WI-6: Grothman to primary Petri

[DrScholl]

I hope he wins, the Republican House caucus needs someone to entertain now that Michele Bachmann is leaving. Too bad primaries are closed in Wisconsin, Democrats could crossover and vote for Grothman.

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[DrScholl]

Geez, I'd hope Pubs could find a decent conservative challenger instead of a nutbar. We are talking about a "Pub" who advocates single-payer.

That's like one member out of over 230, not really a big deal. The problem Republicans have is that they aren't a big enough tent and don't get that complete ideologically purity is not a must.

[DrScholl]

Geez, I'd hope Pubs could find a decent conservative challenger instead of a nutbar. We are talking about a "Pub" who advocates single-payer.

That's like one member out of over 230, not really a big deal. The problem Republicans have is that they aren't a big enough tent and don't get that complete ideologically purity is not a must.

So, if a Democratic Congressman advocated the elimination of all federal health care programs, you wouldn't have a problem with that?

That's an extreme position, single payer is hardly extreme and Petri is mainly a party line voter when it comes to most issues.

[DrScholl]

In comparison to WI-5, WI-6 is light red. Light red seats can be safe, just not the same level of safe of districts that are dark red.

In this case, it would not be safe if Grothman was the nominee. If Michele Bachmann had problems in an R+10, then Grothman could certainly have issues in a less red seat. Grothman is worse than Bachmann, much more so.