Not Hardly – the dirty little secret is all that money Ose supposedly has comes with strings attached to it. (Recently, the Ose’s land just took a major drop in value with the Sacramento River levees getting downgraded by FEMA. More on that, later)

The Ose money has an interesting way of finding itself in the campaign accounts of Democrats running for office in the area. That isn’t so bad – because occasionally many Republican officeholders have had a few Democrats that they liked to help out as well.

With Ose, his membership in the MainStreet Partnership – an organization dedicated to attacking other Republicans in the primary for being Conservative and Pro-Family – gives you cause for concern. This gets even more concerning when you realize that Ose has given money to Democrat opponents of Republicans running for office.

This is a step worse than voting for a bad campaign finance law that protects your own interest while you were an incumbent. (Ironically, that law is going to screw Ose over trying to raise money to compete with McClintock)

I have blogged in the past that the MainStreet Partnership spent almost $200,000 assassinating the Character of Chuck DeVore (an assemblyman from Orange County), and MainStreet Partnership leader Christine Todd Whitman chose to support Jim McGreevey over Republican nominee Brett Schundler (in NJ gov race) almost exclusively over the Abortion issue.

When local Conservative activist Craig DeLuz, a long time resident of the Del Paso Heights / Robla area ran for City Council, Ose gave money to Sandy Sheedy. Sheedy lives in an exclusive neighborhood and has done nothing for Sacramento at all… other then keeping labor union bosses happy.

Did Ose support Sheedy because Craig is a Conservative? Why didn’t Ose stay out? Why has Ose consistently given money to entrenched liberals in office in this area against Republican challengers?

Back in 1998, when Ose was running for his seat in Congress, Ken Payne (known to local Placer GOP Central Committee / Sacramento Central Committee types) was on the ballot against Bob Matsui. Doug Ose refused to allow Ken Payne to have his picture taken with him – because the Matsui family and the Ose family are friends.

This underscores the choice for the 4th Congressional district – someone (Ose) who is in deep with local Democrats with a horrid voting record… or a true Republican (Rico Oller / Tom McClintock) that supports Republicans for office.

Look at Rico Oller’s legacy – Rick Keene / Sam Aanestad / Dan Logue / Craig DeLuz / founding the Placer CRA / of promoting the Republican team / raising money for county central committees. You can say the same about McClintock’s GOP legacy – then compare that to the Democrats Doug Ose supports and the Republicans he attacks…

Now, start asking why those supporting Ose are holding on for dear life in the face of Tom McClintock and his 60% poll numbers coming into the race. There is more going on here with local government support of Ose than meets the eye on the surface.