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Do you have some thoughts to offer up on the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate seats, or others?

Well, I'm a little different than others. In the Senate race I obviously favor DeVore, but frankly, I fear Fiorina more than Campbell. I know Tom personally and think him a man of reasonable intelligence and (for a politician) above average integrity. Frankly, I think it is that very integrity which is why he is so bad at raising money; he won't make promises he doesn't intend to keep.

Unfortunately, Tom is easily fooled because of a naive credulity for those of his academic "peerage." That said, I disagree with his positions, but he will debate honestly and is capable of being persuaded. I don't think him arrogant.

I do think he's gotten a bad rap re Israel. After all, if he was pro-Muslim, why was he against the war in Kosovo? From what I can tell, the truth is that he wants to be compassionate and believed the crap the Palestinians fed him.

Fiorina OTOH is a craven climber WAY out of her league, as we saw at the companies she wrecked. She is instead a pretender to leadership, effectively a high-priced stooge. She is VERY dangerous because her ambition blinds her to all else.

Consider her (supposedly) pro-2A position. This is the type of pol who knows very well a UN small arms trade treaty is in the works that (in her mind) makes the 2A moot. Hence, she can use support of it as cover. From what I can tell, it is a common gambit this year among this year's crop of closet power-freaks.

As to the governor's race... Dear G-d in heaven, please help us.

What rational conservative would want to preside over the collapse of this once great State. Hence, the three chasing the position now are all three disastrous choices. Although one might wish Jerry Brown preside over such a melt-down, he is the one person in the race truly capable of making things far worse than they are likely to be. That leaves the mandate to fight him.

Poizner or Whitman? I detest them both. Poizner is a vacillating sleaze, while Whitman is just plain vicious. I probably will not place a vote for the nomination of either, but will probably hold my nose in the general. This is by far the worst election choice I have ever seen.

These thoughts probably reflect yours unless I miss my guess. Fair enough?

I don't know that much about Campbell. If folks have something to tell me on the subject, I'm all ears. Boxer needs to go. We don't need any more Democrats in sheeps clothing from our side either. Still, we have to do what we can. As for Fiorina, I think she's a grade A fraud, at least what she's trying to sell herself as being.

If Campbell is easily fooled, that doesn't help me much. So was Jimmy Carter. So is the Kenyan. So was Schwarzenegger. Hell, so was I. Look where these wonderful examples have gotten us.

I wasn't aware of an Israel issue related to him, but with Obama's current vent on the matter, we must have people who can counter him. And it does bother me that Campbell might not be sound on the matter. Obama is trying to muster a U.N. measure to force Israel into disarming. This is a critical time.

Your comment about him being able to be persuaded works for me, but unfortunately that can work for people that belong to the Democrat party and hate me too.

I think Fiorina is a craven climber too. She's claiming to be Conservative, and believe me, if she we're we would have known about it. Tom McClintock couldn't hide the fact. She wouldn't have been able to either, if she were truly a quality person. Now that she's claiming she is, I'm very leery of her.

I'm not pleased to hear about a U.N. 2A move.

As to the governor's race... Dear G-d in heaven, please help us.

I agree that all three are terrible. I am not convinced Brown and the Democrats couldn't turn this state around, by being given four year with which to absolutely flop, like we know they will.

We give them the lead, put them on notice, and watch them absolutely screw this state into the dirt. Then we bring in a fiscal Conservative, mow down the Legislature and replace with good people that will work for the state instead of special interest groups.

I tend to agree with your worry about Brown, but Brown, but didn't he run a fairly tight ship in his day? We didn't go into deficits like we did under Davis. I know he's one stange guy.

Look, California has the potential to be a fantastic state. It's business climate, if cleaned up could be stellar again. And if that were to happen, it would turn things around rather quickly. We've seen other states that looked like they were on the ropes, and they turned it around. I think we could to, especially if we tap our potential correctly.

As for Posner and Whitman, neither one deserves our support. I do have mixed thoughts on this. I am not dead set on doing anything yet. I will probably have to hold my nose a lot in November.

Yes, we're probably pretty much the same here. I wish you could have said something that countered my displeasure this at this election year's situation.

Sadly, there isn't much to be happy about here.