"...I think our Party is in trouble..."

boy, you just can't beat analysis like that, can you.

fwiw, i think boehner will stay on because he's the only republican in the house who can cry on command.

Picking Lungren is like going with a pyromaniac for a firefighter. Should make for a nice wingnut bonfire.

Ah, Lungren.....

187.... 209.... 227....

And the marginalization of the California Republican Party.

Keep up the good work, Dan.

Why the morons in Roseville elect a carpetbagger like Lundgren to replace a criminal like Doolittle is beyond me. Maybe there's a time/space warp going on east of Sacto & they all think they're in Orange County.

Go figure!

If the Repubs really want to drive themselves into oblivion, they'll elect Lundgren. Maybe that's as good a reason as any to support him.

What is it with Republicans and their incessant tango with the permanent? One minute their crowing about their permanent majority, and the next their crying about their permanent minority. What is permanent about something that changes every few years?

We all need to write Lundgren a letter begging him to bring the GOP back to its wingnutty roots.

Good times.

And that's the problem the Republicans face. There simply aren't that many moderate Republicans left in Congress. Either they've been primaried by a more conservative Republican or beaten by a moderate Democrat.

Pretty soon, the "moderate" Republican will be eligible for the Endangered Species List.

Why the morons in Roseville elect a carpetbagger like Lundgren to replace a criminal like Doolittle is beyond me.

Doolittle's seat is the 4th District seat contested in this election between Tom McClintock (R) and Charlie Brown (D)—the result of which is still not certain—not the 3rd District seat that Lungren was re-elected to for a third consecutive term this year.

Though there is an indirect connection, I guess, as Doug Ose, Lungren's predecessor in the 3rd District, ran in the Republican primary (and was defeated by McClintock) this year for the 4th District seat.

I wouldn't dismiss Lundgren. He's has Gingrich qualities, e.g., is a ferocious partisan and relentless ambition. If he represents the "new" generation of national Republican leadership, expect more of the same approach.

Yes, but how is Lungren at crying? Can he make it look manly, like he's so angry and frustrated that he can't control himself? john Boehner has pretty much cornered the market on manly sobbing, andf if he gets an opportunity to turn on the waterworks, it'll be...well, all over but the crying for Lungren.

I live in Lungren's district, a typically and weirdly gerrymandered parcel ranging from parts of Sacramento to a thin thread in the CA Sierra foothills. His opponent '06 and '08 has been Bill Durston, an ER doc, a former Marine and Vietnam vet (our boy Danny didn't serve), and progressive. Durston was beaten soundly but showed traction in '06; he came very close this year and has already announced, although maybe not officially, for '10. Lungren, btw, is both a former state Atty Gen and, for a period, a US Rep. from southern CA. When this CD opened up, he moved. Durston had hilarious if awful to look at footage of Dannyboy hanging out around a pool in basketball-long swimsuit/shorts and a truly awesome slab of belly during a lobbyist-treat trip to Hawaii. Basically Lungren's a Rep. toady and lockstep marcher: voted against S-CHIP, for example, although there are many who truly need it in this area. He may be challenging Boehner in order to beef up his otherwise unremarkable, undistinguished record in the House. That said, facts must be faced: he's slick. We'll be supporting Durston again; he's a good guy, a nice man, and has the courage of a lion. This is early, but if in '10 you've got $25 to spare, please consider him.

Plus, his name is Boehner. Shouldn't that be reason enough?

Lungren is a lunatic, even moreso than Boner. He's perfect!

Lungren's exactly the man to change the Republicans from the elephant party to the irrelephant party.

Sorry.

If the economy wasn't in the crapper, this would be the bestest christmas ever.

Every time I read about republicans seriously thinking they need to go even further right, I just want to yell, "Damn skippy. Be loud and be proud, make sure the entire country gets the message that you are no longer dancing near moderation."

Lungren is not really all that ultra-conservative, he's more of an empty suit that just goes along for the ride.

Also, cmdicely: Lungren has been the representative in the CA-3 district for two going on three terms now. The carpetbagger is in the CA-4 district where the votes are still being counted. This moron from near Roseville voted for the Democrat.

Given that while Boehner is a moron, Lungren is a TOTAL moron, this is good news for the Republicans (if you wish them ill, as I do).

Dan Lungren is a 24 carrot jerk, and always has been. He is mean and arrogant; a simply wonderful combination that makes me wonder why anyone in their right mind would give him a job serving the public.

In the height of the HIV-AIDS epppidemic, before the new drugs, he did his level best to close all the medical marijuana dispensaries in the Bay Area, and tried to defeat prop 215 (which he could not do), and then ran for California Governor and was soundly beaten by a Democrat, Grey Davis.

I was hoping that I had seen the last of him but that was not to be; he somehow managed to get elected to Congress in Northern California when he is from the Southern part of the state. Selfishly I was hoping to see no more of him, but if there is anyone worse than Boener it would be Lungren.

Also, cmdicely: Lungren has been the representative in the CA-3 district for two going on three terms now. The carpetbagger is in the CA-4 district where the votes are still being counted. This moron from near Roseville voted for the Democrat.

I think you are responding to "kindness" (who I quoted and responded to), since what you are saying is pretty much the same correction I made, but in different words.

Since I have a Moderate Republican as my Congressman (Greg Walden) I'll send him a letter to urge him to support Lungren's bid.

PS: I did not vote for Walden, and he won the district with about 70%. Overall, Walden isn't all that bad.

It would be great to have the Republicans move even further to the right. Let them believe we're still living in a Center-Right country. It will make it that much easier to clean their clocks again in '10.

Another comment from Lungren's district. I never, ever, understood his appeal. I've never heard anyone talking about anything he's done in Congress (unlike, say, Doolittle who represented my neighbors living about half a mile away). At the same time, he has massive name recognition from his governor run, and that seems vital to his success (and McClintock's for that matter).

IMHO, the PRIMARY reason Lungren has repeatedly won is that this is a deep red congressional district which reflexively votes Republican. It's a bad place to try to represent as a Democrat.

Good news Durston is coming back around for another stab at it. It's amazing he did as well as he did this time around, and I really think the repeated exposure makes his name seem more electable on the ballot.

Another from the Sacto area here. Lungren is in my mind most known for his stint as an attorney general. I can't list his accomplishments but my impressions of him are that he is an evangelical wingnut who will be amongst the rethungs standing on the step renaming food "freedom fries" and shouting "under god" while saying the pledge of allegience. He is Palinesque in worldview, but a lot more saavy. Plus as mentioned above, he is ambitious. He does have the dangerous ability to be calm while spouting craziness which makes him appear almost rational. Make no mistake about it though, he is a nutbag. He would prove to be smoother than Boenher which makes him dangerous.