Bilbray was just on Hedgecock's show.
If elected, he would enter Congress as a senior member, a HUGE plus.
He's 100% dedicated to border control AND fixing the horrid traffic boondoggle in the North County corridor.
This is no time for personality games. It's a matter of who can accomplish most.
"If elected, he would enter Congress as a senior member"
Actually, he probably wouldn't. He would just have more seniority than someone sworn in on the same day, but since he'll be running on a special election, whoever gets elected will come in ranking 435th in the House. Sometimes the Speaker (or Minority Leader, as the case may be) will offer an ex-Congressman part or all of his old seniority if he runs, but in a heavily Republican district where Bilbray isn't needed to hold the seat I doubt that Hastert will offer anything to Bilbray---why would Hastert piss off the dozens of Republicans with less than 6 years of seniority who would be stepped over by Bilbray?