Wisconsin
Related: About this forumSad News: Bob Kastenmeier has died
A post about his last public appearance in Madison, here. Wonderful that the Cap Times had just run this interview and tribute, and Friday afternoon put this up, too,
http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2015/03/sad-news-bob-kastenmeier-has-died.html
Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)riversedge
(69,537 posts)the chap was active to his last days. RIP
.....But he's not a big fan of Scott Walker, to put it mildly, and he's particularly concerned about the governor's budgetary attack on the University of Wisconsin.
Yes, Walker is doing well as a possible contender for the GOP's presidential nomination, but "I tell my friends that it's not a good sign when 47 to 48 percent of the people in your home state not only don't agree with you, they hate you bitterly. This is a big negative that people out of the state don't realize."
Still, the former congressman added, Walker is likely to be one of the two or three who will be "up there" when it comes down to the final selection. He still gives the edge, though, to Jeb Bush.
Meanwhile, he's ecstatic over the possibility that former Sen. Russ Feingold is planning to make a comeback by taking on the man who beat him in 2010, Ron Johnson.
"Russ will have a wonderful chance to win," Kastenmeier predicted.
What I remember best about this Wisconsin political legend is that despite all the heated battles and contentious debates, he was always a gentleman who believed no matter how bitter the politics, the bottom line was to play fair.
He closed the conversation with these words:
"Don't give up the ship," he said. "There are better days ahead."
Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/progressive-icon-bob-kastenmeier-dane-county-s-longtime-congressman-dies/article_79a128aa-884f-11e3-b122-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz3V1fmaYhf
midnight
(26,624 posts)the ship...
ewagner
(18,964 posts)"....don't give up the ship, there are better days ahead"