[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

State Senator Carole Migden (left), coming out of a harsh rebuke from party activists who refused to endorse her re-election, can at least run a legitimate campaignnow that a judge has allowed her to spend $640,000 in left-over funds,the San Francisco Chronicle reports. She still faces an uphill battleagainst Assembly members Mark Leno and Joe Nation though.

When Bill Clinton told convention-goers to last Sunday to "chill out"over the on-going race between his wife Hillary and Barack Obama, he could well have been talking to himself, according to the Chronicle. Prior to taking the stage, Bill had one ofhis meltdowns, turning red in the face and screaming over BillRichardson's endorsement of Obama.

Former Congressman Doug Ose is hitting primary opponent Tom McClintock hard for "carpetbagging"in a new campaign ad high-lighted by the Sacramento Bee. In the ad, anarrator accuses McClintock of shopping for a new job in the NorthernCalifornia Congressional district being vacated by John Doolittlerather than running in Ventura County, which he represented in theState Senate. Conviently missing: Ose doesn't live in the districteither. Details, details.

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by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Former President Bill Clinton received an enthusiastic reception at UC Davis last night as he made the case that wife Hillary Clinton has the grit,werewithall and tenacity to be a great Commander-in-Chief, theSacramento Bee reports. But while students were fired up about hearingthe former president, many who were interviewed afterwards said theyremained undecided.

With the February 5 election just a couple of weeks away, the ad wars are already in full swing, with a particularly aggressive opposition to the four Indian gamingcompacts up for authorization, the Bee reports. The ads currentlyrunning feature a number of Indian tribe members who would not benefitfrom the compacts, the argument being that only the elite gain fromthese deals. But in a painful budget year, can be afford to forgo thismuch-needed revenue?

It speaks to Rico Oller's extreme right-wing views thatthe Club for Growth is getting ready to bankroll his campaign toreplace disgraced Congressman John Doolittle. The Bee also reports thatOller will likely be opposed by the Humane Society over his poor animalrights record. Oller's response? "It's no surprise that liberal groupsare unhappy about me running. They don't like me. I don't like them."

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Photo courtesy of the Sacramento Bee.