CA-04, CA-44: Defenders of Wildlife Getting Involved?

You all might remember how Richard Pombo's exit from the House was given a boost by a coalition of environmentalists calling themselves the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund. They created ads and mailers bashing Pombo's shoddy record of protecting our natural resources and were quite successful.

They've now turned their attentions north to CA-04 and John Doolittle. In fact, they're releasing a radio ad attacking Doolittle for his repeated denials of the existence of global warming. The ads, located at Headsinthesand.org, have also been customized for other Western state global warming deniers like CA-44's Ken Calvert, Arizona's Rick Renzi, New Mexico's Steve Pearce, and Nevada's Dean Heller.

link (Doolittle mp3)

link (Calvert mp3)

The mini-sites on Doolittle and Calvert have a lot of information like their enviromental legislative scorecards, news updates, and total campaign contributions from industries like oil, automotive, and electric utilities. You can also take action by sending a constituent letter.

I love when opponents are defined early. Clearly global warming will continue to be a major issue in 2008, and the Defenders of Wildlife are placing corrupt and vulnerable members like Calvert and Doolittle squarely in the denial camp. The fact that they are jumping aboard suggests that they see real potential in both of these races.

(P.S. As the end of Q2 nears, you're going to hear me asking you to donate to Charlie Brown's campaign a lot, so why don't you just go to the Calitics ActBlue page right now and get it off your to-do list?)