On Scott Walker
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is a good man who has done many good things for Wisconsin since first being elected to the State Assembly and continuing through his tenure as the head of the largest county in the state.
His campaign, of which I was a part for the first six months of 2005, helped bring many important issues to the forefront. Had things worked out differently, Scott could have been a strong leader for the State of Wisconsin. Perhaps his day may yet come some day.
His abrupt withdrawal from the race for Governor had been rumored for a few weeks. But it comes as a shock nonetheless.
I would expect both Scott and his former opponent, Congressman Mark Green, will handle this exit with class and grace.
Today is a tough day for Scott, his family, his campaign staff and the thousands of donors and supporters who had been working on his behalf for many months.
But it will prove to be an even worse day for one other person.
Jim Doyle.
It's Doyle vs. Green now. Green can continue to build his warchest. He can rearrange his campaign schedule and budget to reflect a seven and a half month general election race. He can direct 100 percent of his attention on Jim Doyle.
As we speak, the Greater Wisconsin Committee folks, the Tribes, the trial lawyers, and WEAC are gearing up to blast Mark Green with the most vile onslaught of negative political advertising Wisconsin has ever seen.
Time will tell if the Green Team is up to the challenge, but one thing is certain. That team got a whole lot bigger, and a whole lot stronger, this afternoon.
More, much more, on this in the hours and days ahead.
7 Comments:
Please don't forget to mention the dedication, determination, and loyalty of his campaign manager and good friend of mine, Bruce Pfaff.
"As we speak, the Greater Wisconsin Committee folks, the Tribes, the trial lawyers, and WEAC are gearing up to blast Mark Green with the most vile onslaught of negative political advertising Wisconsin has ever seen."
How do you make this stuff up? Apparently you haven't been reading the hysterical press releases that the idiot Delaporte has been belching out each day. And wait until the WMC smear machine gets rolling. You ain't seen nothing yet...
Decent post also by Ragnar on the good character of Walker....of course could stand to lose that anti-Pfaff attitude. Definitely makes 'em sound small, clueless and spiteful. Whose advice does he think Walker was following when he cut his losses anyway?
Anon (2) asks how you can make this up with Delaporte sending out releases? Well, Delaporte's releases won't have millions in Tribal Gaming money behind them this year.
Hey, Anon, ever read that garbage Winieke sends out each day? Well, probably not, since no one else bothers to read it either, I guess.
Some of this is a little silly. Walker got out because (1) the support was not there and (2) obviously a family discussion among repubs led to new options for Walker if he got out.
All of this is fine; its healthy politics. But, the penchant for elevating Walker and hi decisionmaking to the level of mother Thersa/Winston Churchill is just goofy.
WHINEYKEY is already at it.
Since the general public has no idea of the difference between caucuses a group of Assembly/Senate members in the same party, which is what Green was in charge of, and caucus staff lets just muddy up the waters. Hell of a shrill way for an incumbant to start 7 months out.
As a conservative, I won't vote for a candidate who supports an ethanol mandate, so I guess I'll have to stay home and let others decide between dumb and dumber (Green and Doyle, respectively).
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