A Challenge from a Reader

A recent reader suggested that Obey Out doesn't understand elections. We beg to differ.

The Seventh District is a competitive Congressional District. The past two presidential elections have been decided here by less than 1% of the vote. The Democrats that are in the district are generally conservative, blue collar Democrats. This district voted for Tommy Thompson and Ronald Reagan.

That's the basics of the positive demographics (there's a lot more, but we don't want to bore those who aren't into the numbers, nor do I want to give away any strategy we might share with the Republican nominee offline).

As to the real key - money - no one has raised roughly more than $200,000 against Dave Obey. To say that he has ever, in any way, been seriously challenged since the early 70's is wrong. The only thing that almost took him out was the wave of 1994. Had Scott West found a way to raise another $200,000, it would be Congressman West today.

So, if a candidate can raise a substantial amount of money, Dave Obey better watch out because his voting record is to the far left of the people of the Seventh District, and there's not much he can do now to correct a 36 year far left liberal record.

Obey Out advocates that Seventh District Republicans get behind a candidate early next year so they have the best shot at the most money and united organization to take on the Congressman. However, it is the right of all three candidates to stay in through the primary.

So, to our faithful reader that suggests we have no understanding of elections, this is only the tip of the iceberg as to what Obey Out understands.