Unless President Bush is coming to California to hand over a check from the federal government to help us with the financial challenges we face, the visit seems ill-timed.

There's a great deal of frustration in the Republican ranks right now about the fact that the Republican leadership – whether Arnold Schwarzenegger or George Bush – is not making it a priority to close the border to illegal immigration.

He's put all his campaign eggs in the infrastructure basket; if it falls through, his campaign will be scrambling for a theme.

Now, the cult of personality has diminished and Gray Davis is no longer our nemesis. The Republican Party ... becomes very important, and he needs to make sure that those volunteers are engaged and enthused and willing to fight for him.

Governor Schwarzenegger's reelection is a year off, and nobody should read too much into what this election will mean. This election is about some significant issues.

Everything that Nunez does between now and November should be put into the perspective of turning out votes in the special election.