The Left Stuff
Left Stuff Blog: Sorry, Aaron. Rick Santorum Was No Hillary Clinton
I had to chuckle last night when my Republican rival commentator Aaron McLear suggested, with a straight face, that the GOP primary battle royale between Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney was just like the battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton during the 2008 primaries.
The Left Stuff Blog: What Really Went Wrong with the California GOP’s Pension ‘Reform’ Effort
There’s been plenty of hand-wringing during the last week about the decision by California Pension Reform to suspend their effort to put a measure on the November ballot that would have slashed retirement security for millions of Californians.
The Left Stuff: California Republicans Still ‘Dying at the Box Office’
Nearly five years ago, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger smacked his own party for being out of sync with California voters. “We’re dying at the box office,” he told delegates at the California Republican Convention. And little […]
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Steven Maviglio
Twitter: @stevenmaviglio
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Steven MaviglioSteven Maviglio is the Principal at Forza Communications, a Sacramento-based Democratic public affairs firm. He was the campaign manager for Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and worked as the deputy chief of staff for California Assembly Speakers Bass and Nunez. He was also the press secretary/communications director for Gov. Gray Davis.
Maviglio worked as a Capitol Hill and Clinton Administration aide and was a New Hampshire lawmaker for six years.
