CA-10 Open Thread.
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Everybody wants to talk about the VA/NJ races, or NY-23, which makes sense: they’re gripping. But all the way over in CA-10 is a race between Republican David Harmer and Democrat Lt Gov. John Garamendi; one that Garamendi seems determined to win pretty much in spite of himself. It’s a hard district for a Republican to win, being D+11; but Harmer isn’t running as anything | Read More »
(h/t: Instapundit) California’s come up with another way to ensure that when the state finally crashes, it’s really going to crash: California to withhold a bigger chunk of paychecks The amount goes up 10% on Sunday as Sacramento borrows from taxpayers. Technically, it’s not an income tax increase: You’ll get the money back eventually. Reporting from Los Angeles and Sacramento – Starting Sunday, cash-strapped California | Read More »
And if a further level of dumb is needed, there’s John Garamendi (D) levels of dumb. In order of dumbness: Dumb. Not doing elementary fact-checking before you send out a campaign flyer that mixes up your opponent with a guy from another state. As Jim Geraghty put it: “Same name, different guy.” Dumber. Not being mature enough to apologize when your smear is caught and | Read More »