Extreme Mark Green
What makes Rep. Mark Green extreme?
Seth Zlotocha explores that timely question and concludes that Green's problem is that unless he is willing to take on the extremists who set and control the GOP agenda, he doesn't have a choice.
That's far too forgiving. I think Mark Green is an extremist by choice, not just for expediency.
Anyone who thinks he will do what Tommy Thompson did -- run as a right-winger and become a moderate after being elected -- is delusional.
When it comes to extremism, Green's the real thing.
UPDATE: Carrie Lynch says Green campaign's in extreme denial.
posted by xoff @ 12:17 PM
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It's likely you're right -- I certainly don't preclude in my post the possibility that Green is truly an extremist at heart. But I think pointing out that Green is beholden to the far right-wing in the state demonstrates that he has the added downside of not being a strong enough candidate, if elected, to stand up to those who control his party -- forces that don't represent a majority of the state.
The same can't be said of Doyle on the left. The often hostile treatment he gets from the most liberal major newspaper in the state, the Cap Times, shows at least that much. Can anyone really imagine the Waukesha Freeman publishing even one negative editorial on Green? Belling wrote a few negative lines about Green back in April, but he got slapped pretty hard for it by his comrades, including Sykes.
Steves,
You might find Jhered Hamby to your liking. He's the Constitution Party candidate for governor. Hamby couldn't quite get enough signatures to get on the ballot this fall, but word has it he's forging a spirited write-in campaign. Check out the Constitution Party website for details.
However, when a party can't even muster 2000 signatures to get one of its candidates on the ballot in a state with 2.5 million registered voters, I'm not sure "extreme" quite does it justice.
You are suggesting that Governor Greens in the past have been unprincipled? I was unaware of any past Governor Greens in Wisconsin.
You may not have any spelling issues in your comment, but you certainly have a problem with making sense. Typical.
Hey, Steves:
I see from this and other posts that you are new to Blogger but seem to have a lot to say.
Here's an idea: Why not start your own blog -- sort of like Mickey Rooney -- and then we'll all come there and post comments.
Steves ... you may want to consider professional help. You are apparently hearing voices with questions and answering them.
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