Steve Knight

Tomorrow (Thursday), Lee Rogers is formally opening his campaign headquarters in Newhall. They're having a little party, open to anyone in CA-25, the district in northern L.A. County/Simi Valley that he's running in.

Although Politico leaked the story yesterday, this morning, Buck McKeon officially-- finally-- announced he wouldn't be running for office again. If you're even a semi-regular DWT reader, you've known that for months. Buck's family has started a war industries lobbying firm and he'll be moving over there.

Get used to seeing pictures of New Jersey teabagger Steve Lonegan yellingSteve Stockman's deranged "John Cornyn-is-a-liberal" campaign really is something to behold.

Over the weekend, Lee Rogers, a nationally known surgeon and the former spokesperson for the National Diabetes Association, sent out a notice to his Simi Valley, Santa Clarita, Antelope Valley neighbors that today (Monday) is the deadline to enroll in Covered California for insurance in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act. "As a doctor," he wrote "I have a strong interest in making sure everyone gets affordable health insurance.

This week the Santa Clarita Valley Republican Assembly posted a resolution they had just passed on their Facebook page. Short version: "thanks, but no thanks." Santa Clarita Republicans-- not to mention normal people in Santa Clarita, absolutely detest Tony Strickland, the carpetbagger who switched districts from CA-26 to CA-25 this month. (People in CA-26 who contributed money because they preferred him to Julia Brownley, are just out of luck. He's not giving anyone their money back.) Anyway, here's the resolution:

People in Santa Clarita are breathing a sigh of relief that after more than 2 corruption-marred decades Buck McKeon is finally retiring from Congress to further disgrace himself as a lobbyist for the arms manufacturers and military contractors who have funded his congressional career. Good riddance! But if it were only that simple!