Big shakeout this week on the GOP side.
First, Dave Reddick quit the Republicans, and is now running as a Libertarian.
Another GOP candidate, mint farmer Marcus Gumz, my codefendant in a marathon Freedom of Assembly battle after I rented his farm for the Weedstock Festival in 2000, passed away Sunday. I'll be making the visitation Friday.
Tommy Thompson has finally announced he's definitely not running.
This leaves Atty. Robert Gerald Lorge unopposed for now. GOP insiders are begging the off-cycle State Senators to go thru the motions, not finding a taker. Even if they do, the populist Lorge could pull it out, as he did for the Secretary of State nomination over the handpicked candidate 4 years ago.
It is no secret that former Virginia governor Mark Warner is running for president. So he's doing what candidates do--particularly candidates who are "unemployed," as he kept reminding us during his speech--he's talking to any assemblage of Democrats he can get his hands on. And trying to drum up all the buzz he can.
The buzz is where I come in: A couple of weeks ago I got an email from Warner's Forward Together PAC--and, yes, in introducing Warner, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle did joke about Warner's use of Wisconsin's motto ("Forward!") in the name of his PAC. Nate invited me to attend the Democratic Party of Wisconsin's Founder's Day (née Jefferson-Jackson) Dinner as a guest of the PAC and to blog the event. So here I will; follow me blow the fold for more pictures and summary . . .
According to his Friday press release, U.S. Sen. Kohl: Kohl To Listen To Concerns About Medicare Drug Benefit At Monday Roundtable In Milwaukee, (issued after Frist's announcement of the schedule,) Herb will be hosting a Milwaukee event on Medicaid Part D. If this holds, he's effectively a vote against cloture.
Who: Senator Herb Kohl, seniors, individuals with disabilities, pharmacists, and advocacy groupsWhat: Roundtable discussion on the challenges resulting from the implementation of Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit passed by Congress in 2003.
When: Monday, January 30, 2006 9:30 a.m.
Where:Wilson Park Senior Center
2601 W. Howard Ave
Milwaukee, WI
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