CA-04: Kos on Dumping Doolittle

by Bob Brigham [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

In response to a new CQ Politics story on the Jack Abramoff scandal sinking John Doolittle, Kos says:

The California netroots has been gung-ho on Brown as of last year, though McNerney's ultimately victorious effort against the odious Richard Pombo in CA-11 grabbed the lion's share of attention.

I'd say this underestimates the support in the CA blogosphere as of this year.
Markos (who is a member of the CA netroots) is giving Brown front page love and the Blue America actblue page already has hundreds of donors. Lots of love too at the Blue America page (run by two Californians: Howie Klein and John Amato, along with retired Californian Jane Hamsher).

The California netroots have already put together real world fundraisers this year for Brown in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. In fact, Brown has over 1,000 donors across actblue.

Brown was a huge hit with the netroots at the CA Democratic Party convention in April, with Kossacks at the June YearlyKos fundraiser, and an equally huge hit with the Californians at Yearly Kos. At all events, it was remarkable to see how many activists are on a first-name basis with the candidate. This breadth and depth of support helped Brown win DFA's first Grassroots Allstar endorsement.

In short, I'd say we've been pretty gung-ho this year (and are only looking to escalate).