Matt Fleming

Free market + California: @pacificresearch
Opinion columnist: @SoCalOpinion & Sac Bee
Mass communications: @williamjessup
Email: flemingwords at gmail dot com

[Matt Fleming @FlemingWords]

It's worth remembering that in 2014 Leland Yee dropped from the CA SoS race after being arrested for trafficking missiles, among other things. He still got 380,361 votes.

Will @Ericswalwell exceed that number? Call it the Yeeline™

[Drew Savicki @DrewSav]

Term limits in California mean the State Treasurer is running for Lieutenant Governor and the Lieutenant Governor is running for Treasurer.

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

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[Ashley Zavala @ZavalaA]

Sen. Tony Strickland had repeatedly asked if a California company has been found to price gouge.

Department of Petroleum Market Oversight leader Tai Milder says they have not.

[Susan Crabtree @susancrabtree]

🚨NEW in @RCPolitics: Newsom’s Gerrymander Powerplay Fizzles

Newsom promised to fight fire with fire to counter Trump’s Texas redistricting. Strong conservative candidates and California voters just threw cold water on at least some of his plans to gain 5 Dem seats.

[Steve Glazer @Steve_Glazer]

Spot on: “ . . it would be nice to have the incoming leaders of the world’s fourth-largest economy be willing to acknowledge that — gasp! — California can’t have nice things without a functional insurance market. “ https://t.co/sX0hyk0hVA via @sfchronicle @emily_hoeven

[Jennifer Van Laar @jenvanlaar]

They opened the mail...

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

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[Matt Fleming @FlemingWords]

@Elex_Michaelson @the_jefferymead Good options (and thoughtful response). I'm surprised the first suggestion is controversial at all. There are already deadlines for in-person voting and VBM. Making those the same day seems to be an easy choice that would greatly improve counting and confidence in the system.

[Emily Hoeven @emily_hoeven]

My latest column: As CA counts ballots, the leading Dems for two key positions are disconcertingly receptive to a disastrous idea: blowing up the insurance market just as it’s starting to reach more stable ground. We need insurance to have nice things.
https://t.co/838PUhSFaD

[Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar]

Katie Porter polling at a measly 5% in the California governor's race.

From the Congressional white board to... this.

[Kevin Sabellico @KevinSabellico]

By far the funniest result from yesterday #SD04

[Mimi Walters @MimiWaltersCA]

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[Matt Rexroad @MattRexroad]

It appears the Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil experiment is over.

Her behavior over her last six months in office will show who she really is... and that could be anything.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

A good part of Republican messaging is pointing at California in horror, and saying: “See? Elect Democrats and that’ll happen to you.”

The monthlong vote count is not helping Dems’ rep for competence, which Dems are saying out loud recently.

[Pacific Research Institute @PacificResearch]

"A state bank can force interest rates down, but it can’t change the underlying risks that rates are priced to absorb. It simply transfers these risks to state taxpayers who will be on the hook." writes PRI's @FlemingWords.

Read the blog post here: https://t.co/WSWoCfIeIw

[Matt Fleming @FlemingWords]

@IanCalderon @XavierBecerra Ah. I thought “first Latino governor” were the key words.

[Matt Fleming @FlemingWords]

@akoseff The only thing I know about the guy who might be my next congressman. Kind of an ominous committee name...

[Matt Fleming @FlemingWords]

@lancelands @96Henrique I guess that means Chester A. Arthur was never really president.

[Rob Pyers @rpyers]

Odds aren't looking great for former Democratic Assemblyman Steve Fox to make his triumphant return to the Legislature as a Republican