Doug Ose has been touting his endorsement list and has been hiding behind it to avoid scrutiny for his liberal views and record. Those on his endorsement list may not have figured that Ose would use their endorsement to try and reinvent himself into a Conservative with his advertising. Maybe they did…

When it was Rico Oller versus Doug Ose, I called several on the Ose endorsement list and asked them why they were supporting someone as Liberal as Ose over a known Conservative like Oller. I was told by almost everyone I talked to that they did not like Oller – and that they would do whatever it took to keep Oller out of office.

In essence – they were voting no on Oller, not yes on Ose.

In the Chaos that has been the 4th Congressional District race there were several groups -

The Local Elected Doolittle Camp that have mostly migrated over to Ose.

There was the Liberal ABD caucus that were first out of the gate supporting their patron saint Ose after Doolittle retired. (see also Mike Holmes)

There was the Conservative ABD caucus that have migrated over to McClintock (Gaines, Egland, etc…) in the wake of Doolittle retiring and Oller’s three-week campaign ending.

There were the Conservative activists / electeds that migrated from Doolittle to Oller to McClintock… (Keene / Aanestad / CRA)

Ted Gaines is simple – I railed on him for being disloyal to Doolittle, nothing more. Gaines did not shift himself ideologically to Run for Congress – and after Doolittle retired, he endorsed Oller then McClintock.

The Local electeds had a little more to say when I called again after Oller retired from the race. I asked them, now that you have a Conservative you don’t dislike in the race are you going to dual endorse?

Before I had a chance to make those calls – an email went out with a bunch of signatures basically saying “carpetbagger go home” to McClintock. I found that ironic as at the time Ose was still a McCain delegate from another Congressional District. Then the campaign shifted to saying Ose is from Northern California – I started wondering why the Ose Emporers Club was solidifying around a non-issue in the campaign.

I asked people two questions – why not stay out? If you can’t stand Oller, and Ose is a liberal… why not stay out?

What about the Life issue? (Ose “F” from Nat’l Right to Life) What about the Gun Issue? (Ose “F” from GOA, D+ from NRA) What about immigration? (Ose “F” from FAIR)

I got responses of, “Ose has made promises”, “he answered my questions”... why not McClintock who leaves no doubt on those issues!?

These simple questions have led to several conspiracies -

What did Ose promise these people? One theory is a pay raise for the Placer Supervisors – something two of them I talked to said was patently false.

I have not reached the conclusion of the Doug Ose Emporer’s Club because I function in a vacuum.

When given every opportunity to switch from Ose to McClintock, they refused.

What are they going to do when Ose starts going negative on McClintock? Ose is down 38 points (49-11) plus an additional 14 points of polling room endorsed McClintock when Egland and Oller withdrew.

Ose is going to have to savage McClintock to have any hope of beating him in the Primary. That savagery will make my blogs look like child’s play – because Ose will have to continue lying like he is when he is calling himself conservative. He will have to assassinate McClintock with fraudulent claims.

Doug Ose has

Given money to Democrats running for office
been an established liberal on the issues
raised money against conservatives
assisted in attacks against conservative central committees

Tom McClintock has

been a champion for conservative issues
supported numerous Republican candidates for office
raised money for conservative candidates for office

Why choose a liberal icon like Ose and why stay with him after the “hated” Rico Oller yielded to Tom McClintock!?

To be Continued…