MSNBC host Rachel Maddow tore into the scandal-plagued Democratic Party of California on Wednesday night. She noted that the Golden State is dominated by Democrats and, while the state’s GOP is probably “beyond reviving,” the impression that the Democratic Party is corrupt at the state level has the potential to bring it back.

◼ Maddow: Number of Criminal Scandals Involving California Dems Could Revive State’s GOP - Noah Rothman/Mediaite

Maddow began by reporting that a series of raids were conducted across Northern California on Wednesday in which a variety of politicians were arrested. The arrest of Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) on gun trafficking and bribery charges made him the third Democratic lawmaker in state government currently facing a criminal investigation.

“Out of 40 state senators total, out of 28 Democratic state senators there are now three Democratic state senators with federal criminal indictments against them just this session, resulting already in eight felony convictions,” she said. “And yes, the Republican Party is essentially defunct in most of California and probably beyond reviving, but if anything can bring them back, it’s probably days like this.”

She said that the arrest of Democratic politicians in California coincides with arrests of Democratic elected officials in Rhode Island and North Carolina. She noted that none of these Democrats are federal or statewide officials. “But still,” she said, “today was basically Democratic catch-up day on the reasons why the word ‘politician’ has become an insult in our country.”

◼ The Big Dreams of Corrupt Politicians - The Daily Beast
◼ Anti-Gun California Senator Busted For Conspiring to Illegally Traffic Guns - Katie Pavlich/Townhall

Funny how those who call for more gun control for the rest of us tend to have problems breaking gun laws already on the books.

◼ ABC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS All Skip Political ID for 'Shocking' Corruption By Democrat Mayor - Newsbusters

Well, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina has resigned after being arrested during an FBI sting. Mayor Patrick Cannon accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes and then soliciting another million in bribes.

ABC, CNN, MSNBC and PBS on Wednesday and Thursday all covered the "shocking" corruption involving the Democratic mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Yet, while talking about the tens of thousands of dollars in bribes he sought, none of these networks identified Patrick Cannon's political party. Only a Fox News host referred to him as a Democrat.

◼ FBI Raids Assemblyman Bill Scarborough’s Office - New York Observer
◼ Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon resigns after arrest on corruption charges - Charlotte Observer

◼ ‘A Criminal Organization Masquerading as a Political Party’ - PJ Media

“Think of the Democratic Party as what it really is: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party,” my friend and fellow PJM columnist Michael Walsh wrote in 2009...

Certainly, at a minimum it’s safe to say that Democrats were rather active on the nation’s police blotters today. Since this is one narrative the MSM will never assemble (as they’re in on the fun), it’s up to the Blogosphere — so here we go.