Doolittle Insists He'll Run Again
Sacramento Bee: (h/t Nate)
Rep. John Doolittle defiantly declared Friday that he will not retire from Congress despite increasing Republican concern that if he runs for a 10th term next year, the seat could fall to Democratic challenger Charlie Brown.
"I will not step aside," Doolittle said in a telephone news conference. "I am running again. Period."
Doolittle was upbeat , even jubilant in the 20-minute session despite a week in which Republican pollster Chris Wilson said the Roseville congressman was trailing Brown by double-digit numbers months before the November 2008 general election. Also, a federal grand jury heard testimony this week from three of Doolittle's aides subpoenaed in connection with the investigation of his connection to jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
But Doolittle dismissed his Republican doubters - three of whom have said they either will or think they might run against him in the Republican primary next June - as "weasels."
Thankfully, for all of us who actually care about Congress (instead of, you know, use it to feed their grandiose egos), Charlie Brown officially declared his candidacy today. He is donating 5% of his donations to charities serving local veterans and victims of the recent Angora Fire in Lake Tahoe, something he plans to do for the rest of the campaign. You can support Charlie through Blue America.
Dolittle, Craig and Vitter. Keep running! America needs y'all.
Another shovel full of dirt/shit combo on the political grave of the GOP. Its all good. Run Dolittle Run.
Cool!
Ratfight!
Doolittle is a rat. Weasels eat rats. Go weasels!
Support doolittle for Congress!!!
We can always use a "do little" repuke to give us comic relief, and to continue the culture of coruption
Col Kilgore @ 2:
Run until you're pooped out. In your case literally.
Col Kilgore @ 2:
Indeed, we at Bear Republic Action Group are planning on having our Sacramento-based blogmate doverbeesting covering this race.
Stay tuned.
Well, why shouldn't he run? He'll be in good company. Plenty of other known repiglican crooks, theives and liars are running again too.
Why should just he have to leave the sandbox?
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Charlie Brown's the man. Doolittle should be making license plates in the slam
Good...the prison system needs more residents.
The fourth is glad to hear you're running again John.
We want the pleasure of taking you apart.
Sacramento Bee? Is that Samantha's sister?
Doolittle's declaration that he'll run again is like a precious gift. Although the national Republicans will now try to force the northern California GOP to close ranks around a designated rival in the primary election (for fear that multiple opponents will allow Little John to get the Republican nomination via a small plurality in a splintered electorate), the fact is that Doolittle has spent years gathering into his own hands the reins of GOP power throughout his large district. While a few ambitious allies will peel away to pursue their own advancement (Assemblyman Gaines, for example), most of the local party stalwarts will probably stand by the man whose creatures they are. I think Doolittle is a good bet to win renomination as long as he is not actually indicted by the time of the primary election. That will set up a November rematch that Charlie Brown is extremely likely to win.
Suspect his strange confidence is based upon snagging CA's electoral system.
Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't it appear he's assured of a theft?
Yeah, and considering how incompetent the Democrats are, this corrupt thief will probably win too!
i'm sure they call him "do little" for some good reason...
Tony @ 15:
Col. Brown did damn good in the last election.
He came with in striking distance in a district that has been a Republican bastion for decades.
Watch the entire state of CA go berserk if asswipes like doolittle override the popular vote with an electoral coup.
Pelosi will do little other than blink rapidly.
Oh happy day.
Between dingbats like this and the republican lust for minors and gay sex to support their family values, America, after the 08 elections will be a one party country.
Then you will see the economy pick up tremendously, unemployment will be eliminated because we will have to build so many prisons to lock these crooks up.
crazylove @ 18:
I'm not to worried.
Arnold has already started signing treaties with other countries.
E. Z. Rider @ 19:
Ha! Ha! Ha! I really thought you were going to say..."so many prisons to lock our fellow citizens in".
For what you propose I think we'll need torches and pitchforks (favorite new phrase).
"Doolittle"? Oh. I though you meant Bush.
Norcal @ 20:
What sort of treaties and which countries? Not worried about the electoral effort to steal CA red?
Like any "good" Mormon he believes corruption in the name of feeding your family and district is no sin
and sining in the name of Moroni is no corruption. Any religious Republican can identify.
crazylove @ 23:
They're enviromental treaties but treaties none the less.
And of course I'm worried about attempts to steal votes in California.
But if there's an open electoral coup It's DC that needs to worry not California.
Norcal, wish I had your confidence. Once they get their hooks in something (uh, as we may have noticed since '00 nightmare began) prying them loose from entrenchments hasn't given us much more than a step 'n' fetchit congress and senate.
But they ARE screwing themselves without their help, but that's not helping us yet. They're just thinking up new ways to steal from bothersome voters.
All any of these people care about is keeping their seat so they can continue to line their pockets.
Wasn't this guy one of the guys who signed the Contract on America???
uh... wasn't Terms Limits one of those items????
Yes, Doolittle is one of the signatories of the 1994 "Contract with America" that helped the GOP gain control of Congress that year. Doolittle was already in office, have been previously elected. The Contract called for term limits for members of Congress and Newt Gingrinch claimed that the GOP had met their pledge by holding a vote on term limits (although the vote went against term limits). Doolittle claims to believe in term limits, but hasn't said anything about them (that I've noticed) in a long time. Maybe he forgot that he opposed long terms of office. Folks in his district can remind him next year.
By the way, the effort to split California's electoral vote in presidential elections has very little to do with Doolittle's congressional campaign. Congressional elections are always by popular vote: whoever gets the most votes wins. No electoral stuff. The only question is whether there is actual vote tampering. Judging from the vote Charlie Brown got in the last election, coming within three points of Doolittle in a very Republican district, I'd say the counties conducted a pretty clean election. With Doolittle under so much scrutiny and at such odds with his own party bosses these days, I think his ability to skew the vote is even more limited than it was in 2006. Besides, the California secretary of state is laying down a hard line on electronic voting machines. Even in his tailor-made district, Doolittle will be in big, big trouble in the 2008 election.
....well, Bill Clinton.....
The Rethug Wingnuts think it is the norm to be criminals.
Run Idiot, Run!
Moron..show a repug a shiny coin and he'll throw away everything for it.
Shades of Bob Ney, or Bob Ney redux.
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