator Tony Strickland.
Tony Strickland is a longtime Republican legislator looking to for his next landing spot. After being termed out of his state Senate seat, Strickland’s got his eyes set on joining the extreme Republican crop in Washington and sees Ventura County’s Congressional seat as his ticket to D.C. But its unlikely voters will be fooled. Strickland has a dirty environmental record, voting in favor of coastal drilling and going so far as sending a letter to California’s Attorney General, attempting to refute scientific data and analysis on climate change. Beyond towing the line for climate change deniers, he was also the first President of the California affiliate of the Club for Growth; a right wing club that strong-arms moderates out of office in favor of “no compromise” Republicans, like Strickland. Lastly, Strickland has spent a fair amount of time drumming to the beat of the Romney machine, serving as Chair of the Republican Presidential nominee’s California operation.
Strickland is currently in the California Senate and was NOT term-limited out of office. And, Strickland could run for re-election in 2012, but chose to run for Congress instead.
You would think a state party could get the basic facts straight, especially about an incumbent legislator.
Note to the California Democrats: Next time you are going to mock someone, at least have your FACTS straight.
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Tony Strickland Win Changes Outlook for CA-26
California State Senator Tony Strickland at January’s Congressional announcement
Tony Strickland’s victory in the California June Presidential Primary election this week has changed the outlook for the 26th Congressional District, according to Stuart Rothenberg.
Democrats avoided complete disaster by spending close to a million dollars to ensure Assemblywoman Julia Brownley made it into the top two. Brownley (26 percent) got a late start, represented just 16 percent of the congressional district and had to fend off Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks, who was running as an Independent and received 19 percent of the vote. But the race doesn’t get any easier for Democrats. State Sen. Tony Strickland (R) finished first on Tuesday with 45 percent and had over $700,000 in the bank on May 16. Given Strickland’s showing and Brownley’s need to get virtually all of Parks’ vote, we are moving this contest from Toss-Up/Tilt R to Lean Republican.
The Democrats are apt to throw lots of money behind California Democratic Assemblywoman Julia Brownley but the fact remains Brownley is a carpetbagger. She may have represented parts of Ventura County (gerrymandered parts of heavily Hispanic Oxnard), but until a few weeks before running, she lived in Santa Monica. She has moved to Oak Park, but Strickland and the GOP Super PACS will exploit this large hole in Brownley’s candidacy.
And, Strickland will have plenty of campaign cash to mail, run television and radio ads and run a social media campaign.
I really do not think this will be a close race.
Strickland will win easily.
But, I fully expect the Democrats to throw everything at Strickland.
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The Morning Flap: June 7, 2012
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
These are my links for June 6th through June 7th:
- Walker Changes Attitudes on Public Employee Unions– The results are in, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has beaten Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the recall election. That’s in line with pre-election polling, though not the Election Day exit poll. Even before the results came in, we knew one thing, and that is that the Democrats and the public employee unions had already lost the battle of ideas over the issue that sparked the recall, Walker’s legislation to restrict the bargaining powers of public employee unions.That’s supported by a Marquette University poll showing 75 percent of Wisconsin voters favoring increases in public employees’ contributions for health care and pensions. It also showed 55 percent for limiting collective bargaining for public employees and only 41 percent opposed.
- Forget Wisconsin. The Unions’ Biggest Loss Was in California– Bad news for teachers and other public-sector employees: America is more than ready to cut your pensions and benefits. While most politicos had been focusing this week on the Wisconsin recall, an election 2,100 miles away in San Jose, Calif., may be a bigger harbinger of the kind of austerity voters are developing a taste for.In this city of about a million residents an hour south of San Francisco,voters on Tuesday approved arguably the country’s boldest pension cuts. San Jose’s Democratic mayor, Chuck Reed, has been grappling with ballooning pension costs that have increased from $73 million to $245 million in the last decade. Retirement costs already consume more than 20% of the city’s general fund, which helps explain why Reed was pushing San Jose to pass Measure B,which would give voters the power to approve increases in pension benefits and give the city the power to suspend automatic 3% annual raises during a fiscal crisis. The measure would also make workers contribute half the cost of their pensions; employees currently pay $3 for every $8 the city contributes, and the city is financially responsible for any shortfalls. Also included are provisions to curb the abuse of disability benefits. It’s a tough package —and will certainly be challenged in court because it changes benefits not only for future workers, something everyone agrees is legal, but for current ones as well. Nonetheless, voters passed it by a stunning margin of 69.5% in favor, 30.4% opposed. A pension reform measure also passed in San Diego.
- Romney: Obama slowed recovery to push Obamacare– In an appearance in Texas Wednesday, Mitt Romney charged that President Obama “knowingly slowed down the recovery in this country…in order to put in place Obamacare.” The president’s action, Romney said, “deserves a lot of explaining.”Speaking to an audience at USAA, an insurance and financial services company headquartered in San Antonio, Romney cited a book, “The Escape Artists: How Obama’s Team Fumbled the Recovery,” by the liberal journalist Noam Scheiber. In the book, Scheiber discussed Obama’s thinking on the question of whether, early in his term, to focus more attention on passing a national health care law or to devote more energy to bringing about economic recovery. As Scheiber put it, Obama saw health care as a bigger long-term accomplishment. “There was a strain of messianism in Barack Obama, a determination to change the course of history,” Scheiber wrote. “And it was this determination that explained his reluctance to abandon his presidential vision.” So health care it was.”I always admired the president’s courage for recognizing that fifty years from now people would remember that all Americans had health care,” former Obama economic adviser Larry Summers told Scheiber. “And even if pursuing health care affected the pace of the recovery, which was unlikely in my view, people wouldn’t remember how fast the recovery from this recession was.”
- Senator Asks DOJ to Investigate SWAT-ting Attacks on Conservative Bloggers– A number of conservative bloggers allege they have been targeted through the use of harassment tactics such as SWAT-ting (fooling 911 operators into sending emergency teams to their homes), in retaliation for posts they have written, and now Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., has stepped into the matter. He has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to investigate the SWAT-ting cases to see if federal laws have been violated.”I am writing with concern regarding recent reports that several members of the community of online political commentators have been targeted with harassing and frightening actions. Any potentially criminal action that incites fear, seeks to silence a dissenting opinion, and collaterally wastes the resources of law enforcement should be given close scrutiny at all levels,” Chambliss wrote in the letter.
- Exit poll: Wisconsin in play in November – The Wisconsin exit poll evidently reported the race for governor in the recall ballot as 50%-50%. With 92% of the vote in, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s excellent website reports the score as 54%-46% Walker. Let’s say that’s the final results: only 13% of precincts from Milwaukee County and 3% of precincts from Madison’s Dane County —the Democrats’ two reservoirs of big majorities—remain uncounted. It has been emblazoned on mainstream media that the exit poll also showed Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney in the state 51%-45%. But if you think the exit poll was 4% too Democratic—and that’s in line with exit poll discrepancies with actual vote results over the last decade, as documented by the exit poll pioneer, the late Warren Mitofsky*—that result looks more like 49%-47% Romney. Or assume the remaining Milwaukee County precincts whittle Republican Governor Scott Walker’s margin over Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to 53%-47%, which looks likely, the Obama-Romney numbers would look like 48%-48%
- Rendell: Wisconsin recall a ‘dumb political fight’ for labor to pick– Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) ripped the unions and activists who charged forward in trying to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Wednesday, calling the push a political blunder.”It was a dumb political fight — I would have waited until Walker’s reelection,” Rendell told The Hill when asked if the recall push had been a mistake. The former governor and head of the Democratic National Committee pointed to exit polls that showed a number of independents and Democrats who opposed Walker’s policies nonetheless voted for him because they opposed a recall.
- Barney Frank: Dems, unions made ‘big mistake’ in pushing for Wisconsin recall– Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) slammed unions and liberal activists for pushing to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R).”I think the people on the Democratic side made a big mistake and the funding thing was a big deal,” Frank told The Hill Wednesday afternoon, alluding to Republicans’ big cash advantage in the race. “My side picked a fight they shouldn’t have picked. The recall was upsetting to people, the rerun of the election with [Democratic Milwaukee Mayor] Tom Barrett — it’s not a fight I would have picked.”
- Obama frets after ‘terrifying’ recall vote– President Obama will need to double down on his efforts to keep Wisconsin safely in his column after Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) resounding victory in Tuesday’s recall election.Every Democratic presidential candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 has won Wisconsin, but the Obama campaign “can’t view Wisconsin as being in the bank for them,” said Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “They’re definitely going to have to put more effort here than they were initially planning.”Political observers say Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, a sentiment reflected in exit polls showing the president leading Mitt Romney by a healthy margin.
- Romney narrows gender– Mitt Romney has significantly narrowed the gender gap with President Obama despite massive Democratic attacks on the GOP over a variety of issues.As recently as April, Obama led Romney by 18 percent among women voters in a USA Today/Gallup poll of 12 swing states. The huge advantage with women gave Obama an overall edge of 9 percent.Recent polls show Romney has sliced into that lead.
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-06-07 – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-06-07
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Republicans Vote for Linda Parks Tomorrow – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Republicans Vote for Linda Parks Tomorrow
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- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Republicans Vote for Linda Parks Tomorrow – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Republicans Vote for Linda Parks Tomorrow
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: How Will Dentistry Be Affected By ObamaCare – The Affordable Care Act? – How Will Dentistry Be Affected By ObamaCare – The Affordable Care Act?
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Republicans Vote for Linda Parks Tomorrow – RE: LInda Parks proved to be the weakest candidate. Now, Strickland will face the full money and labor machine of th…
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » The Morning Flap: June 6, 2012 – The Morning Flap: June 6, 2012
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Day By Day – June 6 and 7, 2012
Day By Day by Chris Muir – There’s a Hole in the One
Day By Day by Chris Muir – On the Firing Line
The way President Obama has been flailing around the country campaigning and fundraising his only OUT may be to return permanently to the golf course.
I like this idea……
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-06-07
- Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog » CA-26: Republicans Vote for Linda Parks Tomorrow http://t.co/jcaaVtak #
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- Flap's Dentistry Blog: How Will Dentistry Be Affected By ObamaCare – The Affordable Care Act? http://t.co/kY4h7vUk #
- Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog » CA-26: Republicans Vote for Linda Parks Tomorrow http://t.co/6oCQsYl6 #
- How Will Dentistry Be Affected By ObamaCare – The Affordable Care Act? http://t.co/QleHxGsc #
- RE: LInda Parks proved to be the weakest candidate. Now, Strickland will face the full money and labor machine of th… http://t.co/LGmN2KCG #
- Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog » The Morning Flap: June 6, 2012 http://t.co/EIYccvy7 #
- In Wisconsin, the Left Picked a Fight—and Lost http://t.co/IoaHXRXV #
- Wisconsin recall: The biggest losers http://t.co/kzZm3dg6 #
- The Morning Flap: June 6, 2012 http://t.co/7O60ufnS #
- Why Scott Walker won the Wisconsin recall http://t.co/X7OdoFDr #
- News from The Associated Press http://t.co/S3FrbGAj #
- Ray Bradbury – RIP #
- Guess the stock market likes the election results from last night – Dow up: http://t.co/cj1Q0dXD #tcot #
- Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog » CA-26: Tony Strickland and Julia Brownley to Face Off in November http://t.co/pOig7HCV #
- CA-26: Tony Strickland and Julia Brownley to Face Off in November http://t.co/JIkSzoom #
- Virginia Senate Race Remains Too Close to Call http://t.co/bQG4JDDm #
- Red Flags All Over for Obama in Wisconsin http://t.co/Q0layfK0 #
- RT @jamiedupree Maybe the biggest surprise in California was in district 31, where no Democrat qualified for the November ballot #catcot #
- DCCC Reserves $19M Worth of Airtime http://t.co/N680ImF2 #
- RT @jamiedupree Final margin of victory for Scott Walker in Wisconsin recall was 53-46%, a bit more than his 2010 victory #tcot #
- RT @ladailynews Rep. Janice Hahn beats Rep. Laura Richardson in South Bay Democrat-vs.-Democrat battle http://t.co/wU6BiKpg #
- Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
–Vince Lombardi
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- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-06-06 http://t.co/IUx7uU6m #
- Capitol Alert: California voters overwhelmingly approve term limits change http://t.co/t8HyL25N #
- Capitol Alert: California voters overwhelmingly approve term limits change http://t.co/EUxUc52P #
- Capitol Alert: California voters overwhelmingly approve term limits change http://t.co/KQjK2cIH #
- Untitled (http://t.co/juxymzMw) http://t.co/wHL4qaYh #
- Capitol Alert: California voters overwhelmingly approve term limits change http://t.co/5V8MJWeO #
- DeMaio, Filner lead in San Diego mayor's race
- RT @debrajsaunders W/ 9% of CA vote counted, @DianneFeinstein barely maintains majority w/ 52.5 % of vote. #tcot #catcot #
- Comfortable in most important races CA-26 Strickland in first place handily, AD-38 Wilk in second but beating McKeon & AD-66 Huey up big #
- AD-66: High School friend conservative Craig Huey up big against Mintz for top two spot against the Dem #catcot #tcot #
- AD-38: Scott Wilk beating out Patricia McKeon in early returns for second place = barely behind Dem Headington #catoct #tcot #
- Looks like that GOP Party switch didn't do so much for Nathan Fletcher in San Diego Mayor's race = he is in third place #catcot #tcot #
- POLITICO Livestream – http://t.co/0DyymCmz http://t.co/CDkX5xTk #
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- Untitled (http://t.co/VFPrCvoC) http://t.co/1HLhdIFW #
- I am chatting with other California bloggers/journalists here: http://t.co/tULFUYiO #catcot #
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