Reply #9: Dave Obey made a rather late decision not to run in 2010, and

[Jackpine Radical]

a State Sen, named Julie Lassa (who went on to be one of the Fabulous 14) ran. She wasn't well-known, had poor funding, entered late, and ran what I considered to be a mediocre blue-doggish campaign. She tried to run on "jobs" just like Walker, waffled when asked about Afghanistan,had a history of blocking medical marijuana legislation in the Senate, etc. And she was barraged by all the outside money that poured into WI to unelect Feingold, push Walker into power, etc.