Hooley staffer looking for spot on Burner campaign

One of the reasons Darcy is struggling is because very few people believe she is qualified and that she really isn't someone who understands the District. She lives out in the woods and hasn't worked for years. Has never been on a single community board PTA, city council etc and her only claim to fame is getting hired at her husbands company and then never being promoted in her 6 years working there.

Adding someone from Oregon would essentially kill her changes of even tying. Many Obama supporters find Darcy disingenuous, awkward and bascially in it for her own agenda not to actually represent our needs. She is what we refer to as a "climber" and if she wasn't female wouldn't even be on the ticket.

I am a Hooley constituent. I have dealt with Joan a few times - all when making requests of Hooley's office. Joan has always been courteous, efficient, and effective. You should be ashamed of yourself for posting this nasty attack. You don't even have the respect to use your real name while doing so. Coward.

I've never worked for Joan, but have observed in her in action for many years. She did not ask me to post this, nor did I seek her permission.

There has been a low-grade bad-mouthing campaign conducted against Joan for many years, and much of it has come from a tiny faction in the district office who resented a having a DC person as their boss. And yes, Joan canned a couple of people over the years (on behalf of Rep. Hooley), and some of them never got over it and stay close to the anti-Joan faction. Now, as Joan prepares to turn the lights out on the Hooely office, that small faction, possibly with some new allies (Schrader insiders who want to be or pick the new Chief of Staff?), are yacking anonymously on blogs to try to make her radioactive. It's ugly, it's small, and it should not be trusted.

I certainly don't know all the details of the personnel decisions she and Congresswoman Hooley made over the years, but I agree with "Friends of Joan" that she deserves a ton of credit for helping Hooley hold that swing district. Joan is tough and smart, with really good political skiils. And I don't believe for a second that Joan has an unprofessional demeanor with constituents or her employees.

As for the charge leveled anonymously on this site -- that she improperly used campaign funds solely for personal purposes -- absent evidence, they are laughable. As long as her trips had a legitimate campaign purpose, it is immaterial whether she also enjoyed her husband's company on those trips. I've met Paul, he seems like a nice guy, and I sure hope he and Joan took full legal and conjugal advantage of every single district trip.

Finally, as for Joan being "desperate," I rather doubt it. Someone with her political skiils and experience will get snapped up pretty quickly in Congress.