Candidate for Republican nomination for US Senate
Former congressman (1989-1993, 1995-2001) and former California State Finance Director; Visiting Professor of Law and Economics at Chapman University; former candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, he is now a candidate for the 2010 Republican nomination for the US Senate
Former Congressman Campbell Makes a Bid for the Senate Tom Campbell is one of three Republican hopefuls for the US Senate seat of Democrat Barbara Boxer . He served five terms in Congress from Silicon Valley. He's been a state senator, director of finance for Governor Schwarzenegger and dean of the business school at UC Berkeley. His opponents are former Hewlett CEO Carly Fiorina and conservative Assemblyman Chuck DeVore .
Will Sacramento Resort to Paying Its Bills with IOU's If California runs out of money at midnight tonight, State Controller John Chiang says he’ll have to pay the state’s bills with IOU’s starting on Thursday. As we record this program, it appears that Republicans and Democrats may come up with a stop-gap measure. In the meantime, we get an update and speak with Chiang.
Will Proposition 1-A Finally Resolve State Budget Problems? After three months of deadlock, Governor Schwarzenegger and Democrats in Sacramento rounded up three Republicans to pass a budget . But they insist that a $48-billion shortfall won't be resolved unless voters pass six ballot measures on May 19. The most important is Prop 1-A , the Budget Stabilization Act, which would cap spending, extend recently enacted taxes, and enlarge the “rainy day” fund.
The week that wouldn't quit Will next week get even weirder? (Special one-hour episode)
Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.