There is no Dan Lungren with name ID and a “Conservative Label” to split votes away from Rico in this tilt.

As I have been researching Doug Ose, it has been an unbelievable expose’ into a man who at best is a Moderate Democrat and at worst a mole in the GOP.

Doug Ose attacks Republicans and gives money, aid and support to Democrats.

The Club for Growth took out a tax and spend Republican in Maryland – an INCUMBENT! This district is very similar to CA-04… look at this:

Polls taken in the weeks before the election showed Gilchrest and Harris neck and neck, but last night Harris won 44% to 32%, with 95% of the precincts in Maryland Congressional District 1 reporting. State Sen. E.J. Pipkin placed third with 21%.

This race was one of the most difficult I’ve ever seen. When we endorsed Harris, it appeared it would be a simple race with Andy challenging the incumbent. Then just before the filing deadline, Sen. Pipkin entered the race. We were concerned he would split the anti-incumbent vote. Worse, Pipkin spent nearly $1 million out of his own bank account and much, if not most, of that money was spent on false attacks on Harris.

As you can see, Club members played a vital role to ensure the Harris campaign had the funds needed to fight back. And our PAC told voters the truth about the big government records of both Gilchrest and Pipkin.

This was no small victory. Gilchrest is an 18-year incumbent who has staved off challengers twice before. Although he is an economic liberal Republican in a conservative district, he had the advantage of incumbency and endorsements by President Bush, Newt Gingrich, and former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele. Gilchrest’s campaign also got a $180,000 boost from one of the biggest most liberal labor unions in the country, the Service Employees International Union!

But none of these advantages could overpower his liberal record of voting for tax increases and outrageous pork projects, especially when contrasted with Andy Harris’ strong economic conservative record. As a State Senator, Harris led the fight against taxes and voted against six out of nine state budgets because they spent too much.

MD-01 is a conservative district-Bush won 62% of the vote here in 2004-so we can rest assured that Andy Harris will have no trouble in November and will be joining other fiscal stalwarts in Congress next year. We can look forward to great things from Andy Harris.

Perhaps the most important consequence of Wayne Gilchrest’s defeat is the message it sends to other liberal Republicans in Congress. When liberal Republicans come to the House floor to vote in favor of a tax increase or for a new bloated government program, they will have to ask themselves: Will the Club for Growth PAC use this against me? Will Republicans in my district toss me out like they tossed out Wayne Gilchrest? The more congressmen who ask these kinds of questions, the better off American taxpayers are.

Doug Ose – welcome to the Rico Oller Resurrection… there is no Pipkin/Lungren in this race.

If the President of the United States couldn’t help your fellow MainStreet Partnership member – a whole bunch of local endorsements aren’t either.