If RedState is to be believed, conservative pundit Larry Elder -- "The Sage from South Central" -- is in immediate need of a spine transplant.

One can arrive at no other conclusion after reading this piece, posted this morning from the California Republican Convention.

But is RedState to be believed?

According to "RS Insider" -- the anonymous blogger about whom all we know is that he/she registered on the site two years and seven months ago -- a story moving around the state confab over the weekend says that the black conservative talk-radio host/author met with officials of the National Republican Senatorial Committee several months ago to discuss a possible run against Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, and was told three things:

If he chose to run, the NRSC would not support him; the NRSC was already committed to backing former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's expected bid; and the NRSC expected Fiorina to lose to incumbent Boxer, but believed her candidacy could be helpful to the larger cause, by forcing national Democrats to put tens of millions into Boxer's campaign that could have better been spent elsewhere.

I'm just wondering:

Did these guys talk to these guys?

Dueling press conferences, on back-to-back days? Really?

Texas Sen. John Cornyn -- who took over the chairmanship of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 2010 cycle -- has only been on the job a few months, and already he faces a dilemma: What to do about Pennsylvania?

Should he fully back GOP incumbent Arlen Specter, even though the polls show Specter likely to lose a rematch with his 2004 primary opponent, former Rep. Pat Toomey?

And if he decides to fully back Specter, just exactly how should the NRSC's support be manifested -- with a pro-Specter, positive campaign, or an anti-Toomey, negative campaign?