Obey Making Excuses - Shows True Colors

In an effort to lower expectations on what Dave Obey will do for the district, Obey blamed the Iraq war and tax cuts for lowering the amount of money available to spend.

This is what the people of the Seventh District need to wake up to - Obey's first priority is spending your money, preferably MORE OF IT.

To the people of the 7th, when will we wake up and smell the crap Obey believes?

Nick Reid's first priority would have been to make sure you get to keep more of your hard-earned money.

Anonymous and Illiterate

Someone without the courage of their convictions posted on this site that Reid isn't the right type of Republican to go to Congress. They also used some worn out cliches and name calling which shows they have no real arguments to make.

Anyway, this district voted for Ronald Reagan. Reagan was pro-life, pro-second amendment, pro-tax relief and for a strong national defense. Those are Nick Reid's core principles.

So, if Nick Reid runs again, we should support him. He ran a great campaign in a year when Republicans were getting killed nationwide. Now he has a name ID and financial platform to jump off of.

If he doesn't run again, we will support another strong Republican candidate as well.

Election Day

Vote Reid.

And bring 10 people with you.

Differences Vast between Obey and Reid - Thank Goodness

From the Journal Sentinel

Differences vast between Obey and Reid
Race in 7th Congressional has plenty at stake
By DAN BENSON

Posted: Nov. 3, 2006

There are a lot of differences between 7th District U.S. Rep. David Obey (D-Wausau) and his Republican challenger, Nick Reid.

To start, Obey, 67, is older than Reid, 26, and has a 37-year head start in experience in elected office, having first been elected to the 7th District seat in 1969, 10 years before Reid was born.

For those and other reasons, not many political handicappers give Reid or Green Party candidate Mike Miles much chance of unseating Obey.

But the race for the state's largest congressional district, encompassing all or part of 20 counties in the northwest corner of the state, might be one of the nation's most significant if the Democrats win a majority in the House of Representatives.

If that happens, Obey stands to retake the chairmanship of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which controls government spending.

It's not that first-time candidate Reid is completely without experience.

Reid, who grew up near Superior and says he decided to pursue a career in politics when he was 18 years old, graduated in 2001 with a degree in political science from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind.

He joined the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., where he worked for three years as a congressional liaison. Then, for two years, until the end of 2005, Reid was press secretary for U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun (R-Kansas).

Reid moved to Rice Lake from Washington last winter to run against Obey.

Reid, who defeated Jeff Tyberg in the GOP September primary, said it was Obey's record on attracting business to the district that motivated him to get involved in politics.

Reid said he sees economic development as a "crossover" issue that will draw Democrats and independent voters to vote for him.

Obey's campaign argues that the congressman is fighting to keep jobs in the state and nation by backing the so-called Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act.

Other differences on the issues between Reid and Obey include:

• Obey, along with other Democrats, has proposed that the U.S. begin withdrawing some troops from Iraq by the end of the year and redirect funds to improving security on trains, ports, subways and planes. Reid says he supports President Bush's strategy but agrees that a withdrawal of U.S. troops is inevitable; he says, however, that there shouldn't be a fixed timetable.
• Reid said he supports developing oil reserves in Alaska, unlike Obey.
• Reid opposes abortion and supports state and federal so-called marriage amendments, which would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Obey has described his voting record on abortion as being "mixed," having often voted against curbs on abortion rights. He voted for the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and is on record as saying he believes marriage is between a man and a woman. But in July he voted against a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, saying "the Constitution is supposed to be reserved largely for determining the process of government. It should not be filled up with unnecessary references to personal living arrangements."

Green Party candidate Miles is the third person on this year's ballot. It is Miles' second run at Obey; he challenged the incumbent in 2004.

That year, with no Republican on the ballot, Miles came in second, garnering 26,188 votes against Obey's 240,988 votes. Larry Oftedahl of the Constitution Party got 12,819 votes.

On his Web site, Miles all but concedes this race to Obey.

"The reality is that no one can beat Dave Obey," Miles writes. "Dave will have his seat until he retires."

Miles' platform favors an end to the war in Iraq, increased environmental safeguards, universal free education, free health care, less government.

Reid's financing is a drop in the bucket compared with Obey's. Miles' is even less.

According to Federal Elections Commission data, Obey's campaign had $962,743 on hand and had spent $774,815 through the end of September, compared with Reid's $23,602 and $138,256, respectively.

Miles, has not raised enough money to be required to file with the FEC.

Obey Knows Buffoonery

This is a disgrace. I'm embarrassed Dave Obey is my Congressman. Fire him. Hire Nick.

Congressman defends Kerry's remarks

U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wis., defended critical remarks U.S. Sen. John Kerry made about President Bush's policy on the Iraq war, saying Kerry "correctly described the buffoonery that accompanied the president's mishaps."

Reid for Congress

From the Spooner Advocate

I am running for Congress to give Wisconsin families a better tomorrow for themselves, their children, and their grandchildren. It is time for real representation in Washington, and for over 37 years Dave Obey has proven to be out of touch with the people of our district and our values. We need a representative who will work hard to bring jobs and opportunities to our district to improve the quality of life for our citizens, and keep our families here.