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• Top-Two Politics: Biz Plots, Back Stories & Backbiting

  All the facts may never be known of how the Cal...

• Why Howie Kurtz is a Worse Person than Col. Kurtz

  A quarter century ago, as then dewy-cheeked Cal...

• Starr v Feingold: Does Political Reform Have a Future?

  In his 1931 autobiography, San Francisco native...

• Press Clips: Kudos to Difi on Weapons — and WCs

  Amid the reeking heap of cowardice and disgrace...

• Why Abel Maldonado Won’t Be the Next Governor

  With the California Democratic Party gathering ...

• Op Ed: Ban Fundraising During Legislative Sessions

  By Dan Schnur, Special to Calbuzz: If you opera...

• Calbuzz Sez: Panetta for Gov; More Honor for Us

  Calbuzz joined in the festivities at Cal State ...

• Mixed Salad: Dems, Old Saws, The Chron and Whites

  While Chairman Jim Brulte and the California Re...

• LA Gov. Bobby Jindal Kills at the Gridiron Dinner

  I’m honored to be here tonight, and to have thi...

• Calbuzz Again Cited as Tops in CA Political Blogs

  Once again, Calbuzz has been named among the to...

• CA GOP’s New Strategy Meets Prince Gavin’s Curse

  In politics, nothing concentrates the mind like...

• Barrales Will Need Eons to Change the GOP’s Face

  The California Republican Party, which gathers ...

• Op Ed: Republicans Scrambling on Gay Marriage

  By Hank Plante, Special to Calbuzz: If there’s ...

• Why Brulte Will Relish Rove’s Speech to the CA GOP

  By snagging GOP strategist Karl Rove as the fea...

• Why Brown’s Use of “Fart” Really, Really Matters

  Veteran Calbuzz readers know that our proven fo...

• PPIC Poll: Public Would Make Schools Taxes Easier

  The latest survey from the Public Policy Instit...

• What Brown Told the Legislature About CA’s Destiny

  In his 2013 State of the State Speech, Gov. Jer...

• What Obama’s 2nd Inaugural Was Really All About

  President Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural was n...

• What Jim Brulte Can and Can’t Do as GOP Chairman

  Now that Jim Brulte has nailed down the imprima...

• Happy New Year! (And the Best Line from 2012)

  As we say goodbye to 2012 and ring in 2013, it'...

• Santa, Under NRA Protection, Delivers the Goods

  By the time you read this, Santa will have retu...

• Op-Ed: On Weaponizing Schools and Other Big Ideas

  By Les Francis, Special to Calbuzz: Not long af...

• How DiFi’s Past Shapes the Ban on Assault Weapons

  Dianne Feinstein, who says she will introduce a...

• Calbuzz Consultanate Offers Career Advice for Mitt

  By now, we know that Mitch Romney (ht David Let...

• PPIC: California Ready to Slay the Ghost of Jarvis

  Gov. Jerry Brown’s job approval rating is at a ...

• How Jerry Brown’s Tax Fight Sets an Example for DC

  Shortly after winning approval of Proposition 3...

• Why Team Romney Was Surprised When They Lost

  Calbuzz has refrained from attacking the pathet...

• Why Governing Demands Courage and Cunning

  By Doug Bailey and Les Francis, Special to Calb...

• Calbuzz to GOP: How to Make Yourselves Relevant

  Two years ago, after watching the California Re...

• Sexy Story, That Youth Carried Prop. 30, is a Myth

  There’s a popular myth now in circulation – a l...