With Sean Duffy out, Republican field for U.S. Senate in 2018 wide open (WI)
good god. we are really doomed it we lose Tammy! Repugs are out for blood.
With Sean Duffy out, Republican field for U.S. Senate in 2018 wide open
http://journaltimes.com/news/state-and-regional/with-sean-duffy-out-republican-field-for-u-s-senate/article_7dad11e0-a1aa-5b90-b8b0-a07de00e20fc.html
MATTHEW DeFOUR [email protected] 11 hrs ago 4
Republican Congressman Sean Duffy’s announcement Thursday that he won’t run for the U.S. Senate in 2018 sets up another potentially crowded GOP primary for the seat.
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Republicans see U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Madison Democrat, as vulnerable, especially after Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win Wisconsin since 1984.
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“When Baldwin initially got elected there was some thought that she was too liberal for a state that’s kind of middle of the road, but it’s also elected people from all across the political spectrum,” Kondik said. “If Hillary Clinton were president, Baldwin would be much more clearly endangered.”
Duffy’s controversial statements
State and national Republicans have already begun targeting Baldwin.
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Duffy’s decision comes a week after stirring controversy for saying a shooting at a Canadian mosque by a white extremist was a “one-off” event, that shootings by white extremists are different than those by Muslim extremists and that “good things” came from the killing of nine members of a Charleston, South Carolina, church, namely the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds.
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Baldwin’s 2012 win over Tommy Thompson, the former four-time elected governor, was one of the few bright spots for Democrats since 2010. Scott Jensen, a former Republican Assembly speaker and lobbyist for the pro-voucher American Federation for Children, said Baldwin successfully ran then as a populist appealing to middle-of-the-road voters, but will have a more difficult time running with a more liberal voting record.
“Last time I was warning Republicans that Tammy Baldwin was stronger than they think; now she’s weaker than she knows,” Jensen said. “The ground is shifting underneath her.”.............
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We had big news break this week:
Congressman Sean Duffy, the handpicked GOP candidate who was prepping to run against Tammy, took his name out of the running.
His rumored replacement is the more right-wing Sheriff Clarke who is being propped up by out-of-state money.
Big money groups encouraging Clarke to run have already raised over $300k to support a potential campaign by saying disgusting, hateful things like “leftist lesbian Senator Tammy Baldwin is a pervert.”
