by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Now Doug Ose is alleging illegal coordination between Tom McClintock and a 501(c)(4) group headed by poster boy for Republican losers in the state:

A California-based group and other local officials filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint Monday regarding the alleged ties between an ex-aide to Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) and state Sen. Tom McClintock (R).

McClintock and former Rep. Doug Ose (R-Calif.) are in a bitter primary battle to face off against Democrat Charlie Brown this fall for retiring Rep. John Doolittle's (R-Calif.) seat.

At issue is the role of Steve Ding - an ex-McClintock consultant and former chief of staff for Pombo - and The Partnership for America, a 501(c)4 advocacy group headed by Pombo.

McClatchy recently reported that Pombo's group is organizing a $660,000 independent campaign in the 4th congressional district.

Whoever comes out of the primary is going to be tainted by multiple smears, and flat broke.  McClintock and Ose are both willing to risk that because they think the 4th District is automatically Republican, and they're underestimating the strength of Charlie Brown.

At their peril.

You can read on for McClintock's ties to Pombo and various Indian gaming groups.

by Susan Rowe [courtesy of Blog for America]

Coming to Northern California!

The DFA trainings are the best in the business.

DFA TRAINING NEXT WEEKEND MARCH 1-2

UC Berkeley Campus 

RSVP HERE:  http://www.dfalink.com/east_bay_training

 If you're looking to get the best hands-on training in the country for how to run an electoral campaign, join our friends from Burlington, Democracy for America, in Berkeley on March 1-2 (yes, the national organization is coming to our neighborhood, including DFA Chairman Jim Dean and Executive Director Arshad Hasan!).

Jerry McNerney Beat Richard Pombo in 2006 to win the 11th Congressional District seat with a tremendous grassroots-powered campaign.  Did you know it was DFA training in Stockton that fired-up and organized those grassroots, and DFA’s then Training Director Arshad Hasan who ran the Get Out The Vote campaign with 1,000 volunteers on the ground?

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

It's official. Disgraced former Congressmember Richard Pombo will not try and win back his seat from Rep. Jerry McNerney. "I spent 14 years in Congress fighting for what I believe in and doing what I knew was right," Pombo said. "But the fight is far from over." Indeed, now that he's finished trying to gut every environmental protection our country provides as a member of Congress, he's been hired on by a high-priced consulting firm to do the same. Who says life doesn't provide second chances?

Oh, and about those corrupt GOP Congressmembers, the Congressional Quarterly reports that Rep. Jerry Lewis' control over his seat is a "little wobbly," now that the Dems have been given sufficiently advanced notice about his ethics improprieties. It's a still a deep red seat, but we've got a shot.

But don't worry, the corrupt Cali GOP Congressional bench runs deep. Rep. Ken Calvert, who was recently appointed to the House Appropriations Committee to replace FBI raided Rep. John Doolittle (also part of the Golden State's proud GOP delegation), has his own ethical foibles. The usual improper monetary gains are there, but he's got a juicy prostitute story too!