First off, let’s look at what Coloniel Klink has to say:
(note: Eric Kerry-Egland isn’t the only one with a military nickname)

Auburn Journal Article about Doolittle Staying in the race

Roll Call Article where Coloniel Klink takes aim at every GOP candidate for the 4th Congressional

First off should be the glowing comments at the end of the article that Mike (No Dam(n)) Holmes had for Charlie Brown. Second should be how Brown did not return the favor in the roll call article.

Democrats see Republicans equally. Moderate Republicans as evidenced by these articles see themselves as more in line with Democrats and would rather distance themselves from other Republicans. I’ll go one step further as evidenced by No Dam Holmes’ behavior in the last cycle – he supported Charlie Brown and the above linked Auburn Journal article shows no change there. (except this time, former RINO congressman Pete McCloskey is out of the closet as a Dem)

Ted Gaines has been an excellent County Supervisor. However, he has had a penchant for endorsing bonds / taxes on the local level and endorsing Democrats for local office. (this is a common pitfall local electeds are guilty of) Mark Klang points out that Ted has endorsed pro-union school board candidates on his blog.

Ted’s is in office largely due to John Doolittle’s support and the other local electeds that have supported him. Ted seems to have made a major miscalculation in entering the race.

People in the donor community have shared with this blogger that they are not happy about Ted’s decision. Local electeds I have talked to are not going anywhere with regard to their support of Congressman Doolittle.

This is evidenced in the talk about Scott Leslie (Tim’s son), Eric Hogue (Mark Williams Favorite) and Roseville City Councilman John Allard as potential candidates to come in behind Ted for his 4th Assembly seat. In addition, this blogger knows that former supervisor Jim Williams has been approached about running for Assembly as has Kirk Uhler (current supervisor and Lew Uhler’s son).

Ted made a comment when announcing his ‘exploraritory’ committee, stating that the voters have “lost confidence in John Doolittle’s ability to lead”. People thinking about running against someone don’t make comments like that unless they are committed.

This leaves Eric Kerry-Egland. The reactions this blogger has been getting to that characterization tell me that is right on target. Eric Egland is the John Kerry of the 4th Congressional – he used John Doolittle’s campaign to get himself recognition and his team had been planning to turn on John dating back to early 2006. (Betrayal)

In addition – Eric Kerry-Egland tells everyone he meets that he served in Iraq. This should be offensive to every veteran out there that Military service gets reduced to being a campaign tool. I will continue to expand on all these points in future posts, especially about Kerry-Egland.