Buried in the coverage of Scott Baugh’s re-election to lead the Orange County GOP was the stunning upset of Flash Report publisher Jon Fleischman, who lost the first chairman seat to Villa Park council member Deborah Pauly, a Tea Partier…
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Keith Olbermann Returns to Countdown; Maddow Defends
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
MSNBC Countdown host Keith Olbermann returns from a short suspension after it was revealed he made personal political contriobutions to candidates this election cycle without the approval of his employers. This prior approval is how “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough…
Political Hit Sites Thrive: Shawn Nelson Takes a Turn
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
A new political hit site has debuted against 4th district supervisor Shawn Nelson and as political hit sites go, it’s a little lame. The site www.nowaynelson.com has a photo of Shawn Nelson sitting on bricks of gold and the defintion…
Crashing the “Drinking Conservatively” Party
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
Since Drinking Liberally usually features a few conservatives every Thursday that we can carry on an intelligent conversation with over our favorite beverage, I decided to crash the inaugural “Drinking Conservatively” event in Costa Mesa last night. And my thanks…
The Principled John Seiler
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
I’ll start this post by wishing Alan Bock a speedy recovery; Alan’s personal blog mentioned he’s dealing with a health issue that will keep him out of work for a few months but the prognosis for a successful recovery is…
Signs out in Force in the Fourth
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
One of our readers emailed me about why we don’t do something that Red County does; namely post copies of signs or mailers from Democratic candidates for office. Well, we will and we do, when the campaigns send them to…
It is a National Issue but it’s not about The Unions
by Heather Pritchard • • Comments Off
I want to make a note that this was posted last night at Daily Kos before the announcement that the strike was over. Â It was in response to a post over at Red County and an attempt as a parent…
