Update: Writes an alert reader, "Yep, that's what we called 'Potomac Fever,'" referring to the late political writer, Fletcher Knebel, and his nationally syndicated column (1951- 1964).
A couple of items arise from numerous conversations with Dane County residents just beginning to get a bit miffed at some Dane County Democrats.
Tammy Baldwin is getting a bit Washingtonized
A long-time Dane County resident (a voter who has lived decades longer than Baldwin) recounts encountering an officious, non-responsive Baldwin D.C. staff. "She drank the DC Koolaid," said the frustrated small business owner with excellent relationships with both Democrats and Republicans.
Baldwin's listening sessions seem more a granting of her audience than a listening session.
Baldwin, who has a political lock on the Second Congressional District, has just begun, in the view of many activists, to have adopted the MO of the ambitious politico. Some area of concern needs a voice, and the cautious Baldwin is there after the terrain is made safe and apparently after she checks to make sure that it's okay.
Baldwin's no Bob Kastenmier in 1986 who became too isolated from the district, far from it, but her act has people talking.
Obama's Madison-area Field Operation Seems in Neutral
For many questioners of the Barack Obama field operation for Dane County (that gave John Kerry a 90,000-vote cushion in 2004) the answer to the questions When do I get an Obama-Biden yardsign, and When will we start knock-and-drops yields an effective answer of "later" some 45 days out from the election in this critical swing state.
Utilizing eager grunts is crucial to operating a successful field operation, and representing the grunts is sort of why we send someone to Washington is the first place.
Let's hope we see some pivoting fast.
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