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Sen. Dianne Feinstein was in town this week to help celebrate Muni's 100th birthday. She looked good. Nice, tan suit and fit as a fiddle. After talking with her and taking a look at the state's political landscape, I'm of the opinion that her re-election will be as smooth as a Sunday trolley ride to Fisherman's Wharf. She said so far she has about 26 opponents lined up to run against her. To me, that's no opposition, because none of them has the money, name identification or an issue big enough to seriously take on an incumbent as rooted and...

Coming off a bare-knuckles debate this week, Democrat Jerry Brown hits his highest level of support to date in his race against Republican Meg Whitman to be the next governor of California. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state finds Brown with 50% of the vote to Whitman’s 44%. Two percent (2%) like some other candidate in the race, and four percent (4%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) The race remains Leans Democrat in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard. At the beginning of the month, Brown posted a similar...

Jerry Brown at the Labor Caucus at the California Democratic Convention 4-17-10. He seems a bit confused and rambles a bit. Looks to me like his age, 73, has caught up to him a bit. Sounds like my grandfather, always seaching for the next word in a sentence.