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Secretary of State Debra Bowen is understandably excited about the upcoming election.

Her facebook status message yesterday afternoon read: "woo hoo! 319,000 hits on the SOS voter reg website yesterday ... 33,000 forms downloaded ... 5761 registrations at Sacramento County's drive-through on 10/20."

And last night: "Debra is re-reading selected provisions of the California Elections Code. (It's more fun than you might think!)"

Karl Rove's quick reflexes are no match for a woman attempting a citizen's arrest today.

What does Cupertino-based Apple think about these four spoofs of their Mac vs PC ads?

One blogger determined that Apple employees have given $5,745 to Yes on 8, and $27,827 to No on Prop 8.

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Diane Fedele, president of the Chaffey Community Republican Women Federated, sent out a newsletter featuring stereotypes of African Americans and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's face on a fake welfare check to her membership.

That earned her scorn from across the political spectrum, including the unenviable distinction of being named "Worst Person in the World" by Countdown host Keith Olbermann.

Watch the video below.

The Cook Political Report today issued another round of changes in their House race ratings. Four races in the state saw their ratings changed.

The biggest shift occured in the 50th Congressional District where U.S. Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Carlsbad) is being challenged by Nick Leibham (D-Rancho Santa Fe). The rating was changed from Solid to Lean Republican.

A Survey USA poll of California voters finds that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) won tonight's debate against U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) by 56 to 28 percent.

Among independent voters, Obama won by a similar 55 to 29 percent margin.

In addition to shifting the rating on the 4th Congressional District race, the Rothenberg Political Report also added the 46th Congressional District race to their watch list.

Gov. Schwarzenegger says public safety is the number one concern and is "not concerned" about finding the money to take care of the fires raging across the state.

The governor tries to revive his emergency response initiative to add a surcharge on homeowners insurance which was rejected by the legislature earlier this year: "Some people got stuck in the ideology...debating over whether this was a fee increase or a tax increase...this is a perfect example that this is a bogus argument and debate, because it doesn't matter what you call it. What we need is the extra $140 million so we can buy the extra engines, the 131 engines and the 10 extra helicopters...because as we have always said, this is a new ball game now...There is no fire season...there's fire season all year round."

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