The result is a political conservative's guide to colleges that, perhaps predictably, portrays American academia as a vast liberal wasteland. So far, the group has rolled out the bottom two-thirds of its list. When it comes to California campuses, the group has an upbeat view of Malibu's Pepperdine University, while the second-tier UCs are portrayed in terms that would make a Republican's blood boil. Below are excerpts. California Watch will circle back when the website gets around to rating Cal, Stanford and UCLA.