The Orange County Register emerged from bankruptcy last week with a new set of corporate owners. Â I’m delighted to see any newspaper emerge from financial difficulty, but I’m also hopeful the new owners of the Register will finally acknowledge the…
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HCR: Waterloo for Democrats or Republicans?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
Orange Punch blogger Brian Calle called out Loretta Sanchez’s vote for healthcare reform as a vote against her district’s best interest. I completely disagree. Loretta represents blue collar and working class communities in Santa Ana and Anaheim, the very people…
Shawn Nelson and conservative disdain for defending terrorists and pedophiles
by Chris Prevatt • • 9 Comments
Q: Are you then saying, everybody that represents pedophiles is sympathetic to pedophiles, is that your contention? A: If you’re a lawyer and you decide to spend all of your time representing pedophiles (criminals), it would raise a question.
Ted Olson in Newsweek: The Conservative Case FOR Gay Marriage
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Former solicitor general under President George W. Bush, Ted Olson is the principal lawyer for those seeking to overturn Prop 8 in the highly publicized trial taking place in San Francisco. He pens a thoughtful piece in this week’s edition of…
NY Times: GOP “Stalinists” Invade Upstate NY for NY23 Congressional Race; Right wing leaning Watertown Times Endorses Democrat Owens
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
As I noted in a post Friday, I used to live in NY23, a sprawling district in Upstate NY that’s been Republican since the 19th century; but while Republican, the area is hardly conservative. Its’ very moderate and often difficult…
Shea’s Sugar Daddy for 2010 Election in Irvine?
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Word around Irvine is that termed out Christina Shea wants one more chance to hang on to her council seat by running for Mayor in 2010, which would set up a rematch against current Mayor Suhkee Kang. Using history as…
Friends and Enemies
by Dan Chmielewski • • 9 Comments
Not long along, Michelle Steele, a conservative Board of Equalization member, attended a fundraiser for Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang. Steele and Kang have known each other for years and there’s a healthy degree of mutual respect and friendship between the…
