Al Gore's appearance in Berkeley was very energized. That man still has a lot of motivation to work for issues that are important to him. And, all of a sudden, he's an impassioned speaker. Berkeley Bubble has it covered.
Charlie Cook's National Journal Campaign Race Rankings have bumped CA-11 and CA-04 up the charts. CA-04 (Charlie Brown vs. John Doolittle) has moved up to #46 from #41. CA-11 (Jerry McNerney vs. Richard Pombo) has moved up to #34 from #37. Neither race has received anything in the way of support from DCCC, but this is the year that we need to take these two crooks out.
Speaking of Doolittle, juls notes on dkos that he's pulling out all the negative tricks in his arsenal now. His latest? Calling people at all hours with a robocall that leads in with "Let me tell you more about Charlie Brown." Dirty and desperate...that's our 15% Doolittle!
More from CA-11 and CA-04: The USA Today, which I think has the highest circulation (I could be wrong), has a story about Doolittle and Pombo's connections to Jack Abramoff. Wow, more national attention for our dirty duo. You know, corruption never loves the light. Let's get the flood lights on these 2 crooks.
More from CA-11: McNerney is challenging a Pombo ad. Apparently Pombo didn't feel that it was really that important that he follow the rules. He didn't properly "I approve this message" on the end of the ad. Bad crooked Congressman, bad!
In other races, The Rogue on dkos points out David Roth's (CA-45) latest achievement of getting on the DCCC's emerging races list. You know that list is to me? Rahm's list of races that he will take credit for if they win, and he will blow off if they lose. But, Roth is a hard charger and would be a great Congressman.
