
On Tuesday night, the candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president gathered at the Venetian Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip for the last GOP debate of 2015. Below are some observations from various conservative and Republican leaders around the Golden State.
by Jon Fleischman16 Dec 2015, 5:30 AM PST0

Recently, the Los Angeles Times exposed that special interest groups representing certain “business” interests in Sacramento have put serious pressure on the California Republican Party not to fund the potential candidacy of Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen in a bid against incumbent State Senator Kathleen Galgiani, a Democrat.
by Jon Fleischman30 Nov 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

There seems to be universal consensus that between the reduced number of participants, and the quality of the debate questions and follow-up from the panelists, the Fox Business/Wall Street Journal debate was the strongest by way of policy substance thus far.
by Jon Fleischman11 Nov 2015, 5:41 AM PST0

Speaker Ryan’s remarks were, for the most part, inside baseball. Multiple times Ryan referred to “regular order,” which to the common person sounds like a reference to getting the same fast food at McDonalds every time you go.
by Jon Fleischman30 Oct 2015, 5:37 AM PST0

California Republicans are reacting to Wednesday’s GOP debate, hosted by the CNBC in Boulder, Colorado.
by Jon Fleischman29 Oct 2015, 4:35 AM PST0

The play for the grocers might actually be to spend big bucks to defeat SB 270 at the ballot box and keep plastic bags after all.
by Jon Fleischman17 Oct 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Early Saturday morning, after midnight, the California legislature ended its regular session, and two special sessions. Despite an immense amount of pressure on them from the Governor, their Democrat colleagues, and powerful special interests – Republicans held the line and successfully
by Jon Fleischman12 Sep 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown wants over three billion dollars in new taxes, including a $65 tax on every vehicle, plus increases in gasoline and diesel excise taxes. The money will go to paying for transportation needs that he ignored in his recent budget.
by Jon Fleischman4 Sep 2015, 5:37 AM PST0

When I see “The Donald” trying to tug on those same emotions that I still have, and recycling the same songs to fire me up, I actually have a sense of clarity that eluded me those many years ago.
by Jon Fleischman27 Aug 2015, 9:11 PM PST0

Republicans in Sacramento will face a key decision on taxes–and a choice about whether state Democrats go into 2016 on defense for not funding infrastructure needs, or whether Democrats score the double win: billions in new taxes and a fractured GOP, ready to be slaughtered in 2006.
by Jon Fleischman13 Aug 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

Once again, the Republican Party of California faces a fight over the planks of the party platform regarding social issues.
by Michelle Moons29 Jul 2015, 7:43 AM PST0

It would appear that the appetite for increasing the size and scope of state government in Sacramento is insatiable. The Democrats who control all of the levers of power are about to pass the largest state budget in the history of California–but that is not good enough or big enough, it would seem.
by Jon Fleischman12 Jun 2015, 5:32 AM PST0