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CA-36 Poll Watch: Craig Huey in TIGHT Race Against Janice Hahn
LA City Councilwoman Janice Hahn (D) and Businessman Craig Huey (R) who will face off on July 12, 2011 in CA-36, Jane Harman’s Congressional District
This is what Politico is reporting this morning.Internal Democratic polling shows Democrat Janice Hahn up by only a handful of points — roughly five — in the special-election race to succeed Jane Harman, Democratic sources tell Huddle. Hahn Campaign Manager Dave Jacobsen, who declined to confirm the numbers, told Huddle that voters in the 36th District are just starting to learn about Republican Craig Huey. To wit, Hahn’s campaign is going up with its first cable television buy of the general election today, noting that Huey has called Planned Parenthood a “murder mill” in the past. D.C. Democrats know they can’t take anything for granted and they’re in close contact with the Hahn campaign. After the bump they got from Kathy Hochul’s special election victory in New York, they don’t want to give up that momentum — and certainly not in Pelosi’s home state.
Five points is probably within the margin of error, so Craig Huey the underdog Republican has a shot. This is why Hahn has already started the negative ads on cable television.
California Democrats are worried – and they should be.
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CA-36: Not Janice Hahn Makes an Appearance on Twitter
Los Angeles City Councilwoman (who hides her city designation on her ballot description) makes an appearance on Twitter.The feed is hilarious and I do not claim any responsibility.
Oh yeah, I am supporting my long time friend, Craig Huey
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Weinergate: Should Rep. Anthony Weiner Resign?
Despite what the polls say, and the pending ethics probe, Weiner should stay and help the GOP in upcoming 2012 elections.
Why are folks even considering him anything but a political liability?
So, please Congressman – stick around with a fork in your back.
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Flap’s California Morning Collection: June 8, 2011 Redistricting Edition
Rep. Sanchez regains turf in redistricting draftAmid growing scrutiny of a draft plan for the state’s congressional redistricting, an update draft released today restores a key chunk of Rep. Loretta Sanchez‘s Democratic Latino district. That district had been virtually eliminated in a previous draft.
However, the new map – which will face additional revisions – shows a Sanchez district that is more evenly balanced between Democrats and Republicans than the current configuration.
The latest configuration could set up a showdown between Latino and Vietnamese-American voters. The proposed boundaries shows a population with 32 percent Latino citizens of voting age and 28.4 percent Asian citizens of voting age. Asians – including Vietnamese-Americans – historically turn out to vote in higher percentages than Latinos.
The latest map, which is being reviewed today by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, could also set up a dogfight between GOP Reps. Dana Rohrabacher and John Campbell. The map puts the biggest cities in Rohrabacher’s current district – Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa – in the same district as the biggest cities in Campbell’s current district – Irvine and Newport Beach.
California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission: Map Revisions for June 7, 2011
Zipped PDF Files for AD Region I, II, and III Visualizations (zip, 1.9MB, June 7, 2011)
Zipped PDF Files for AD Region IV Visualizations (zip, 7.4MB, June 7, 2011)
Zipped PDF Files for AD Region V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX Visualizations (zip, 2.2MB, June 7, 2011)
Additional PDF File for AD Region V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX Visualizations (zip, 1.1MB, June 7, 2011)
Zipped PDF Files for SD Region I, II, and III Visualizations (zip, 859kB, June 7, 2011)
Zipped PDF Files for SD Region IV Visualizations (zip, 2.4MB, June 7, 2011)
Zipped PDF Files for SD Region V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX Visualizations (zip, 1.4MB, June 7, 2011)
Zipped PDF Files for CD Region I, II, and III Visualizations (zip, 1.9MB, June 7, 2011)
Zipped PDF Files for CD Region IV Visualizations (zip, 1.3MB, June 7, 2011)
Zipped PDF Files for CD Region V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX Visualizations (zip, MB, June 7, 2011)Redistricting threatens to throw San Francisco politics into chaos
San Francisco will lose power in state government. A portion of The City could be unrepresented in the state Senate for two years. And a host of career politicians’ futures are flailing wildly in the winds of redistricting.
Those are the wild possibilities confronting San Francisco’s political leadership this week, after the first peek at how the state’s independent Redistricting Commission — California’s first-ever attempt at politics-free district drawing — may reapportion the lines of power in California.
The commission released “visualizations” of the new districts for California’s Senate, Assembly and the U.S. Congress this week. If the lines they reveal remain even roughly the same as those drafts undergo revisions in coming months, San Francisco will lose a state Senate seat, a potential blow to The City’s influence in the Legislature.
Opinion: Redistricting turns up heat on Latinos, other minorities
The state’s 2011 redistricting process reached a milestone in late May when the new California Citizens Redistricting Commission completed accepting public testimony before it releases drafts of new lines for the state’s Assembly, Senate and Congressional districts. The final hearing, which included formal presentations by civil rights organizations, was preceded by a series of public hearings throughout the state, many of which were unevenly attended.
This new redistricting process, in which the task of redrawing the lines was removed from the state legislature by Propositions 11 and 20 and placed in the hands of a 14-member Commission, is intended to eliminate incumbent protection interests and partisan politics. Based on the hostility exhibited at several hearings toward some Latinos and other minorities, and the line of questioning of the civil rights organizations by some of the Commissioners at the final hearing, it appears that this redistricting process may become mired in a different kind of politics. The public should take note.
The Commission has been hampered in its work by an insufficient budget. As a result, the Commission conducted only limited public outreach of its own, relying on scant coverage by the news media and the outreach by a handful of organizations to get the word out to traditionally underrepresented communities. Not surprisingly, the public testimony has been imbalanced, with traditionally engaged voters actively participating, and many underrepresented communities relying on the efforts of statewide and national organizations to represent their interests.
At several hearings, Latino community leaders in attendance often bore the brunt of the animus from those who objected to the Commission’s legal mandate to ensure compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA). The VRA prohibits the vote dilution of Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans and other protected voters, and requires that districts be created where these groups can comprise the majority of voters. Vote dilution occurs by over concentrating or fragmenting politically cohesive and geographically compact minority communities. The Commission is required to make VRA compliance the second most important criterion it employs, second only to equalizing population among the districts.
Enjoy your Morning!
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Day By Day June 5, 2011 – The Long View
Chris, the entire matter of the LEFT trying to stereotype Sarah Palin again as DUMB AS A ROCK for off the cuff remarks on Paul Revere is stupid. Sarah is NOT dumb.And, neither is President Obama as demonstrated in his 57 states off the cuff remark.
Everyone can make mistakes or nuances of mistakes – so what?
America has much more important issues than Members of Congress texting lewd photos to young girls and comments about Paul Revere and his ride warning American colonists and/or the British.
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Flap’s Links and Comments for June 7th through June 8th
These are my links for June 7th through June 8th:
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-08 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-08 #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 7th on 10:54 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for June 7th on 10:54 #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Florida Suspends License of Dentist Who Fought 85 Year Old Patient Over Her Dentures – Flap's Dentistry Blog: Florida Suspends License of Dentist Who Fought 85 Year Old Patient Over Her Dentures
- California District Map May Cut Out Sanchez Sisters – Bloomberg – California District Map May Cut Out Sanchez Sisters – Bloomberg
- California Bill Could Make Fourth State to Reject a Federal Immigration Fingerprint Check Program | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – California Bill Could Make Fourth State to Reject a Federal Immigration Fingerprint Check Program | Flap's Blog …
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-08
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: Florida Suspends License of Dentist Who Fought 85 Year Old Patient Over Her Dentures http://bit.ly/j2Ic2Q #
- California District Map May Cut Out Sanchez Sisters – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/knyvaF #
- California Bill Could Make Fourth State to Reject a Federal Immigration Fingerprint Check Program | Flap's Blog … http://bit.ly/kjruCT #
- @LizMair Unfortunately, some of these dentists are quite the miscreants. But, then again, there are members of Congress too who are….. in reply to LizMair #
- Florida Suspends License of Dentist Who Fought 85 Year Old Patient Over Her Dentures http://bit.ly/kOXZjY #
- CA Redistricting: GOP Reps. David Dreier and Gary Miller lose their GOP dominated CD's http://bloom.bg/kXPHVe #tcot #catcot #
- CA Redistricting: Say good bye to the Dem Rep. Sanchez sisters http://bloom.bg/kXPHVe #tcot #catcot #
- California Bill Could Make Fourth State to Reject a Federal Immigration Fingerprint Check Program http://bit.ly/kz7rcd #tcot #catcot #
- RT @Redistrict: All these considerations can & will change between now and passage, but Dems on track to pick up 3-4 seats from new CA lines #
- President 2012 Video: Game On – Bachmann Vs. Palin http://bit.ly/iN1Ky1 #tcot #catcot #
- CA-36: California Republican Party Goes to Bat for Craig Huey http://bit.ly/mb21WB #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 7th on 02:32 http://bit.ly/j0Ob0R #tcot #catcot #
- Weinergate New York Poll Watch: Weiner Should Resign 46% Vs. 41% Remain In Office http://bit.ly/iMDuQR #tcot #
- Sex Pistol's Singer Johnny Rotten Develops Speech Impediment After Oral Surgery http://bit.ly/lT7N7X #
- President 2012 South Carolina GOP Poll Watch: Romney 27% Vs. Palin 18% Vs. Cain and Gingrich 12% | Flap's Blog -… http://bit.ly/lEzAZk #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection June 7, 2011 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://bit.ly/loCa5K #
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: Poll Watch: MyPlate May Face Challenges http://bit.ly/lzo42i #
- Video: Is Washington Creating Our Jobs Crisis? http://bit.ly/kfZnhp #tcot #catcot #
- President 2012 South Carolina GOP Poll Watch: Romney 27% Vs. Palin 18% Vs. Cain and Gingrich 12% http://bit.ly/mFcJ0C #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection June 7, 2011 http://bit.ly/joKabf #tcot #catcot #
- Poll Watch: MyPlate May Face Challenges http://bit.ly/mBUOLm #
- President 2012 Poll Watch: Romney 49% Vs. Obama 46% http://bit.ly/mRDdA5 #tcot #catcot #
- The Morning Drill: June 7, 2011 http://bit.ly/lEzizn #
- Day By Day June 4, 2011 – Weenie Run http://bit.ly/iPFSu3 #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 6th on 19:31 http://bit.ly/kcTPvH #tcot #catcot #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-07 http://bit.ly/iGZwRK #tcot #catcot #
- California Congressional Redistricting: Visualizations Have Thousand Oaks Thrown Into Democratic San Fernando Va… http://bit.ly/m9TaBx #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 6th on 19:19 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://bit.ly/iNh3Gp #
- Anthony Weiner admits he lied about underpants photo; Twitter erupts with jokes – latimes.com http://lat.ms/l2G8P0 #
- RE: I will wait until Friday, but I know there will be many complaints and then court action, if the majority of the … http://disq.us/26fl86 #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 6th on 19:19 http://bit.ly/mqkuUA #tcot #catcot #
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