Convention
Obey Out has learned that both Nick Reid and Jeff Tyberg will attend this weekend's Republican Convention.
Reid's campaign is hosting a hospitality suite from 7-9pm on Saturday evening in the Hickory Room.
If Tyberg has a similar reception, please post in the comments here and we will then update this post with the particulars.
We hope the party activists will use this as an opportunity to check out both candidates and their campaigns. Kick the tires and check the fluids. Take inventory of what these guys are doing. Huddle, and politely ask one of them to step aside for the good of the team.
Reid's campaign is hosting a hospitality suite from 7-9pm on Saturday evening in the Hickory Room.
If Tyberg has a similar reception, please post in the comments here and we will then update this post with the particulars.
We hope the party activists will use this as an opportunity to check out both candidates and their campaigns. Kick the tires and check the fluids. Take inventory of what these guys are doing. Huddle, and politely ask one of them to step aside for the good of the team.
posted by ObeyOut2006 at 8:13 AM
4 Comments:
I heard Tyberg is having a reception in the parking lot, and it is BYOB!
Seriously people, why is Tyberg still in the race? He gave it a good run, but he didn't raise any money and at this point it's too late for him to catch Nick, or even be credible against Obey.
I heard Reid and Tyberg speak at the Price County Lincoln Day Dinner. Reid and Tyberg do not seem to disagree about any of the issues. I support Reid over Tyberg because of Reid's national party support. As many of you know, Scott West is not our congressman today because the national party did not back him up when he ran against Obey in '94, '96, and '98, thanks to some dumbass decisions by the NRCC.
But, the question still remains, why should Tyberg get out? One could argue that a primary competition is a good thing. Tyberg should drop out and join Reid if for no other reason than this: If Reid is seen as the greater threat to Obey's reelection, cross over democrat voters could intentionally vote for Tyberg as the Republican candidate in the primary to remove the threat. This is not a far-fetched possibility, as there are instances of this strategy taking place in the past.
The real danger is not the possibility of losing again this fall. The real danger is that if Tyberg becomes the Republican candidate this November, legitimately or not, it will be a long time before anyone on the national level will take the 7th district of Wisconsin seriously again, because Reid has already gotten so many national figures to go out on a limb for him. It would be like the 7th district rejecting national support.
That, my fellow Wisconsin Republicans, we cannot afford to let happen.
I agree with the last two post's here. I would be fine with a primary if it were held in May or April. But with it taking place in September that isn't enough time to bring the party together and mount a serious challenge to Obey. Reid has the organization and money to make a credible race, and Tyberg is just too far behind.
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