San Diego Politics Blog

2 of the conservative candidates for the 50th congressional district are touting new endorsements.

Former left-wing radical turned conservative champion, David Horowitz, has endorsed State Senator Bill Morrow for Congress.

Meanwhile the North Coast Republican Club has endorsed Howard Kaloogian.

It’s funny, it used to be that Kaloogian was announcing prominent national endorsements and now he is focusing on local support.  Morrow used to brag about local in-district support and dismissed Kaloogian’s national endorsements.  Now the two have sort of switched roles.

I saw this column in the San Diego Union Tribune.  I’m not too crazy about a candidate for office feeling obligated to turning over their income tax returns if they want to run for office.  We already have a hard time getting good common folk to run for office.  It’s becomming more and more a field of the professional politicians and self-funded millionaires.

One of the better known conservative activists and Internet gurus of the GOP, Steve Frank, has a writeup where he predicts Howard Kaloogian will win the GOP battle for the 50th.  Frank says Kaloogian’s emphasis on building an Internet grassroots army will put him over the top.  Read his column here.

Professor of Political Sciene at San Diego Mesa College (and lecturer of all things politics at USD), Carl Luna, predicts in a column appearing in the San Diego Union Tribune that that former Congressman Brian Bilbray or State Senator Bill Morrow will win the Republican race for the 50th.  Read his thoughts here.