Orange County Democrats are fired up as the campaign season draws to a close. Their main goal is making sure that Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez hangs on to her seat, against the vile Van Tran, but they are also working hard to get Beth Krom elected, against the lame John Campbell. And Bill Hedrick, who is running in the 44th Congressional District, is also pushing hard against his awful opponent, Ken Calvert.
In all the years I have been covering Orange County politics I have never seen so much activity from the local Democrats. In contrast, the Tran and Calvert campaigns are resorting to mail, mail and more mail. They simply don’t have people on the ground to match what the Democrats are doing.
Just look at who shows up to defend Tran at public events, such as the recent Bill Clinton rally for Sanchez, in Santa Ana. Tran’s followers are miserable old and unhinged Minutemen. No bueno!
Assemblyman Jose Solorio is up for reelection but he drew a cupcake Republican opponent, Bob Hammond, who has no chance. So instead Solorio is working hard to get his friend reelected. This Saturday, at 10 am, he is asking his supporters to meet at 1658 W. Lincoln, in Anaheim, to walk for Sanchez and a few local candidates. To sign up or for more info email Denise@josesolorio.com.
The Orange County Young Democrats, who actually are young, as compared to the mostly aging OC Young Republicans, are leading a “Regional Invasion” this Saturday, at 10 am at the Sanchez campaign headquarters, located at 1658 W. Lincoln Avenue, in Anaheim.
The Krom campaign is conducting one of the more innovative campaign events I have ever seen – phone banking in Farsi on Oct. 25. Click here to learn more about that. Great tactic given the large number of Persians living in Irvine. Click here to see all of her upcoming campaign events.
Hedrick has launched a hilarious new video that spoofs his opponent, Calvert, who seems to think he is running against Nancy Pelosi. Click here to see the video. Click here to see all of his upcoming campaign events.
Van Tran’s Minuteman/Tea Party kooks in action
It is hard to say what will happen with Krom and Hedrick, but you have to give them credit for working hard. Sanchez on the other hand is beginning to look like a winner, as the Tran campaign stumbles to the finish line. Tran simply won’t be able to get enough votes in a district that is overwhelmingly Latino – and where Republicans remain a minority.
There has been a lot of talk about Latino voters not voting, but you have to believe that all of this ground work, coupled with State Senator Lou Correa’s reelection campaign, is going to turn out the Latino vote. I know very few Latinos who are at all enthused by Tran. We already allowed Janet Nguyen to take power in central Orange County. This time I think most folks can agree that Tran must be stopped.
If Sanchez and Krom win, a lot of credit will have to go to campaign consultant Melahat Rafiei, who was named the OC Weekly’s best political player, a few weeks ago. Rafiei previously served as the director of the DPOC, the Democratic Party of Orange County. She is quite a whirlwind now, working not only with Sanchez and Krom but also with numerous local candidates. She has quickly become Orange County’s most dominant Democratic political consultant.
DEY TOOK ARRR JAWBSS!!!
Great video Naui!
It was embarrassing to see Loretta running away from you the other day when you asked her tough questions about immigration. But still, this guy’s anger about being laid off is misdirected toward Obama and Loretta, they’ve really been doing everything that can be done to get the economy back on track.
Vern Nelson wrote:
> Great video Naui!
>
> It was embarrassing to see Loretta running away from you the other day
> when you asked her tough questions about immigration.
It is embarrassing to be a Democrat, isn’t it?
By the way, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has a history of running away from anybody or being evasive with anybody who asks tough questions.
Her staffers blatantly lied to Nick Schou of the OC Weekly many years ago about her role in getting immigration agents stationed at the Anaheim City jail.
Naui was one of the organizers of a demonstration at her office and they tried to smear him and say he didn’t know what he was talking about.
So I sent Schou copies of remarks and letters she made boasting about her role in the program that were printed in the Congressional Record. He was pissed.
I still have email correspondence from her then-District Director trying to convince me that they weren’t trying to be deceptive with Schou. It was hilarious!
Caught them with their pants down on that one.
> But still, this guy’s anger about being laid off is misdirected toward
> Obama and Loretta, they’ve really been doing everything that can be done
> to get the economy back on track.
Yea, right. The Democrats are in the pocket of Wall Street just as much as the Republicans. In fact, President Barack Obama’s done far more to help the rich get richer than any other since President Ronald Reagan.
In fact, the Reagan Revolution was aided and abetted by the Democratic Party who controlled both houses of Congress when he took office. If you look at the record, the Democrats wanted to give Reagan even bigger tax cuts for the rich.
Get real. Stop being so delusional as the “Tea Party” people are in the video who have been duped into thinking the Republicans are going to save them. The Democrats are just as much the servants of plutocracy ….
Man,
What a Glutton that Beth Krom is. Seriously. She may need the seat just to cover her own Health Care costs.
That girl needs to get healthy.
What does this have to do with her running? And she’s not overweight, you’re insane. She’s just fine. Sexist bullshit.
When women get in power, the best thing you have is to criticize them for their bodies?
Touche DKMfan. This person’s right.
Don’t forget it’s not just LOretta and Tran running for the seat……….CECILIA IGLESIAS is on the ballot also………..
Loretta has got to go…………….she is useless, self-interest, deep-pocket politician
BASTA con la CORRUPTA DE LORETTA……
Don;t waste your vote on Loretta she is HEARTLESS and does not care for the community. All she care is for herself and her pension
Loretta has helped tens of thousands of people get their disability issues straightened out, with immigration issues, has gotten the IRS off of constituents backs, and the list goes on and on. She is the only one of the6^ representatives from OC that brings back money to OC, including fixing the SA River and Prado Dam (the one on the 91 with the flag on it), widening the 91 and 22 and 5 ($49m, $38m, and $42m, respectively), actively funding our water replenishment system so her district has the lowest water costs-and it will stay that way. She sent $178m to OC schools as Van Tran was cutting the monies to schools. He cut the funds to CAL State Fullerton, UCI, and all community colleges, while Loretta stepped up the funding to those places. If you think getting your classes at the colleges is tough now-it would have been a disaster without Loretta’s help.
Hope you print this Art-I notice you only favor things against Loretta. You never let my stuff through. You need to be more objective. What I’ve written is the truth and people should know.
47 and mad,
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Tran is a scumbag and I hope he loses.
Loretta Sanchez helped fund ICE agents in the Anaheim City Jail .
Art,
A positive comment about Melahat? Will frogs rain from the sky? Will we have rivers of blood? Surely this is a sign of the impending apocalypse…..
But Seriously it was not long ago you were calling her “ineffective”, “Mela-fat” and dropping either Jabba the Hut references. What’s with the conversion? Have you seen the light? Or is there some other reason (i.e. $$$$) as to why you’re now singing her praises….
You are blaming me for comments left by our readers.
She is doing a good job and deserves to be recognized.