Boring is what most legislative sessions are, but California's last hours were anything but. Shouting, attempts to cut off debate by turning off opposition microphones, and a literal waving of the rulebook marked the close of the Legislative season in Sacramento this week. Many bills were on life support, seeking to crawl their way to the Governor's desk, but died in the chambers as its supporters failed to get the votes to pass them.

Among the firearms-related bills that didn't make it out: Read more »

Boxer gets a big boost with a personal Obama appearance for her California Senate seat.

Other successful Obama stump stops in the past few months:

• Martha Coakley, candidate for former Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy's seat, 2009
• Jon Corzine, Governor re-election in New Jersey, 2009
• Creigh Deeds, Governor-candidate for Virginia, 2009

(Hint: All 3 seats went to the Republican challenger.) Read more »

As part of the weekend round-up, I'll be briefly going over a few stories that caught my attention as the week was winding down:

Black, said the pot to the kettle. In this case, It's Microsoft accusing Google of anti-trust violations. This is rich, coming from a convicted monopolist. Read more »