(Elm Grove, WI)
Greetings from snowy Wisconsin. Winter storms on Sunday and today, could make things slick for voting on Tuesday. But plows and salt trucks are working, so hopefully hearty voters here will rise to the challenge!
While many have pit this as a year of Democrats vs. Republicans, watch out for the Independents, especially in this battleground states.
Why? Because Wisconsin could be the deciding state in November. In 2000, Al Gore beat George Bush here by just 5,000 votes. In 2004, John Kerry beat Bush by 11,000 votes. That was the closest margin of victory of any state, in the last election.
This time it could be even closer! Remember that George W. Bush was a conservative. John McCain is a moderate, with proven appeal to independent voters. Barack Obama also has huge appeal among independents.
Wisconsin loves electing independent "mavericks." On the Republican side, the state has sent Sen. "Fighting Bob" LaFollette to Washington, DC, where he also tried to run for the White House.
The much reviled Sen. Joe McCarthy and his anti-communist crusade was from Wisconsin. Then there was the much loved "red-vested" GOP Governor Lee Dreyfus, who as a little known professor beat 3 millionaires to become Governor in 1978.
The much reviled Sen. Joe McCarthy and his anti-communist crusade was from Wisconsin. Then there was the much loved "red-vested" GOP Governor Lee Dreyfus, who as a little known professor beat 3 millionaires to become Governor in 1978.On the Democratic side, we've had Sen. Bill Proxmire and his famed "Golden Fleece Award" for wasteful, pork-barrel spending in Washington.
Proxmire raised no money and won re-election every six years, simply by paying the $100 filing fee! He was succeeded by my old boss, Sen. Herb Kohl, who took no donations and spent his own money to run. Then there is Sen. Russ Feingold, who beat the two party favorites, the Republican incumbent and three multi-million dollar campaigns, to win a set in the U.S. Senate. He of course is the Feingold from "McCain-Feingold" campaign finance reform fame.
Proxmire raised no money and won re-election every six years, simply by paying the $100 filing fee! He was succeeded by my old boss, Sen. Herb Kohl, who took no donations and spent his own money to run. Then there is Sen. Russ Feingold, who beat the two party favorites, the Republican incumbent and three multi-million dollar campaigns, to win a set in the U.S. Senate. He of course is the Feingold from "McCain-Feingold" campaign finance reform fame.
So Wisconsin LOVES mavericks and independents! The state loves to pick people who have "upset the apple cart" in both major parties.
Keep an eye on the independents on primary day, but more importantly, watch out for them in the November general election.
I'll be "live" from Wisconsin at 7:45 on KTVU's "Mornings on 2" with Ross McGowan on Tuesday and Wednesday.
As always, tune in here: www.MarkCurtisMedia.blogspot.com
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