June 16, 2008 - 3:38pm
Doolittle to campaign for McClintock
By Alex IsenstadtJohn Doolittle, the retiring congressman who is under investigation for his ties to jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff, appears likely to campaign for state Sen. Tom McClintock, the Republican nominee for Doolittle’s Roseville-area seat.
“We’re talking about doing a couple of events and we’re putting them together,” said Doolittle spokesman Dan Blankeburg. Blankeburg declined to provide any further details, adding that the two sides had only talked in what he called “conceptual terms.”
McClintock is fresh off a victory in the June 3 Republican primary against Doug Ose, a former U.S. congressman. Doolittle declined to endorse in the race, saying he liked both candidates. Doolittle had supported Rico Oller, a former member of the state senate and state assembly, before Oller withdrew from the race in March.
Stan Devereux, a spokesman for McClintock, confirmed that the campaign had set up a meeting to discuss Doolittle’s support for McClintock.
McClintock is facing off against in November’s general election against Democrat Charlie Brown, a retired Air Force officer who narrowly lost to Doolittle in 2006.
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This is really high concept!
I wonder if they discussed the concept that a congressman not running for reelection, because he is running from an investigation for public corruption, is going to endorse a pragmatist candidate from his own party.
If he should win, all we can expect from an incomming congressman from the minority party is a few years of vitriolic statements mailed out at public expense. At least he won't be able to sell his support for very much cash.
Because
of the stench of corruption.
Dr. Barbara O'Connor Of Cal. State University at Sacramento said, " .... his endorsement would carry a lot of weight that people don't want to be reminded of."
Yawn? Getting hard to keep the Republican scandals in order isn't it?
No surprise
Why wouldn't Doolittle, a Republican, endorse the Republican in the General?
YAWN.
Is this wise ....
... to have the under-investigation-for-corruption, who only narrowly won the seat in the last election, retiring Congressman embrace the Republican candidate? The same congressman whose fellow Republican congressmen gave $40,000 for his legal defense then forced him to withdraw from the race? I would think the candidate would rather not embrace the aura of corruption it entails. That it would reflect badly on him to have just one degree of separation between himself and Jack Abramoff the K Street lobbyist who is doing time right now.
Rather like McCain and Bush.
Whatever, I wouldn't remind the public about the Jack Abramoff scandal if I had to elect Republicans to congress but that's just me. If the good people of 4th district don't mind a lobbyist ... er, congressman with stronger ties to K Street then Main Street.
Freshmen congressmen don't throw much weight in congress. Minority congressmen, like the incoming freshman Republicans, even less.
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