A Coronation.

That is essentially what we have going on here in the 8th District.

As you may be aware we have a primary contest among two Republican candidates for the open (left by Mark Green's campaign for governor) 8th District Representative seat.

Two candidates are running Terri McCormick who is currently the representative in Madison for the 56th Assembly District and John Gard who we all know is the speaker of the Assembly and represents the Peshtigo area in the State Assembly.

Mr. Gard has Mr. Green's endorsement already and apparently he has the blessing of the big guy President Bush or at least Vice President Cheney. You may or may not have heard that the VP is coming to the area to fundraise for Mr. Gard.

In fact, Rick Wiley at the RPW was asked (heard it on WHBY this morning) if the Party has essentially chosen a candidate, and he was very open about it. His answer was an emphatic YES.

Generally I have a natural disposition to root for the home team. Since The Empress and I live in the 56th district the home team is Terri. We are on a first name basis and I run into Terri every now and then at the store. In addition she made an appearance at a fundraiser (see also here for the pictures) I was part of putting on.

Anyway this coronation has me a little worked up. Usually the party refrains from endorsing primary candidates. Understood is the fact that individual members of the party can endorse who they want and no official word has come from any Republican body, but this is more than a set of individual endorsements.

I suppose. The Dems seem to be pouring a lot of resources into winning this seat, I guess the RNC is going to be concerned since this is part of their "home turf". What say you?