The view from DC doesn't include Walker

This line in a New York Times roundup of 2006 governor's races probably didn't sit too well with Scott Walker:

Republicans said they hoped to mount a strong challenge to Gov. James E. Doyle, a Wisconsin Democrat, with Representative Mark Green.

Walker can take some solace that it's the same kind of DC thinking that led Congressional Democrats to think Jim Moody would win a U.S. Senate primary and Tom Barrett would win one for governor. They have a hard time seeing beyond the Beltway. (Not that I think Walker will win, but he deserved a mention.)