California’s dysfunctional politics may be about to spin right off its axis. Sixty-seven days into a budget crisis longer than any other, Governor Schwarzenegger may be facing a recall. Live by the sword…

It’s really no wonder the GOP put a has-been Law&Order actor and a former Democrat onstage Tuesday night. There’s hardly any actual GOP officeholders in Saint Paul this week. Their reasons for not showing up are novel, to say the least.

Talk about finding the right punk for a dirty job.

Barack Obama’s presidential campaign agreed to three debates against rival John McCain this fall and announced that Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) will handle the Illinois senator’s negotiations.I wonder who McCain will send to negotiate with Rahm? Ted “NO!” Stevens is kinda busy with a primary and seven indictments, but maybe this guy has some spare time?

Jesse Helms brought in a new era of campaign advertising with his Hands ad. It’s starting to look as if the McCain campaign is planning for this year’s race to be his legacy.

Hey there, Log Cabin Republicans — how’s the view from under that bus?John McCain’s position on California’s marriage amendment has officially switched from supporting the voters’ right to define marriage as they see fit to endorsing efforts to prohibit same-sex marriage by amending the state’s constitution, according to a statement by the Log Cabin Republicans.

Happy LGBT Pride Month! To celebrate Pride, last week presumptive GOP Presidential nominee John McCain met with his party’s LGBT group, the Log Cabin Republicans, in a secret meeting that wasn’t on the candidate’s public schedule.

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This message from the Courage Campaign landed in my inbox today: Get this: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to headline a “yacht party” on Friday in San Francisco. This is not a joke. …

Arnold keeps doing embarrassing stuff.

Defending lobbyist-paid junkets for California state legislators, he said it was good for folks from small towns to get out and see the big world.