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- Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that. Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too. He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.) His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)
![. .. (1) A Rorschach-ingly Inappropriate Image from Anaheim Blog! First of all, send your children out of the room right now! You don’t want them to be scarred for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Cunningham-Barnes-Thumbnail-composite-115x115.png "Holiday Weekend Open Thread: What the Hell is THAT? Also: Josh Newman to Chair Vets’ Committee!")
![. . . Last month, we pointed you towards Phillip Chen’s ad for new staff members, with the admonition that if you applied for the position you should not tell them […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Daly-Chevron-May-23-115x115.jpg "… and DON’T Tell Them That You Read About It in the Orange Juice Blog, Part 2!"){kind=icon}
![. . . Well, it’s done, so — back from a self-imposed break from blogging — it’s time for me to complete the trilogy. It’s all over but the permanent […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Faith-Spotted-Eagle-Colin-Powell-John-Kasich-115x115.png "Electoral College Narrowly Averts Frightening Prospect of a Colin Powell Presidency")
![. . . The current drive to use the Electoral College to block Donald Trump from the Presidency will likely be a permanent headache for Democrats, who simply are not as good […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Hillary-and-Fading-Trump-115x115.png "If You Want to Beat Trump Using the Electoral College, Understand This: Hillary Must First Stand Down")
![. . . A group of people calling themselves “Hamilton Electors” (named after the musical bio star subject and author of The Federalist #68, which explains the basis for and role […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Trump-Convention-21-115x115.png "Stop Trying to Convince Trump Electors Not to Vote for Trump; It Will Do Nothing But Set a Horrible Precedent")
![. . . We skipped the Monday afternoon report because (1) not much had changed and (2) we were too busy to post even if it had. That delay allows […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Newman-electoral-collage-bear-invite-totals-115x115.png "2016’s Unsettled Races, Tues. Dec. 6 Results: No More Waiting to Bear, It’s All Settled Except for the Litigation!")
![. . . This is not the end. A new post (from the ROV) will appear on Monday afternoon at 5. Registration and Turnout Completed Precincts: 1668 of 1668 Reg/Turnout […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Good-to-the-Last-Drop-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Sat. Dec. 3 Results: Nearing That Last Drop!")
![. . . You have only about a couple of hours, as this is published, to file to run for the position of California Democratic Party “Assembly District Delegate,” commonly […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/democrats-and-the-open-primary.jpg "5 p.m. Thursday is the Deadline to File to Try to Become a California Democratic Party Assembly District Delegate!")
![. . . Retired Marine Colonel Doug Applegate has surely done many incredible things over the course of his life — not the least of which is coming within about 2,000 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Issa-Crooked-Smile-115x115.png "‘Non-Defamable Darrell’ Issa Announces Massive Contribution to Doug Applegate’s 2018 CA-49 Campaign!")
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![. . . I’m going to do something now that I don’t think I’ve ever done before. I’m linking to Breitbart.com. Specifically, to this story: Rohrabacher on Flag Burners: ‘You Can […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Never-Go-Full-Retard-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: ‘You Never Go Full Brownshirt, Rep. Rohrabacher’")
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![. . . Registration and Turnout Completed Precincts: 1668 of 1668 Reg/Turnout Percentage Total Registered Voters 1,535,967 Precinct Registration 1,535,967 Precinct Ballots Cast 497,438 32.4% Early Ballots Cast 27,516 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Turkey-Leftovers-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Wed. Nov. 30 Results: Big LA Vote Changes Nothing; Measure OO Flips to NOO")
![. . . I’m going to port over about four paragraphs of this critical new article by David Dayen in the Nation and encourage you to read it. Not much […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Elderly-in-Poverty-115x115.jpg "Tom Price Nominated for HHS Secretary. So Long, Obamacare! Bye, Medicare! Au Revoir, Medicaid!")
It does raise the question of why fight it in the first place. Dems are so dumb. They might as…