Sidhu Campaign Says 33rd Senate Race "Wide Open" According To Poll

This just came over the transom from the Harry Sidhu for Senate campaign:

33rd SENATE DISTRICT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY POLL RELEASED

“Polling shows race wide open with Anaheim Councilman Sidhu receiving considerable favorable ratings”

Anaheim, CA – Today, the Sidhu for State Senate campaign released polling results from a snapshot poll done in mid-January in the 33rd Senate district which proved that the race is wide open.

The poll was conducted by Competitive Edge Research among 400 likely Republican voters.  It had a margin of error of 4.75% with a 95% confidence level.

While both leading candidates are relatively still unknown in the Senate District, when voters were asked the question of who they would vote for if the election were held today, 15.9% answered in favor of Assemblywoman Mimi Walters while 19.9% answered in favor of Anaheim Councilman Harry Sidhu.  64.2% remained undecided.

The polling also showed that in the areas where Sidhu is known, he is extremely well-liked receiving no negative impressions.

Pollster John Nienstedt of Competitive Edge Research gave the following analysis.  "The race for California's 33rd State Senate District seat is wide open.  Harry Sidhu has strong support among older voters which should provide a key boost in a low turnout primary.   Most importantly, 80% of those who know Sidhu have a favorable opinion of him.  This bodes well for the coming campaign as voters in the 33rd learn more about Harry Sidhu.”

Additional information on the Sidhu for State Senate campaign is available at www.joinharry.com.

Comments

[free Anaheim]

I was impressed by some of the things I read about Sidhu until this Disney controversy. By siding with Disney he has lost my vote. Shame on Disney for sueing our city.

[redperegrine]

I'm not sure that Disney's motives and methods were all that great, but 1500 units on 26 acres. Man, that's almost 60 units an acre and 10,000 car trips a day at one of the busiest intersections in Anaheim.

[The Trouble with Harry]

The trouble with Harry Sidhu is you can't trust him. How many positions has he taken on this issue so far? 3?

[Hat Trick]

Holy Cow

I this race is over. Swear Harry in now.

Harry you have won !!!!- put a stop payment on that last check you sent Coronado Communications

[Taxpayerconcerns]

There's "no trouble with Harry" and he can be "trusted" by the taxpayers - look at his position on the land near Angel Stadium. Harry spoke up for the taxpayers and now $200 million for this land is a possiblity for what was going to be given away for only $50 million. Glad to see that Harry has good name recognition. All in Anaheim and surrounding cities know that he is a true friend and supporter of the taxpayers. Go Harry!

[The Trouble with Harry]

Spare me! Harry spoke up because there were microphones and newspaper reporters nearby for whom he could perform his "champion of the taxpayer" act.

A few years ago, when he was getting ready for his first council run, Harry asked a now-former Anaheim councilman whether he should run as a Republican or a Democrat.

Harry is all ambition, no principles.

[jimmy camp]

to do any polling and then to release it 15 months before a primary is a complete waste of time and money. outside of anaheim, no one knows or gives a crap who harry sidhu is, and just to be fair no one outside of mimi's district knows who she is either. the republican donors that they are trying to impress with this useless information are far to sophisticated. if harry sidhu is that restless....send him to south county

[flowerszzz]

Free Anaheim, Harry is against Disney's position last I heard - did he change his mind?

[The Trouble With Harry]

Harry was against Disney's position last year, then voted in favor of it last month, and now he's putting forward a "compromise" that nobody likes.

Who knows where he'll be next month.

Harry should call Tom Wilson for some tips about running against Mimi. She is a tough campaigner.

[ConservativeView]

Harry's a tough campaigner, too. Mimi should call Diane Harkey before she spends her and her husbands' millions running against Harry. It's not going to be an easy ride for Mimi.

[Art Pedroza]

Jubal,

Is it true that you deleted one of Larry Gilbert's responses to this post re Sidhu? What is up with that?

Thomas Gordon says you deleted one of his posts recently as well, regarding Pulido.

I thought you cared about the integrity of your blog. Deleting posts just because you disagree with them is BS.

For the record, the only posts we delete at our blog are those in which Stanley Fiala goes insane and uses bad words (usually F-bombs). And WE NEVER delete your comments. I would hope you would reciprocate when my bloggers visit your site. Is that too much to ask?

[Jubal]

Art:

Get a grip and break your usual pattern by actually knowing what you are talking about before flinging accusations like a monkey in the zoo pelting visitors with excrement.

I didn't delete any comments by Larry Gilbert. Larry didn't even claim as much. Try reading your own blog a little more carefully. Larry is an AOL user, and they sometimes have problems posting comments for reasons beyond my control.

I didn't delete any of Thomas' comments -- at least not any he made under his own name. I've deleted a couple during the last few days that have broken the well-known rules of this blog.

Anyone claiming that I delete comments because I disagree with them is an idiot or a liar, or both. A few mnutes spent reading the comments here would make that that clear to all but the most obtuse. If I deleted posts just because I disagreed with them, Art, most of yours would be gone.

I do care about the integrity of this blog, Art. That's why, unlike you, I don't allow people to post lies, gossip, and personal attacks on people. On your blog, anyone can post the most outrageous lies about anyone else as long as they don't use the f-word. Here, we have standards.

[Bill Braski]

Art, calling Jubal out on a rumor that you've heard which may or may not be true is inappropriate. If you don't like the way this blog is run, then don't come here. Gloating about how you run your blog better on a similar blog is disrespectful.

If you have a problem with alleged inappropriate behavior, take it up with the source, not in public. You're better than that.

[flowerszzz]

Art - you were looking for an example of what you do - here it is...once again you throw up inaccurate information and then walk away. You thrive on negative attention....

[Jubal]

You're better than that.

Unfortunately, Bill, this is Standard Operating Procedure for Art.

[flowerszzz]

Here is the disclaimer that pops up after you comment on Art's non-censoring blog - lol

Comment moderation has been enabled. All comments must be approved by the blog author.

Hmmmmm, sounds like censorship to me.

[Art Pedroza]

Flowerszzz,

Believe me - if we lift the moderation we will be inundated with Stanley F-bombs. It has happened before, so now we just have to moderate the posts.

Jubal,

BS. Thomas told me he put up a post about Pulido and his hybrid car and you guys deleted it. How was that post contrary to your standards?

[Art Pedroza]

Jubal,

Question - who is running the Sidhu campaign?

[Johnny Slash]

Harry Sid-who?

[flowerszzz]

Art - you can put a 'bad word' filter on the posts.....the Register has one...and it will not allow the post if it has bad words. Or you can check the blogs posted more often, like Jubal does. I have posted on your site before and the posts did not make it up on your blog.

[Running Harry]

Coronado Communication is GC and I suspect Sam Wo will be handling the day to day.

Sam did a great job on the Bilbray campaign.

Good luck guys. I love primaries.

Sam Who? Send him a map to OC and give him a course in primary elections. Much different then Generals, right Duane?

[Pedrozabot]

Question - who is running the Sidhu campaign?

Keep it up, Art! You're once again proving Flowerszzz correct. You get called out for blasting someone based on wrong info, and instead of apologizing you simply change the subject.

Typical.

[jimmy camp]

Art: you can post lies, gossip, and personal attacks on people, say the f-word, and even throw poo like a little monkey anytime you want on my blog... http://www.jimmycamp.com/blog.html....
censorship is un-American.

[Jubal]

Jubal,

BS. Thomas told me he put up a post about Pulido and his hybrid car and you guys deleted it. How was that post contrary to your standards?

Are you and Thomas talking about this comment?.

[Jubal]

Maybe next time you can hold your horses and wait for an answer before wagging for finger in my face.

[Jubal]

P-bot:

Art didn't drop the matter -- he kept on making the accusation.

[Jubal]

Jimmy:

Then are slander and libel "American"?

[Good job Jubal]

Jubal,

Well said, both to the idiot Art Pedroza AND to Jimmy "Pass the Bong" Camp.

Your high standards are greatly appreciated by those of us who still believe being Republican requires us to lead by good example.

BTW, why do you EVEN bother with Pedroza? Like you said sometime back, "You'd have better success arguing with a cat." He is to this blog what he accuses that Stanley guy being to his blog. I'd rather read the "f" word with truth than the lies and rumors that Pedroza regularly spews forth (not that I want to start reading foul language anywhere).

[jimmy camp]

Jubal:
According to Websters Libel is defined as:
...a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression b (1): a statement or representation published without just cause and tending to expose another to public contempt.

And slander is simply defined as.... : the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another's reputation
2 : a false and defamatory oral statement about a person.

For example, a previous blogger called Art Pedroza an idiot. In order to prove libel or slander you would have to prove that Art is not an idiot. However, he did insinuate that I am a marijuana user by referring to me as Jimmy "Pass the Bong" Camp. That clearly falls under the definitions of libel and slander. I do not use marijuana and could easily prove it with a urine test. However I do not believe that the government should put the previous anonymous poster in jail because of his comments. His comments are his opinions, even though they are false. Sort of like Ann Coulter calling John Edwards a "Faggot". So yes, at times the allowance of libel and slander is completely American.

[redperegrine]

"However I do not believe that the government should put the previous anonymous poster in jail because of his comments."

It can't. Libel and slander are tried as civil offenses.

[Duane Dichiara]

"Get a grip and break your usual pattern by actually knowing what you are talking about before flinging accusations like a monkey in the zoo pelting visitors with excrement"

This is the funniest damn thing I've read in a while.

[Morning Coffee]

Why is Art Pedroza questioning Matt about someone else's post? Shouldn't the poster ( Thomas Gordon) have asked the question?

and

Art said to Matt-"I thought you cared about the integrity of your blog."

That's a real hoot since it comes from someone who runs, or allows the running of the IP addresses of the posters on OJ.

Taken from a recent post on the OJ blog- "Attention readers! Post 6 and post 13 came from the same IP address. Draw your own conclusions."

Granted, the above was posted by an Anon., but it had to be someone with access...and, if Art personally didn't post this, he should have removed that post and put a stop to this practice, but he didn't! Yet another demonstration of Art's integrity!

[Anonymous]

The last two comments came from the same person. Duane Dichiara and Morning Coffee are in fact the same person.

Now, I have no knowledge whether or not this true. I do not have access to the internals of OC Blog.

Like me, it is possible that the anonymous IP poster to ojuice is completely making things up. I take comments like that with a grain of salt because you never know when an anonymous commenter is telling the truth.

Frankly, I would expect anonymous commenter on Art's blog to make stuff like that up because as Art says, as long as there isn't an "f-bomb" nothing will be deleted.

On this blog, I would expect a comment like that to be deleted. Hopefully Jubal won't delete this one because of my wild accusation.

This blog is helpful and informative for those interested in OC politics, particularly the 33rd race. it's rather unhelpful when 80% of it is devoted to blogger v. blogger personal attacks and an idiotic legal lesson on defamation. i'm looking forward to its return to politics.

[Jubal]

It's been four days and have yet to hear "I was wrong," let alone an apology from Mr. Pedroza for his latest ready-fire-aim accusation.

Why am I not surprised?