Greetings Fellow EDC Democrats! Take a deep breath and get ready for the last lap! July showed no slow-down in party activities with the Big Blue BBQ being a highlight for the month. The EDC was well represented even though it was held near the coast. We were probably the best-represented club there and we [...]

The Los Angeles Times reports that more than one million Californians, mostly young people and members of minority groups, voted for the first time in 2008. An article takes a look at the “uphill battle” to get them back to the polls in 2010. Part of the local effort is a campaign by Organizing for [...]

Logan Jenkins, columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune, focuses on Escondido mayoral candidate Tom D’Agosta in his Sunday, July 25 column. Jenkins says D’Agosta “graduated with honors” from curmudgeon school, and points to his frequent salty criticisms of the current mayor and council as examples. Jenkins then launches into an analysis of how D’Agosta could [...]

Congressman Brian Bilbray says he did not realize that the Congressional Cigar Association, which he sponsored, is composed mostly of lobbyists and, rather than being a social group, has become a way the lobbyists could gain access to lawmakers and their staff members. Challenger Francine Busby is among those calling for an ethics investigation into [...]

Big news! Candidates and members of Congress in six states have signed the MoveOn.org “Fight Washington Corruption Pledge!” The pledge calls on Congress to overturn the Citizens United decision to remove unlimited corporate money from politics and to pass the Fair Elections Now Act to publicly finance elections. It also asks passage of a lobbyist [...]

An editorial in The San Diego Union-Tribune calls the proposed ballpark that would bring a triple-A team to Escondido “a good bet.” Using the example of higher than predicted returns for the City of San Diego on the Padres ballpark, the paper concludes “the devil is in the details and city officials must be careful [...]

UPDATE: Yesterday, Gallup released a poll showing Democrats leading Republicans in a generic ballot. The results were a reversal from just a month ago. Now the Quinnipiac poll shows just the opposite result — Republicans leading Democrats — and also reflects a reversal from a month ago. What gives? The polls agree that Republicans lead [...]

The California Democratic Party has adopted a neutral position on Proposition 19. Many favor the measure, but opponents cited one overriding concern: a yes vote could damage statewide candidates in competitive races. Read the story from the Los Angeles Times.