Blog: Doolittle Won’t Seek ReelectionSay it ain’t so, John!
The California Majority Report reports that Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA), one of the long-time subjects of the Jack Abramoff investigation, “will announce that he will not seek re-election.” That could come as soon as this week, reports John Bresnahan of The Politico. Back in September, Doolittle proclaimed “I am running again. Period.”
Ever since Doolittle refused to plead guilty, the Justice Department has evidently been building a bribery case against him. Doolittle, meanwhile, has made quite a pastime of demanding that the DoJ fish or cut bait. All that tough talk hasn’t helped his fundraising, and his campaign has increasingly been drained by payments to his wife for her purported fundraising work. Things just aren’t like they used to be during the glory days before Abramoff’s downfall.