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Road Trip: 3 Key Questions for the GOP Convention



Cue the elephants: Although half of our Western Hemisphere Bureau is on Special Assignment, sampling voter opinion in Cozumel, the short-handed National Affairs Desk will try to soldier on to offer our unique brand of babble-to-babble coverage of this weekend’s Republican state convention.
The festivities promise to be the most intriguing political event since, um, Eric… »

eMeg Meltdown II & What Poiz Will Renounce Next


eMeg Shipwreck, The Sequel: Meg Whitman got a little payback Wednesday for her year-long campaign  to stiff the California political press corps in favor of giving interviews to friendly national types, when The Fix, the Washpost’s widely read national politics blog, did a long post… »

Arnold vs Calbuzz; eMeg’s Ad Buy; Memo to Media


By David Crane, Special Adviser to the Governor, Special to Calbuzz: Susan Rose’s attack on the governor left out the single most important fact about the budget, namely that explosive growth in government-employee compensation is responsible for crowding out spending for all those social programs… »

Guest POV: Arnold Is the Elephant in the Room


By Susan Rose, Special to Calbuzz: With all the hype about the California governor’s race, and insider jabber from outfits like Calbuzz, the media is paying insufficient attention to… »

Adapt or Die: The Political Evolution of Jerry Brown


Jerry Brown roared back into California politics last week, putting on a clinic on how to win free media exposure, with a webcast announcement, CBS Evening News and Larry… »

Swap Meet: Dr. H & eMeg Conquer Time & Space


We regret the whole thing: It’s hard to believe, but your Calbuzzards were just a couple years too young to cover the dramatic political events that unfolded in California… »

Friday Fishwrap: Jerry’s Secret Eyebrow Makeover


When Calbuzz speaks: Back in August, our Division of Superficial Issues and Cosmetology made a strongly worded and brilliantly insightful argument that Jerry Brown needed to do something about… »

Brown Speaks: “This Is Very Different From 1975″


Since his youthful days as governor, Jerry Brown told Calbuzz, he’s learned the political importance of personalities and patience – two lessons that, if elected again, he would… »

Brown: Insider’s Outsider … or Outsider’s Insider?


Jerry Brown cast himself as the candidate with “insider’s knowledge but an outsider’s mind” in formally launching his campaign for governor Tuesday, seeking to balance and merge conflicting political… »

How General Jerry Brown Won the Sun Tzu Primary


“I assume most of you have read ‘The Art of War,’” Attorney General Jerry Brown said to the California Young Democrats last weekend. “The good general,” he said, paraphrasing… »

Poizner Going on Air with Hit on “Liberal” Whitman


Calbuzz has learned that Steve Poizner is set to launch his TV air campaign for the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday with two spots, including one that tags rival… »

100 Days Out: Three Key Questions for Gov’s Race


One hundred days before the June 8 primary election, the race for governor has taken shape, but the outcome won’t be clear without answers to three key questions. Dianne… »

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