How confident is the Republican Party when it comes to voter support for their austerity agenda in Wisconsin? They’re so sure they've done the right thing that state GOP leaders are going to run faux Democrats to trigger primaries, gain more campaign time and make the Democratic candidate to go broke. Check out the GOP letter below:
In letters obtained by No Quarter, local Republican Party officials are encouraging their GOP colleagues to collect enough signatures to get a fake Democratic candidate on the ballot in each of two upcoming recall elections. The spoiler Democrats, who are identified by name in the letters, would run in the Democratic primaries for the seats now held by Republican Sens. Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac and Luther Olsen of Ripon.
Both of the fake Democrats have a history of giving almost exclusively to major Republicans.
This isn’t exactly a stealth campaign either:
(Dan Feyen, chairman of the 6th Congressional District Republican Party) said, "A Democratic primary, will push the general election back by one month, so that Senator Hopper can have more time to organize a campaign against his liberal challenger."Check out the whole story here.
That's verbatim … By running these fake Democrats, Republicans would force the Democratic challengers to spend money on a primary that could have been used in the general election. Plus, the spoiler candidates could launch negative attacks on the Democrats while the Republican incumbents remain above the fray.
Feyen confirmed that he sent his letter trying to get a "protest candidate" on the ballot in the Hopper race. What's more, he said there's a good explanation for why his letter and the one written by local Republican officials in Olsen's district were virtually the same. "It's something being coordinated by the RPW," he said, referring to the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Feyen said he had no problem running a Republican in the Democratic primary to help the incumbent. "None whatsoever," he said.
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