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Nancy Pelosi Retiring: A Legacy of Elitism, Hypocrisy and Partisan Power

November 6, 2025 7:51 amNovember 7, 2025 6:10 am

For nearly four decades, Nancy Pelosi (now 85) ruled as the iron-fisted queen of the Democratic Party, wielding her gavel with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. She’s finally leaving. Now, as she today announced she won’t run for re-election next year...

Prop 50 Cheating? California Redistricting Special Election Ballots Expose the ‘NO’ Votes

October 10, 2025 9:57 amOctober 13, 2025 8:00 am

California voters are receiving their single-issue ballots for the Nov. 4 Special Election, Governor Gavin Newsom’s dubious mid-decade redistricting scheme, with the sole purpose of gerrymandering Republicans right out of their Congressional districts. However, the mail-in ballots have a serious...

New Zogby Poll: Steve Hilton Leads Republicans, Nearly All Democrats in CA Governor’s Race

October 7, 2025 2:55 amOctober 8, 2025 3:16 pm

The reports of voters leaving the Democratic Party are numerous, and includes many California voters. There are a lot of concurrent issues happening in California leading to significant election changes in the tarnished Golden State. A new Zogby Strategies poll...

Say No to Proposition 50

August 29, 2025 3:30 amAugust 29, 2025 10:23 am

Beware of ethically challenged and desperate politicians’ efforts to use the electorate as pawns in their relentless quest for power. Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta and loyal party leaders have moved with haste to put a redistricting...

Thoughts on the Lawsuit Against Prop. 50

August 27, 2025 2:20 pmAugust 27, 2025 2:24 pm

As I have been asked about my thoughts regarding the legislative process challenges to the redistricting legislative package, I prepared this brief article in response. Being the legislative geek that I am, as well as teaching the course “Lawmaking in...

California Democrats Blitz Newsom’s Redistricting Bills, Cutting Republican Questions and Mics Off

August 20, 2025 2:45 amAugust 20, 2025 1:31 pm

Listening to Assembly Democrats Tuesday in the Elections Committee blame President Donald Trump for everything from “rigging an election,” to taking candy from babies, was political performance theater lacking any reality. They were hearing two bills of the 3-measure package...

California Redistricting: How Newsom’s Plan Will Demolish Hard Fought GOP Gains

August 6, 2025 12:34 pmAugust 6, 2025 12:34 pm

For the last few weeks, threats from Governor Gavin Newsom to redistrict California mid-decade via a special election have grown from pretty empty words to counteract a similar Texas proposal, to a full on serious push. As political commentator and...