Best of Luck Kid

And I mean the 'kid' part literally. Obey may have an opponent in 2006. Nick Reid, the 25 year-old Press Secretary for Kansas Republican Congressman Jim Ryun.

Nick Reid today announced the formation of Friends of Nick Reid, an exploratory committee, and the launch of http://www.FriendsofNickReid.com.

For 36 years Dave Obey has proven to be out of touch with the people of Northwest Wisconsin and their values, said Reid. We are committed to defeating Dave Obey in 2006 because Wisconsin families are ready to envision a better tomorrow for themselves, their children, and their grandchildren.

Nick was born and raised in Douglas County near Superior where he worked in the Wisconsin Laborers Local #1050 Union alongside his father who has been a member of the Wisconsin Carpenters Union for over 25 years, and a member of Wisconsin unions for nearly 30 years.

I invite you to visit http://www.FriendsofNickReid.com. Here you will find more information about my vision and why it is more important now than ever that we give Dave Obey the long-overdue retirement he has rightly earned.

Nick and his wife Elizabeth have a twenty-month-old daughter, Susan, and are expecting another child in October. Nick is currently the Press Secretary for Congressman Jim Ryun from Kansas.

Obey won re-election in 2004 with 86% of the vote. His opponents were from the Green Party and Constitution Party.