• Political donations are often made with some kind of self interest in mind. Hank Shaw of the Stockton Record looks at the $5,000 donation to the No on 93 campaign by Bill Berryhill, an Assembly candidate and brother of Assemblyman Tom Berryhill.
He would replace Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian, who is termed out.
That is, unless Proposition 93 passes. Which might be why Bill Berryhill gave $5,000 to defeat the measure.
• The California Republican Party is still in debt.
• Sen. Barack Obama is getting some help on the airwaves from a 527-group in the Bay Area.
• LAT's Dan Morain asks Sen. Tom McClintock about who he's going to endorse now that Fred Thompson has dropped out of the GOP presidential hunt.
He's leaning toward Ron Paul, but he's not certain yet. On his own blog, McClintock wonders what might have been with Thompson, "Freddy, we barley knew ye," the Thousand Oaks conservative laments.
• Meg Whitman for governor? The billionaire head of eBay is stepping down from her job and is talking to GOP operatives about plotting a bid to be California's top executive.
Let the Democratic spin begin! Steve Maviglio writes, "Great. Just what we need. The possibility of another Republican gubernatorial candidate with zero policy experience but with a fat wallet."
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