Folks, we have a real chance to retire one of the longest tenured and biggest sacks of manure in Congress, Rep. David Obey (S-Wis.). For those of you new to our blog, we have chosen to replace D for Democrat with S for Statist.
In past years, Obey hasn’t even come close to being challenged since he first won election in 1969.
That’s about to change. Not only is 2010 shaping up to be an anti-incumbent year, particular “blue” incumbents on the side of advancing socialism such as Obey, the Republicans have come up with a solid candidate in Sean Duffy to run against the tired old entrenched Beltway incumbent in Obey.
Sean’s a Wisconsin native serving his fourth term as the District Attorney of Ashland County. He’s exactly the type of fresh face the GOP needs to put against the tired old faces of Washington in races all over the country.
Candidate recruitment is one area in which the Democrats have outpaced the Republicans in recent election cycles. While the Democrats have found candidates that can at least be portrayed as centrists and moderates (even if they aren’t) and as not Washington insiders (even if they are), the Republicans have gone with either the comfortable old slippers like John McCain, believing it’s his turn to run, or squishy, softies that mouth platitudes on Reaganesque conservatism but inevitably become me-too Statist-lite types.
Sean’s background is interesting, to say the least. You can read more about him here. There’s a slide show on him here. His political hero? Same as mine: Ronald Reagan. You can read him on the issues here.
Biggest thing he needs is money. Go here to support Sean’s race to the top to whatever extent you can help.
