Charlie Brown

I went to a fundraiser for Charlie Brown tonight, who is running against John Doolittle (CA-04), not in our district but nearby in the Sacramento suburban foothills. We can't vote for him, unfortunately; we are in a safe Democratic district served by Mike Thompson.

He served in the Air Force for something like 25 years and has a son who is about to leave for his fourth tour in Iraq.



Here he is and his wife is the woman on the left side of the picture.







Ambassador Joseph Wilson (husband of Valerie Plame) was there and spoke. He was quite funny. I shook his hand at the end. They have twin 6 year olds. It was interesting to hear his perspective. He is looking forward to a change in this government! He was an appointee of George H.W. Bush and was Ambassador to Iraq during the first Gulf War.