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To: Theodore R.; fieldmarshaldj

That was Tom Campbell. I believe he's now a tenured professor at Stanford University. When Stanford offered him tenure if he taught full time (instead of part-time, with most of his time being spent in Congress), Campbell decided to challenge Dianne Feinstein in the 2000 Senate race, since I guess he figured that if he was going to forgo tenure at Stanford it might as well be for a 6-year job. Running to the left of Feinstein on social issues is no way for a Republican to mobilize the base, and he was defeated handily.

DJ, if I got any details wrong, please correct them (I was paraphrasing what I read in Mike Honda's page on the 2002 Almanac of American Politics).


4 posted on 12/07/2005 11:55:35 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

All true. Although a lot of Campbell's record was subpar - there was one thing that stood out. He had the courage to vote for Impeachment in a pro-Clintonista district. He could've taken the weasel way out or kept to a RINOista path, but he didn't. He at least had my respect as far as that was concerned.


6 posted on 12/07/2005 12:34:07 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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