Rejoiced!
Doyle has created a huge problem for Democrats and any fool-hardy Donkey who would run for the office would be tagged and branded Doyle, Jr. -- and rightfully so. There was absolutely no Democrat opposition to the Doyle madness that took place in the last budget cycle.Like Washington, all three branches of Wisconsin government are run by Democrats, and like their national conterparts, they have made a mess of things.
A royal bloody mess.
Let this sink in. As of this writing, there is no Democrat candidate for the 2010 race for the governorship... no one. The only crazy Donkey, Barbara Lawton, dropped out of the race two days ago under mysterious circumstances...
Mysterious circumstances.
Today it was announced that the Chocolate Jesus himself will descend on Wisconsin next week to give a major speech on school reform. Mayor Tom Barrett (the guy I feel sorry for) is being forced by the not-quite lame duck Governor Doyle to take over Milwaukee's failing school district as he is simultaneously pressured to run for governor, by the President of the United States!
The President of the United States.
So let's sum this up: Jim Doyle, arguably one of the most corrupt governors the state has ever seen, folds his tent. The Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, who is excited to run (but whom Democrats despise), suddenly (eh hem) quits... leaving an open field, a reluctant mayor and the Chocolate Jesus, who personally wants him to run, knowing that he would lose...
Knowing... he would lose!
One more thing... The mayor is a family man and he promised his wife that he would not run for governor again after he lost to Doyle the first go round.He promised.
I feel sorry for Mayor Tom Barrett.
