Ann Coulter, who, of course, should be dragged out onto Market and 16th streets and throttled within an inch of her life for her conflicting political views, will be coming to San Francisco in August for a fundraiser for a Young Republicans group. Fun! The Chronicle's Joe Garofoli has the details: "The connection is that Coulter is old pals with new SF GOP chair Harmeet Dhillon. They met when Dhillon was in law school at the University of Virgina at a Federalist Society meeting at Harvard University 20 or so years ago. 'I think there were 250 men there and three women' Dhillon tells us, including Coulter." more ›

Several months ago, when Schwarzenegger was getting killed in the polls, his flacks kept on telling supporters to relax, that everything will be fine and that once the Governor and his huge war chest get into campaign mode, the battle will be joined. Consider the battle joined. This week, after much brain-wracking, the Governor's campaign people unveiled their big campaign weapon: 70's parties! Or, as the Join Arnold says, "It’s a 70’s Party-- Featuring the best of the 70’s." What? Swingers parties, blow, and Skynard? more ›

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