Elon Musk’s Hyperloop, Part 3, Newsom or a GOP initiative?
In Part 1, I compared Hyperloop to other ETT (evacuated tube transport) systems and note that in 2011 a Chinese prototype achieved a 700 MPH model speed, proof of concept. In Part 2, I considered...
View ArticleMaldonado Should Go All Out for Governor
Reports that Abel Maldonado fired his campaign team is welcome news. Campaign shakeups are a game of sharp elbows. But tales of Abel’s “reluctance” to raise money sound like the carping of...
View ArticleDonnelly vs. Maldonado
Abel Maldonado is the 2014 gubernatorial standard bearer for a new, pragmatic-moderate coalition emerging from obscurity within the CAGOP. But Tim Donnelly is also running for CA governor, and last...
View ArticleGrow Elect Must Challenge the GOP
At the recent CAGOP convention, GrowElect– the new Republican political action committee to elect GOP Latinos– held a successful panel discussion workshop featuring GOP Latino electeds from all over...
View ArticleAn Immigration Breakthrough?
The latest Pew Hispanic poll is an eye opener. According to Pew Hispanic, 55% of Latino immigrants will settle for a green card that allows them to work but not vote. As a group, Latino immigrants...
View ArticleCharles Munger Jr.’s Positive Influence on Rep Party
If the anonymous blogger cloaked behind the site www.mungergames.netever comes out from behind the curtain, perhaps we could have a public debate about Charles Munger, Jr., the donor who paid my filing...
View ArticleSF Transit Needs More Balance
In San Francisco, conservatives, moderates and (yes Martha) even liberals are fighting back against the anti-auto fervor of the hard core progressive left. A coalition of pissed off voters has formed...
View ArticleDirection of CA Rep Party Could be Set by Tuesday’s Election
Where is the California Republican Party headed after Tuesday? That depends on who wins the right to face Jerry Brown and what they do with that opportunity. There are two answers, one if Donnelly...
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Kashkari Win Good for GOP
The Republican primary math is interesting: Neel Kashkari 18.70% Tim Donnelly 14.90% Andrew Blount 2.30% Glenn Champ 1.90% 37.80% As a pie chart, the Republican primary math is even more intriguing....
View ArticleThe Bratquake Decoded
The loss by Eric Cantor to Dave Brat is indeed a political earthquake with aftershocks still rippling through the congress. Is the Tea Party resurgent? What are the implications for California? That...
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