Those involved in last year's campaign continue to look for ways to make a positive difference in our world! Bruce Brown is in private business as President of Rackleff Industries in Orange County. I have returned full force to the all-volunteer Coast Guard Auxiliary as a Division Officer, nine years now, and ramping up my consulting work in public relations and public affairs. Maureen Johnson has moved higher in the ranks of the Republican Party as well she should carrying forth an energy and flair that made the CA 35th CD campaign, in many ways, fun! Charlie Ecker http://www.charlesecker.com

Thursday, September 30, 2010

THE MOST IMPORTANT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF OUR TIME

By now, you know that fiscally-conservative Republican Bruce Brown, who is seeking the house seat occupied since 1990 by Maxine Waters, has far different views about how to join those who govern from Washington, D.C. to improve our lives To him, less government is more legitimate, and spending set forth by the Democrat in the White House and his followers in Congress is spiraling out of control.

So who started the current Far Left Wing of the Democratic Party with two notable California Dems still in place?

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is the largest caucus within the Democratic caucus in the United States Congress with 83 declared members, and works to advance progressive issues and positions. It was founded in 1991 and now has more than 80 members. The original House members were: Ron Dellums (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Thomas Andrews (D-ME), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), our representative - Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Additional House representatives joined soon, including Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). She dropped out after she was named Speaker of the House.

So now you can see how much of a distinct choice you have in your 35th Congressional District vote on November 2nd. A clearly focused conservative against an incumbent described by Sean Hannity, a well-known radio/television talk show host as "perpetually hysterical" also described by Mark Levin, a liberal talk show commentator, as the most liberal congresswoman in office.

Think this election through everyone. Either you vote left and send our country spiraling out of financial control, or you bring in Republicans and Conservatives who will de-fund reckless legislation passed in the Democrat-controlled 111th Congress. If you have any doubts about the financal time-bomb that is ticking, look to the right at our federal debt, as it climbs $100K a second!

Speaking of 'Progressive," have you noticed that over the past two years the insurance company with that name has put forth "Flo" relentlessly on television to sell the brand, and quite possibly a belief system. You see, the man who runs the company is a multi-billionare who is ranked second in America as the biggest contributor to socialist, make that, "progressive" causes.

Coincidence, or not?

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A CHANCE TO COMMENT

I was at an event with Bruce Brown in Inglewood last week when I mentioned to a young Latina (about 23 or so) that I had started this blog and encouraged her to sign onto her PC and comment on any or all of the topics being covered.

In turn, she set up the most memorable moment of the campaign for me when she replied: "Nobody has ever asked me to comment on anything before."

This to me, gets to the heart of this Congressional campaign, one that should appeal to all who live in District 35, not just a tight group in the Maxine Water's entourage.

And this comes just prior to the article in the Los Angeles Times yesterday morning that essentially said Hispanic-Americans were moving more to the democratic party when it came to voting for a Governor and a Senator. (It was the lead story yesterday on the front page, a Monday morning, the big weekday read for that liberal newspaper, coincidentally.)

No mention of the Congressional races, however.

To pick up trends here, our team is talking with many people from all over the area Bruce Brown seeks to represent. And what we are hearing and reading is that the Hispanic-American voters throughout California are more conservative than the Democrats (and the L.A. Times thinks) and want to savor freedom as much as anyone.

Polling is being conducted in all major communities in District 35 and when all is said and done, you will see what the comments are in the results soon to be released.

And speaking of comments, please do. Just click the comment box on any of the postings and make your thoughts known about the election. If you want to put in your nickname, initials, whatever, go for it then sign off by clicking anonymous, unless you have a website link and want to put that information in too.

We have put much time into making this site as interactive as possible, so please join in!

Your comments are most welcome...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

THE 'NUT, NUT' ON THE BRUCE BROWN CAMPAIGN

O.K., O.K. What does one particular Congressional District election have to do with anything? Why should you think much about who will be responsible for leading us in the House of Representatives?

The California Republican Party offers some opinions with some humble interjections on my part:

America has prospered under the two-party system because one party has always served to check the excesses of the other. Often, both parties agree on the problems, or used to, less often do they agree with the solutions, more so now than ever. The root of most their differences has been perspective.

Now, in my opinion, all has been thrown like goop at the wall by a liberal administration and Congress (House and Senate) that is pushing an agenda to create a socialist society the majority of Americans does not want.

The President is leading the effort in this regard; after, all, he said he would change America, but not the way most who voted for him thought. So he won with the Moveon.org crowd and the other usual suspects in the liberal insurrection -- Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Charlie Rangle and the person named along with Ohio's Dennis Kusinich as the most liberal of members of Congress, our own Maxine Waters, in tow.

Well, you might have heard all of this before. The Presidential election is in 2012 but there are those in his retinue listed above who are facing the stern prospects of losing their districts to 'We the People'.

So back to the CRA report -- Republicans believe in solutions, which are decided upon and implemented by the people themselves, through their locally-elected representatives. Republicans believe that the solution to America's problems lie in the greatness of the American people.

On the other side of the aisle, Democrats, of which I, admittedly was one for 32 years before I saw the radical shift to the left in mid-decade, tend to stress a powerful centralized bureaucracy aimed at solving local and national problems from the top-down - a method which, after 40 years of trial, is a proven failure and will churn an outright economic tsunami if we don't start fixing this mess beginning November 2.

I remember listening to political scientist Charles Krauthammer recently when he said that even John F. Kennedy, my childhood hero, would not be admitted to today's Democratic Party because JFK would be considered too conservative in today's party environment by the Democrat powers to be.

It may be too late to "Fix congress and Energize the District," as Bruce Brown says, if clarity is not restored this election in Congress among thoughful, strategic thinkers like him. In biz talk, that is the 'nut nut'-- the term businessmen and women use to describe what the bottom line is when it comes to getting a desired result.