Group Hug for Kevin

Many of us have ripped on Speaker John Gard (I raise my hand high). As a party leader he has to claim much of the blame for the TPA debacle. (Put plenty of blame on my State Senator Glenn Grothman who turned TABOR into the wonkish Rube Goldberg that is the TPA.) About Gard's not-so-hot poll numbers in his Congressional race Kevin writes,

Every pundit I’ve talked to has always said the same to me - “The race is Gard’s to lose.” That fact still remains given that he’s done very little public campaigning, but instead is being bogged down with running the Assembly, and attacked from the right for being seen as “not doing enough,” or “plotting only his Congressional run,” when in fact all he’s doing is trying to run an effective State Assembly.

I know Kevin is trying to defend Gard but if he's been spending all his time in Madison instead of campaigning for Congress then his leadership skills are worse than I thought.

But Gard isn't running for governor; he wants to be one of 435 members of the House of Representatives. All conservatives should want is someone willing to vote for good conservative bills. Gard will do that. On school choice and limiting government spending Gard's heart is in the right place even if his legislative skills have been dismal with TABOR/TPA. The goal of the BBA is to make Wisconsin a red (conservative) state. To reach that goal a conservative needs to retain Rep. Green's seat. Gard is that man.

The eighth district is the most competitive Congressional race in Wisconsin. Let's get behind John Gard to keep it in the Right (pun intended) column. Here's an idea: Anyone interested is holding Southeast Wisconsin fundraiser so Gard knows he has some love down here?