Doug Ose / MTA's obsession with Per Diem

Part two of: Doug Ose's 10 Year History of Censure and Hostility toward Central Committees.

Did you know why Doug Ose got censured by so many Central Committees and Republican Organizations? His consultant, McNerney-Temple is obsessed with using legislative Per Diem as a basis to attack Conservatives.

Problem Number one - It is OK for Ose to take his per-diem in Congress because he is not a Conservative. This is what McNerney Temple (MTA) is saying by omission.

Big Problem Number One - Ose attacked Barbara Alby for NOT TAKING PER-DIEM in 1998. He ran a coordinated radio / mail campaign depicting Alby in Hawaii. His evidence that Alby was derelicting her duty were blank roll books in the state legislature.

Alby refused to sign roll so that she would not get paid per diem. Ose's attack against Barbara Alby was so despicable that two Republican Central Committees took the unheard of action of publicly chastising Ose over his campaign ethics.

Ten Years later, McClintock is getting attacked for taking per diem. I suppose if McClintock was not taking his per diem, we'd see ads of a man in a Scottish Kilt in Disneyland with his family while the rest of the legislature was working. Does that sound far-fetched?

Given the fact that Doug Ose is now scraping the bottom of the barrel, pulling out all the stops in order to damage McClintock as much as he can - anything is possible. Make no doubt, McClintock is crushing Doug Ose in polling taken recently, yet Ose continues his barrage.

As I have written several times over the last few days - Tom Cole and the NRCC are spectators once again while establishment types are attempting fratricide to prevent the new blood that can bring the GOP back from the brink. (The MainStreet Vision for the GOP - Conservatives Go Home)

Big Problem Number Two - Jim Brulte, Bruce McPherson, Dean Andal, Jim Battin, Tom Harman, Rod Pacheco, Gary Miller and Charlene Zettel all retained the services of MTA. I will lay odds that every last one of them took Per Diem while serving in the State Legislature. (Battin and Harman are still sitting Senators)

McNerney Temple needs to drop their obsession with the 4th CD race and get back to Dean Andal. They have let Andal swing while trying to slay the great Conservative Dragon.

Big Problem Number Three - The Per Diem arrow has only gained a spirited and unified Republican base - against Doug Ose.

All this, and no one has asked Doug Ose about his per diem while in Congress. Why?

Per Diem is a non-issue to the voters, but it has allowed us to see a window into the soul of the Doug Ose campaign.

Like the National Republicans that keep losing seats, while wondering why - I will defer to a comment by my friend Lee Reed:

(To) John (Stoos):

When the political debate focuses on solutions, it is in a positive iterative loop. Some "solutions" will be winnowed out for one good reason or another. You mention keeping contract protections is a good example. It will survive the iterative process and be a necessary condition to the ultimate solution. Half-baked conditions will drop out.

Dog whistle politics...too liberal...too whatever...is the lazy and ineffectual road to good governance...

"Dog whistle politics" - Per Diem attacks.

"When the political debate focuses on solutions" - Doug Ose loses, because his values are out of touch with the Republican mainstream.

"Some "Solutions" will be winnowed out for one good reason or another." - Doug Ose is going to be rejected by the voters on June 3rd. It is time for him to suspend his campaign.

Don't worry Charlie Brown, you're next on the "winnowing" list - even Ose's assistance won't be able to help your campaign. Tom McClintock is not John Doolittle.