I received an email that Mary Pallant's signs are in. It got me wondering. Do you see many signs for candidates in your part of the county?

I see a few Rep. Gallegly signs but that is about it.

Also, I see that Gallegly owns a campaign bus? Has anyone seen it?

Suggest some names for his bus.

( If Democrats really want to win they are going to need some very creative minds. Check out this ad from Oregon that is a huge hit. In the comments section try to write a script for an anti Gallegly ad)

The Simi Valley / Moorpark Democratic club will be hosting several local Democratic candidates this Wednesday night at their club meeting.

If the election was held today would you vote for Mary Pallant or Jill Martinez?

Republicans, who do you think would be the strongest challenger to Rep. Gallegly?

Mary Pallant has shown to be more effective at organizing the party base ( which she would need to do to build a team to take on Gallegly) but Jill Martinez's background might be able to reach out to DTS voters more.

Either way, this campaign is Gallegly's to lose.

Oh yes, Michael Tenenbaum is also running. He has the most friends on myspace.

Gallegly has made his myspace website so that only his friends can see his stands on the issues and his record of conservative leadership. You can click here to see what it looked like before he blocked the general public from viewing it. Last check he had 3 real friends besides the 1 you start with.

The campaign for the nomination to take on Rep. Gallegly ( The fighting 24th) is building up in these last few weeks before the election.

Democratic candidate Mary Pallant has announced an endorsement by The California Nurses Association as she tries to build a coalition to win the nomination and to take the battle to Rep. Gallegly. Click on continue reading to see the press release.

There is a candidates' forum coming up put together by a local "Drinking Liberally" group. Democrats will be debating in a bar! Leave some questions as comments here that the moderators can use in the debate.

On a side note this blog has some new features that I need to explain. When i first started I didn't know that categories would ever be visible by the public. So, I didn't make very descriptive titles and I didn't assign every entry a category or categories. But lately I have been making new categories and adding more to the titles. I plan to update the titles as I go along by adding party affiliation and more. But for now don't read too much into it if there is information for one office holder and not another.

The recent comments feature can make it easier to follow a conversation. On the right hand side of the front page it gives a list of the recent comments, who made them, and on what entry they were made on. If you click on the short description it will take you right to the entry. Try it.

Thanks for reading and leaving comments. Traffic continues to grow at a fast rate.

Next Week The California Association of Political Centrists along with the Ventura County Star will be holding a candidates forum for CA 24 ( Currently Rep. Elton Gallegly).

If you could ask any of the candidates including the incumbent one question what would you ask them?

Here are my questions:

Democrat Mary Pallant: Many of the groups that support you are very liberal. Do you think you fit ideologically with this district?

Democrat Jill Martinez: Do you live most days in this district? If you don't , why not move here? Could I suggest a real estate agent to you?

Republican Michael Tenenbaum: What do you know about Rep. Gallegly that you haven't campaigned on? Is there some reason you think you can do better this time while spending less money? Would it be in the long term interest of your party if Gallegly lost in a general election?

Republican Elton Gallegly: When you first ran for congress in 1986 you said

"New ideas come with new blood .... I want to get the career politicians out of Washington and make them go home and live under the laws they've passed."

Were you wrong to run on that idea since you stayed in Washington for so long?

After all these years do is it fair for us to call you a career politician?

What questions would you like asked? Leave them in the comments section. You do not need to register to leave a comment.

On a side note: City Council Member Michelle Foster's website is up for sale. Go to electmichellefoster.com to buy it.

The antiwar movement in America isn't currently very well organized. But some of the groups or individuals that are organized have been announcing their support for Mary Pallant.

Click here to read the latest individual that has announced their support for Mary Pallant.

Click on continue reading to get the details of her latest fundraiser, this time with Norman Solomon.