Democrats were simply hoping to win some political points by getting their outlandish rhetoric published in the newspapers and heard on the talk shows.

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After much speculation on January 10 2008 John Doolittle announced he would finish his current term and not run for re-election. Doolittle defeated Brown getting 49% of the vote to Brown's 46%. Fundraising commissions from Doolittle campaign revenues
Sierra Dominion charges Doolittle's campaign and his Superior California Political Action Committee a fifteen percent commission on any contribution that Julie Doolittle helps bring in.

In the 109th Congress he held a leadership role as the Deputy Whip for the Republican party in the House. John Taylor Doolittle (born October 30 1950) American politician was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009 representing California's 4th congressional district.