California GOP Wasteland: Pombo gets a rival from his own Party...

It seems that former Republican congressman Pete McCloskey finds fellow GOP representative Richard Pombo 'an embarrassment' and has decided to take him on. Wow, it seems that the fallout of the GOP/Ambramoff lobbyist scandal (Pombo being one of the main beneficiaries) and Pombo's general assault on the Endangered Species Act pushed McCloskey over the edge.

"The party has shifted way away from the Republican values I knew,'' said McCloskey, known for his opposition to the Vietnam War while representing the South Bay a generation ago. "This man Pombo is an embarrassment," he said Monday as he opened his longshot election effort at a downtown Lodi restaurant.

It will be a tough race for McCloskey, but Pombo deserves the pressure. He is not doing his job as head of the House Resources Committee. He is mired in corruption connections and pays homage to oil interests. Pete decided enough was enough...

McCloskey argued that he's the true Republican in the race, because he supports "the four values Republicans have historically treasured: honesty and fiscal responsibility, limited government and environmental protection."

There is a thought. Even conservatives know the BushCo's path is the wrong path.