Last night's The Colbert Report featured another partisan logrolling clip that makes that Comedy Central program and The Daily Show so priceless, with a Fox News pundit-blonde and anchors Brit Hume and Chris Wallace repeating that day's GOP talking point: that Mitt Romney appeared to be a “plausible president” in Monday night's debate. Democratic logrolling […]
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[UPDATED with More Details:] Bubba Watch 2012: Bill Clinton Coming to Irvine Tuesday
See the update at the end of this post with more details on Bill Clinton's visit to Irvine. ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 19, 2:46 P.M.: Bill Clinton is reportedly coming back to Orange County. The 42nd president of these United States is said to be attending a post-(final, thank God)-debate rally somewhere on the UC Irvine […]
Orange County Congressional Candidates Took Contributions of $2.3 Million In Recent Weeks
All of Orange County's major congressional campaigns recently filed mandatory financial disclosure reports with the Federal Election Commission in Washington, D.C. and there are interesting nuggets of information about the candidates and the notable interests that support them. For example: Which OC candidates got money from Newport Coast horror writer Dean Koontz or controversial Pittsburgh […]
Cypress Trips the Car Electric
If the 75 or so cars that pulled into a massive Cypress parking lot Sunday seemed unusually quiet, that was by design. Electric car drivers, makers and enthusiasts gathered at the Mitsubishi Motors North America headquarters for Orange County's National Plug In Day celebration. ] See also: Mitsubishi i-MiEV SE is an Electrifying Ride Cal […]
Breaking Down the 47th Congressional District Primary, One Vote and Dollar at a Time
Peter Mathews is a Cypress College political science professor, so who better to break down the 47th U.S. Congressional District primary? His interest extended beyond academics. The Democrat was among eight candidates on the ballot for the redrawn district that includes Cypress, Rossmoor, Stanton, Westminster, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos and parts of Anaheim, La Palma, […]