On his blog this morning, former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin said that if there is no serious Democratic candidate in the Wisconsin governors race by Thanksgiving, he will enter the race on December 1st.
A Most Serious Threat To The Wisconsin Democratic PartyThe Democrats do not have a candidate for Governor. Jim Doyle, knowing he was not to seek re-election, announced early so that viable candidates might emerge and begin the long arduous campaign accompanied with the requisite fund raising.
As of today, no candidate has emerged.
Given the critical nature of the problem, if there is no viable Democratic gubernatorial candidate by Thanksgiving, I will announce my candidacy on December 1, 2009.
That will teach them.
Ed Garvey for Lieutenant Governor to provide a balanced ticket?
http://www.waxingamerica.com/2…
From the tone of the post, it is not clear whether he is being serious or sarcastic, but if he did run he would be a serious candidate and a good governor.
On the other hand, he might not be very electable statewide– in 1996, he ran for WI-02 against Republican incumbent Scott Klug and lost, so he has never really won outside of Madison. Granted, the district had a lot more Republican territory back in the 90’s. When they redistricted in 2000, they took heavily Democratic Beloit out of Paul Ryan’s district and put it in Tammy Baldwin’s district, making both incumbents that much safer.