What, me worry?

Pity the poor leggies who, in their effort to keep minimum wage workers from getting a raise, may have cut off their own pipeline of political contributions from lobbyists. The Journal Sentinel explains:

A clever legislative trick meant to limit Gov. Jim Doyle's powers has had a costly side effect: Lawmakers won't be able to hit up lobbyists for campaign cash this election year...

Legislators could easily fix the problem by reversing themselves and setting a new legislative calendar, but doing so would create a public relations headache...

The situation affects anyone running for the Legislature, but it will not affect those seeking other offices.

... [T]here is little reason to stay in session through December, said Assembly Speaker John Gard (R-Peshtigo).

Gard said he would like to end the session this spring, if possible, but said he "hadn't given a heck of a lot of thought" to the fund-raising implications of doing so.

Gard hasn't given a heck of a lot of thought to it because it doesn't affect him personally. He's outa there. Gard is giving up his seat to run for Congress. I suspect lobbyists are free to give to his House campaign fund.