Not only is Ken Campbell taking on Ted Gaines, but Mark Williams has called him "John Doolittle Jr." Williams has lumped Ted Gaines, John Doolittle and myself into the group of RINO's that have sold the GOP out. I guess by default, Kerry-Egland is the only 'pure' candidate for office in the 4th.

Williams is not the only one to pontificate about there being some sort of deal for John Doolittle to retire and hand the seat over to Ted. This was plausible until Ted jumped the gun. (Courtesy of Eric Kerry-Egland getting in so early)

Add to this, Mark Klang, a former member of the Rocklin Joint Unified School District has a blog and his latest post is an interesting expose' of what has happened in that area. It basically blames Ted Gaines and people he has supported for several of the issues in Rocklin's Schools and the fact that the charter school there has been under attack by the Teacher's Union.

LINK to Klang's Blog

In summary - Kerry-Egland is trying to run to the right of Doolittle who isn't pure enough. (Remember, Kerry-Egland served in Iraq, so vote for him)

According to what is posted here and linked here, those authors are saying Ted Gaines supports hate crimes legislation and the teacher's union.

I guess forming an 'exploratory' committee doesn't exempt you from the fire.