U.S. Republican Party Politics

Will Assemblyman Allan Mansoor Challenge Michelle Steel For OC Supervisor's Seat?

Will ex-Costa Mesa mayor and current California State Assemblyman Allan Mansoor challenge Michelle Steel--a fellow but less experienced Republican office holder--for a soon-to-be open seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors? That's the energetic buzz this week in Republican circles, where St ... More >>

Orange County's Jeremy Yamaguchi Wins National TV Stage At Conservative Pow Wow

Orange County's Jeremy Yamaguchi--the Republican activist and Boy Scout who first won election to the Placentia City Council as a 19-year-old Cal State Fullerton student in 2008--garnered a national cable television audience on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washi ... More >>

Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: The OC GOP's Mexican Problem!

So you know how the national GOP leadership has turned Aztlanista all of a sudden in a desperate effort for Latino votes? It's a wonderful thing to see, especially since it's a big chinga tu madre to the decades-long strategy of the Republican Party of Orange County to court Latino voters. Hell, eve ... More >>

UK's The Guardian Publishes Worst Story on Santa Ana's Political and Demographic Transformation EVER

I make it a point to read any articles about Orange County written by the national and international press, mostly for the shits and giggles that happen when they're woefully uninformed. So you can imagine the gut-laugh fest I had this morning when reading a piece about SanTana by the usually excell ... More >>

Ron Paul Delegates' Lawsuit Over Intimidation Linked to Mitt Romney is Tossed ... For Now

Federal judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana today dismissed the lawsuit accusing Republican officials and especially Mitt Romney supporters of thwarting Ron Paul's bid for the party's presidential nomination.However, the Clinton appointee did leave the door open for an amended complaint.

Gay Old Party Presidential Hopeful Fred Karger Officially Pulls Out of Race

Voters who pinned their pink-hued hopes on Fred Karger, the gay, Republican presidential candidate from Laguna Beach, can officially drown their sorrows in a glass of Cabana Boy Rum Sunset.  A paltry 6,641 Californians voted for Karger during the Republican primary on June 5.Today he announced ... More >>

[UPDATED with "Radical Idiot" Outing:] Fred Karger, Gay GOP Presidential Hopeful, Stumps in Utah

See update at end of this post about the wife of a Utah county GOP chairman calling Fred Karger "a radical idiot" and saying "thank goodness" he "cant procreate."ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 7, 2:39 P.M.: What does it say about Californians that only 6,641 voted for Laguna Beach's Fred Karger for president, ... More >>

Gary Miller, Congressman Who Left OC to Avoid a Run Against a Republican, Faces One Anyway

An incumbent Republican congressman who jumped districts to avoid facing another GOP Member of Congress in Tuesday's primary will square off against a powerful office-holder from his own party in the fall. Gary Miller, who had been the Orange County congressional delegation's most-wealthy member, w ... More >>

Ron Paul Won't Fight for California Votes

It's clearer now why Ron Paul went heavy on the Libertarian cheerleading and lighter on the presidential campaigning when he rocked a youth rally earlier this month at Cal State Fullerton. The Texas congressman and Republican primary candidate has announced that he won't compete in states that have ... More >>

Jon Fleischman's FlashReport For California Republicans Gains LA Times Attention

​Orange County's Jon Fleischman, the grand daddy of powerful California Republican bloggers, earned a noteworthy news story in today's Los Angeles Times.Though he has plenty of critics, routinely treats me with outright contempt (I wasn't good for his onetime boss Sheriff Mike Carona) and strictly ... More >>

Where Can I Find the Mexico of Donkey Shows?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And will Mexicans support Marco Rubio?

UPDATED: Rick Santorum Backer to Women: Use Aspirin For Birth Control!

​[UPDATE: Feb. 17: About half a day after making his controversial remarks, Foster Friess did a second MSNBC interview and said he'd been joking. Doubtful most women are laughing.][ORIGINAL POST, 10:42 a.m., Feb. 16:] On MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports this morning, a major backer to Rick Santorum ... More >>

Remember When OC Republicans Loved Rick Perry? He Needs Them in Texas

​Remember last fall when Texas Governor Rick Perry packed 1,000 supporters--including former Orange County Republican Party chairman Tom Fuentes, rising from his death bed--into Roger's Gardens in Newport Beach? Perry also scooped up cash for his presidential run at some private affairs with Orang ... More >>

Lady Gaga Finally Has Something in Common With Newt Gingrich and it is in Orange County!

​[UPDATED: At conclusion of the article.]Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Mike Schroeder, his decades old travel companion and buddy, adamantly disagree on which 2012 Republican candidate would make the best U.S. president. Rohrabacher despises Newt Gingrich and is backing Mitt Romney. Schroeder d ... More >>

Hugh Hewitt: Conservative Radio King Prefers Barack Obama Over Ron Paul

​Poor Ron Paul.The veteran Texas congressman running for the Republican presidential nomination by arguing for dramatic changes to the federal government can't get love from Orange County-related political figures.This week, conservative radio host/lawyer/author Hugh Hewitt--a former, post-preside ... More >>

[UPDATED: Picture Removed, But...] Loretta Sanchez Dresses as Sexy Angel for Halloween, Shows Off Not-Bad Rack

Sanchez: Show that cha-cha!​UPDATE: Sorry, folks, but you're going to have to wait until the 2012 election season to see a picture of Loretta wearing a Halloween costume of what was essentially her version of an angel: wearing a see-through nightgown. As you'll notice below, someone left a comment ... More >>

Jack Hu and Mother Kuei Fuang Tsuei Hu Accused of Investment Scam Involving Bush, Clinton and Gore

That's Hu on the right.​Talk about your young heavy hitters, London International Group's 26-year-old Global Managing Director Jack Hu boasted that his December financial summit in Irvine would include George W. Bush's treasury and Interior secretaries, Henry Paulson and Dirk Kempthorne, then-Repu ... More >>

Delecia Holt, 3-Time Candidate for Congress, Loses Appeal of Felony Fraud Conviction

​UPDATE, AUG. 23, 5:18 P.M.: The state appeals court in Santa Ana rejected three-time congressional candidate Delecia Holt's appeal of seven of the nine fraud felonies that have her locked up at the state prison in Chowchilla (say hi to Omaima Nelson!). The 49-year-old Republican who has floated b ... More >>

Rick Perry, Texas Governor and GOP Presidential Possible, Shakes the Newport Beach Money Tree

​Will he or won't he?It's the question close watchers of the Republican Party's presidential prospects want Texas Gov. Rick Perry to answer.Before he can, however, Perry has to come to Newport Beach today to ask the moneymen a question of his own: Should I?

Jim Righeimer: Costa Mesa Government Cuts Backed By Residents

Righeimer defends cuts​During a live, three-minute interview on NBC's Today in L.A. Weekend, Costa Mesa Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer asserted that he is getting public support to continue slashing his city's budget.Righeimer told Ted Chen during the interview that residents are telling him, "Keep o ... More >>

Pundits Already Saying New Redistricting Will Hurt Loretta Sanchez--HA!

Sanchez: Always ready for battle​Man, it's always a hoot reading the premature obituaries written about Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Took Two Dead Girls to Make Her Sponsor the DREAM Act) over the past 15 years, and the latest batch is already starting today with the release of draft maps show ... More >>

Marilyn Davenport Expressed Anti-Muslim Sentiment Before Obama-is-a-Chimp Scandal

(c) photo by R. Scott MoxleyMarilyn Davenport ​Marilyn Davenport may have been able to escape protesters outside of her Fullerton home last Saturday, but the embattled Orange County Republican Party official might have a more difficult time fleeing her past.According to Republican Party source ... More >>

Marilyn Davenport Ally: It's GOP Boss Scott Baugh Who Should Be Reprimanded

Anxious for next banana​The chief defender of Marilyn Davenport, the Orange County Republican Party official tied to a racist email depicting President Barack Obama and his parents as chimpanzees, is urging the party's executive committee members to focus its attention not on Davenport but instead ... More >>

[UPDATED] Marilyn Davenport: Real Racists Are Democrats; Sees Chance to Use Her Racist Email to Win Black Votes For GOP

Repeat after me: Racist emails are actually pro-black.​UPDATE, APRIL 22, 2:05 P.M.: The executive committee of the OC Republican Party voted today 10-2 to send the Marilyn Davenport matter to the ethics committee, says the FlashReport.com's Jon Fleischman, a prominent local Republican who sup ... More >>

[UPDATED: KTLA Gets Davenport Scoop] Racist Orange County Republican Email: President Obama and His Parents Are Apes

(c) Photo by R. Scott MoxleyCA Republican Party is not happy with Davenport​UPDATE, APRIL 20, 10:18 P.M.: During the KTLA interview, a "timid, confused" Marilyn Davenport, a retired Christian book publisher, said she is "really sorry" for sending the racist email. In her view--expressed throu ... More >>

Welcome to the Ronald Reagan Great Park

EXCLUSIVE! Super-secret plans are afoot to name Orange County's largest public-works project after the Great Communicator

Five Union Songs for Wiscosin Workers

​In Wisconsin, a bill stripping public unions of most collective bargaining rights awaits the signature of Republican Governor Scott Walker. It's the latest phase in an ongoing legislative saga that intensified a month ago when all 14 Democratic state Senators fled to Illinois to prevent quorum on ... More >>

Why Are People Surprised Orange County has Anti-Muslim Loons?

Pauly: Pendeja​Color me jaded, cynical, or wayyyyy too in to be able to see from the outside, but I'm shocked that the anti-Muslim* rally that happened last week in Yorba Linda has made the national news. Write-ups in Salon, Good, and other national publications? Really? Sure, part of it is that t ... More >>

Allen Raymond's 'How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative' Entertaining, Flawed

Not a 'Stiff,' Nor a 'Loser'

WEB EXCLUSIVE! The OC Weeklys Statewide picks

The Book of Judges

WEB EXCLUSIVE! An incomplete guide to obscure races

NAMBLA Fantasy

Republican activist Jeff Nielsen says he didnt know the object of his affection was a 14-year-old boy

Oh Really

If the DAs tough on GOP corruption, thats news to us.

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

Spitzer Cops Out

Despite controversies, DA Rackauckas now likely to win a third term unopposed

Eddie Allen, RIP-off

A Newport Beach con man dies. We think

Casting lott

Landslide 2002

What we saw on election night

Open Sesame

Shelley promises to open government files

Its the Airport, Stupid

Measure V deserves victory

Balboa Bay Bombshell

Nixons favorite sex kitten, Mamie Van Doren, flourishes online and off

Two-Faced

The GOPs Paper of Choice

The Times crosses over to the dark side

Letters

Weak Imitation

Times reporter misreads one story, makes up another

Cox and Bull

Party's Not Over Yet

GOP insider maneouvers for DA's office

Off With Its Head!

Nottingham's out, La Guire's 'fresh eye' is in at the Times

Poof!

Jerque Du Soleil

Bob Dornan's Circus Comes to SoCal and Leaves Once More Without Making Its Case