In a recent interview, California GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina pushed her fiscal conservative credentials and claimed that she could help cut up to $500 billion in wasteful federal spending.  more

Our society has made the judgment that all Americans — including those visiting our soil, for the short- or long-term — do deserve some basic level of care. The challenge for Republicans, then, is to channel this compassionate impulse into appropriate policies that makes coverage available (not compulsory) at low cost for all Americans.   more

If you’re curious about what happened in California’s special election last night, when voters roundly rejected a complex series of propositions aimed at extending taxes, borrowing, and spending, look no further than Assemblywoman Noreen Evans, chairwoman of the State Assembly Budget Committee.
“Obviously, it’s disappointing,” Evans told the AP, “but I think the voters are sending a   more

They must be gluttons for punishment.
Amidst the bleakest fiscal crisis in California’s history, no fewer than eight prominent politicians—three of them Republicans, five Democrats—have announced their interest in becoming the Golden State’s governor in 2010.
The state is running a $42 billion deficit, nearly 30% of the entire budget; its credit rating, downgraded to junk   more