Local Republicans are calling out Democrats as hypocrites, and more, over the issue of unofficial ballot boxes. After Democratic leaders ordered the Fresno County Republican Party to dismantle boxes they say defy the law, one prominent elected leader had a brief reply. Listen to this article: "Screw you! You created...
Trump’s Big Night: Expect Talk of GOP Progress, Dem Anarchy
WASHINGTON — Four years ago, Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president with a dark convention speech that painted a dystopian portrait of America in decline and he offered a singular solution: himself. Though Trump has been president for three-and-a-half years, his rhetoric about the state of the...
Walters: The GOP's Decline and Fall in California
The very rapid decline of California’s Republican Party — from near-dominance in the 1980s and early 1990s to its current irrelevance — has been one of the state’s most dramatic political events. Thirty years ago, in 1989, Republicans were on a roll in California, to wit: —GOP candidates dominated the...
AP-NORC Poll: 62% Disapprove of Trump's Job Performance
NEW YORK — About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which finds some support for the president's handling of the U.S. economy but gives him weak marks on...
Trump Ties US Success to 2nd term: 'You Have to Vote for Me'
MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Donald Trump sought to reassure his supporters about the state of the U.S. economy despite the stock market volatility and told rallygoers in New Hampshire, a state that he hopes to capture in 2020, that their financial security depends on his reelection. "Whether you love me...
Trump, Outsider Turned Insider, Sells Himself as Rebel for 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump captured the Republican Party and then the presidency in 2016 as an insurgent intent on disrupting the status quo. As he mounts his bid for reelection, Trump is offering himself as the outsider once again — but it's a much more awkward pitch to make from inside...
Walters: GOP Dodges Bullet, but Faces Tough Future
The California Republican Party, which has become virtually irrelevant in recent years, had a great opportunity last weekend to commit self-annihilation by electing an unrepentant, Donald Trump-loving right-winger as party chairperson. However, sanity – or reality – prevailed and delegates opted for Jessica Patterson, who has lengthy experience in bread-and-butter...
2019 Shapes up as Another Big Political Year
While 2018 has been a pivotal year in California’s political history – particularly the Republican Party’s losing half of its congressional seats – 2019 may be even more significant. The state’s politics will likely be dominated by two rolling events: the beginning of Gavin Newsom’s governorship and California’s bid to...
Walters: School Reformers Lose Big, so Now What?
Donald Trump and his Republican Party were obviously big losers in this month’s California election. But so was a loose confederation of civil rights, public school reform and charter school advocates, most of whose leaders are Democrats. The reformers, at times dubbed the “Equity Coalition,” pumped many millions of dollars...
What To Do About Jarrar? Ignore Her and Keep Elevating Fresno State.
Those offended by Fresno State professor Randa Jarrar's tweets can quit wasting their time demanding that the university fire her. Her ugly tweets — posted by Jarrar to call attention to herself — are protected by the First Amendment. For those who have forgotten exactly what it says, here is...