The members must be too old and tired to do the legwork and due diligence required to find a real candidate.

Great news for Janet. The GOP will be united this time around and she has a very good chance to hold this seat, even against trial lawyer turned doc lobbyist Joe Dunn.

This website has very thoroughly documented the poor judgment and immaturity of Ms Janet. The endorsement by the Lincoln Club is simply lazy.

Can ANYONE honestly say she is the best choice for OC Republicans? ANYONE???

Given the complete domination by Republicans on the Board of Supervisors, how about taking a little risk? How about taking a couple months to actually find someone who will serve the Party and the community well.

LAZY... LAZY... LAZY!

Holy cow! I predict at least 30 comments on this one...

The LC did the right thing and the fact they did it unanimously speaks volumes. Janet is doing a great job, exceeding expectations. She is going to win reelection and be a strong GOP force in central county for a long time.

Scott Graves is right so let the bashing begin. Once again the Lincoln Club acted in haste without fully analyzing the political situation on the ground.

I guess they didn't learn their mistake from the last special election.

So will Bustamonte now endorse Janet as well? Does this give him the green light?

The Dem's have Loretta Sanchez, I guess the Rep's have got to have their version.

Monkey Business, are you insulting Loretta Sanchez? Janet may be 20 years younger than Sanchez, but, n/m.

I suppose the LC Board, Scott Baugh, et al sat around and decided they just didn't have the time, enthusiasm, or energy to find an alternative. They endorse Janet now to get her off their plate so they can focus on bigger things.

After all, Baugh needs more time to run around playing presidential paddy cake with the Romney group and the Lincoln Club strategery team needs more time to figure out how to be relevant on the national stage with a $100k budget.

Meanwhile, the not-so-glamorous, but all-too-important local stuff takes a back seat.

Focus people.

This is a very smart move by the Lincoln Club. Janet is the only one who can hold on to this seat for the GOP and the Club knows it. They were wise to get out early and help unite the Party. Look for more major endorsements to follow, as I bet this is part of an orchestrated move by Scott Baugh.

Basher, while hearing that I am right about something is always music to my ears, I took your comment to suggest that it was me who wanted the "bashing to begin." Not so.

I want vigorous and open debate. Janet seems to spark a lot of it on this blog. The "bashing" as you put it appears to be natural part of the process, right along with the cheerleading being done by Eldad Taylor and Thank You LC.

This is a pretty good signal to Democrats that despite Janet's outreach to some Dems in the District, she'll be a traditional, conservative Republican and toe the line on partisan issues.

B.R. said:
"This is a pretty good signal to Democrats that despite Janet's outreach to some Dems in the District, she'll be a traditional, conservative Republican and toe the line on partisan issues."

I don't agree. All this means is that the Lincoln Clubers have no where else to go and they got burned so badly backing Bustamonte with multiple candidates that they want to avoid a GOP food fight. They also want to get out front of the New Majority making an endorsement.

LC's endorsement of Janet, an incumbent, is not surprising. She will be hit by all sides. The Dems will show up in force in the '08 Presidential Election. Janet already gave them plenty of ammo to shoot at her. Let's count some of the ways (so far): the secret donation accounts, the multiple lawsuits and FPPC complaints, the extravagant office expenditures, the unneeded (taxpayers') Little Saigon office, the split Viet votes, etc.

She'll have a tough race whoever the Dems throw at her. Janet needs to make peace with her opponents, and fast, or she'll sink with her own baggage come election time. Good luck, Janet, and good riddance.

Congratulations to Janet on this important endorsement. Now if the Van Tran crowd can exert some self restraint and get off her back maybe we can keep another good republican in office on the BOS. Otherwise, the Van Tran "machine" may hand this seat over to a Dem. Bad move for all.

Not your fathers Republican--

I'm sticking with what I said. You may be right about how the lincoln Club views this but so what? The reality is that for Democrats she will be just more of the same. She'll be endorsing Reps for partisan office and probably run for one of them herself. Dems have no incentive to support her.

"Dems have no incentive to support her."

Can't argue with that.

janet is a footnote in the making. She will not survive the next election. Beef forgot to mention the immigrant bashing Janet did last election.

Pretty soon you will see her "friend" Michelle Martinez feel the pressure from the left to stop playing with the Republicans. She will leave Janet in the cold.

Latinos are not going to forget the "I came to America The Right Way" line from janet.

Van Tran has had it with her and her antics. She keeps trying to kiss Van Trans ass to get back in his good graces but its not going to work. You have burned those bridges beyond repair janet. You need to gorw up little girl.

Don't blame it on anyone for your own problem that you have caused, Janet. You are your own worse enemy and everyone knows it, but you. How odd? Your days are numbered when the Dems go after you. The Dems will also put in a Vietnamese candidate, not to mention other Viet candidates, in addition to Trung Nguyen, in this Supe race for good measure.

The LC and the New Majority can't help you with the luggage that you carry around. Instead of making peace, you are still waging war against your opponents. How stupid can you get, Janet? For starters, attend charm school.

Why do you all hate Janet Nguyen so much?

Democrat Kim Oanh Lam Nguyen can take out Janet Nguyen.

Dr. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam is a formidable candidate and can easily take out Janet for the supervisor seat if our Party would back her.

I doubt the Van Tranites would support Dr. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam. Although she share her Vietnamese background with Van Tran; her politics are a far reach from his conservative viewpoints.

Why don't you Janet-haters find something better to do with your (obviously unlimited) idle time than bash her. She IS a Republican. Do something constructive rather than spread your hatred and acid comments just becuase you jealous that she won.

Dr Lam will not run for the supervisor’s seat. She has a re-election for the GG School Board to win. And she will win it. She is a professional in the education field and not a very political person. She is on the school board because she loves children and is very passionate about education.

Janet will recoup the 10% lead in the Vietnamese vote that Trung took last time. The Vietnamese hold high regard for those in power and will not want to see Janet lose the race to a non-Vietnamese because Trung and van are out for revenge. But again the majority of Trung voters will stay with Trung but I think 20% will go over to Janet’s side to keep a Viet in that seat.

That said, this is a Presidential year race. Voter turnout will be much higher compared to the special election for Supervisor. And the Vietnamese vote will be diluted by much higher turnout. Thus Janet will lose the seat because Trung will sink her in the Viet Community enough to make her lose.

Combine that with the countless burned bridges Janet has in her wake. Many former supporters of Janet will turn on her and work for her opponents. Combine that with the blatantly racist mailings Janet did in her last race and her ship is sunk when a larger than usual Latino vote turns on her and votes for her opponent(s). Combine that with the ire of the white community for the antics of Trung Nguyen and the anti-communist rallies in Garden Grove and no votes from that community are going to any Vietnamese candidate.

In the end, Janet is living on borrowed time. Her tenure in the BOS is finished.

Can ANYONE honestly say she is the best choice for OC Republicans? ANYONE???

I have to agree with "Not a fan of Janet 9/14/07 1:40PM.

How the Lincoln Club can find its way to endorse a candidate after she opens a county office in Little Saigon with tax payers money to act as a competing welfare office with her rival Van Tran is beyond me.

This just does not seem like the type of thing that the Lincoln Club, a conservative organization would find appealing. Let alone worthy of their endorsement.

Are we to believe that the Lincoln Club has now signed on to the idea of distributing welfare to a population that is just a stones throw away from the county seat because they are too lazy to travel the 10 blocks to Santa Ana to get their welfare distributed to them?

And why is Janet, an avowed conservative taking this type of action? Since when is it the goal of a conservative republican to distribute welfare in a more efficient manner?

I guess the Lincoln Club will do anything to protect an incumbent with the R designation next to their name regardless of their actions which are contrary to conservative thought and ideology.

Or maybe Janet has offered some Lincoln Club members space at the trough of government largess and excess in exchange for their endorsement.

Either way, the Lincoln Club has sold out.