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OPINION: CAGOP State Party Endorsement May Not Get Candidates Past June 7th Primary

May 11, 2022 2:24 amMay 10, 2022 4:27 pm

As of the writing this op ed, the convention of the California Republican Party has been hosted. Endorsements were handed out, candidates pitched to the delegates why they should receive party support, and business has happened as usual. While to...

2021 Recall Candidate Kevin Faulconer Announces He Won’t Run For Governor

March 11, 2022 12:31 pmMarch 11, 2022 2:28 pm

Former San Diego Mayor and candidate in the 2021 Governor recall election Kevin Faulconer announced on Thursday that he would not be running in the 2022 Gubernatorial election. Faulconer, who was widely seen as the foremost moderate Republican in the...

Recall Candidate Larry Elder Announces He Will Not Run For Governor in 2022

January 4, 2022 1:55 pmApril 3, 2022 3:03 pm

Radio talk show host and 2021 Gubernatorial recall candidate Larry Elder announced on Tuesday that he would not be running for Governor again in November. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Elder, a...

Why California Gov. Newsom’s Recall Strategy is Failing Virginia’s McAuliffe

October 25, 2021 1:44 pmOctober 25, 2021 8:45 pm

Gavin Newsom’s recall election strategy – sadly – worked. Weighing the California landscape, feeling assured of extremely compliant (complicit) media coverage, and knowing he would have a funding advantage of essentially $100 million dollars to zero, he took an informed...

Commentary: Unreliable Narrators, The Media

September 28, 2021 6:39 amSeptember 28, 2021 6:40 am

Recently I have come under fire from many of my liberal friends for my support of Larry Elder, an African American Gubernatorial Candidate who ran to replace Gavin Newsom in California’s recent Recall election. Why were they so upset? You...

Larry Elder: ‘Bloody but Unbowed’

September 19, 2021 2:13 pm

Recall gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder just issued a “thank you” video vowing he may be “bloody” but it “unbowed.” Elder thanked everybody on his campaign team, the volunteers, and the people who showed up to his rallies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC3n295m-G8 Elder...

Commentary: Non-Existent Coverage of Issues Aided and Abetted Governor’s Recall Campaign Strategy

September 16, 2021 4:12 pmApril 3, 2022 7:15 am

And the beat goes on. With Governor Gavin Newsom handily turning back the recall challenge Tuesday a bit of a post-mortem of the effort seems in order. First, as to the media response (see yesterday’s item), it was eerily as...