« previous | MUCK HOME | next »
Doolittle Staffer: It's Not Over till It's Over
Pretty uninspiring stuff. Here's what Rep. John Doolittle's (R-CA) staffer has for pushback of yesterday's report that he won't be seeking reelection. From the AP:
On Monday Doolittle indicated he would soon disclose his plans."I am writing to invite you to a Team Doolittle Briefing. Please join with our key supporters for news about our plans for 2008," Doolittle wrote in an e-mail to supporters that was posted on a political blog in his district....
Separately, Doolittle organized a staff meeting for Wednesday and invited some former aides, according to one of the people invited. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the event was not public.
Doolittle's chief of staff, Ron Rogers, said that Doolittle met quarterly with supporters and the events were nothing unusual.
"His current plans are to seek re-election," Rogers said.
"I'm not going to speculate about what's going to happen in the future," he said.
Update: Here's video of a testy Doolittle shot back in 2006, just before he narrowly won reelection in his heavily Republican district:
Josh
Zachary
Please, Rep. Doolittle!!! For the sake of the country, RUN JOHN RUN!!!! Nothing is more important!!!!! You must do it, John, because you are NEEDED in the House!!!!!! We need you, JOHN-BOY!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! !@!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Never give up, John.
January 8, 2008 1:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
And Doo will put his "considerable influence" behind Rico Oller to succeed him. Rico is, easily, the biggest a-hole I ever dealt with in Sacramento. While I hope that there's no way he can be elected (go Charlie Brown), if he does get in, we will all wish that Doo was back.
January 8, 2008 5:41 PM | Reply | Permalink