Thursday, April 17, 2008

Bucher to Run in the 99th?

Cindy Kilkenny is speculating that Paul Bucher may be planning a run for the 99th Assembly District.

I think that might be the case. His wife’s blogs have disappeared. Donald Pridemore, who currently holds the seat, had about a $6,000 balance net of personal loans. The primary would be in September.

Pridemore supported Paul Bucher’s opponent in the Republican primary for State Attorney General.

Pridemore ousted the district incumbent in 2004. He won the 3 way Republican primary by about 200 votes. His platform was primarily TABOR related, and TABOR is yesterday’s news.

I’m betting you’ll be hearing an announcement soon. It’s fund raising time.

This is the first I’ve heard of this rumor, but Cindy makes a decent case for it.  I’m not sure if this is Cindy engaging in some raw speculation or is she’s actually heard something from the Bucher camp.  Regardless, this would be a very bad idea.  Let’s look at some history…

Cindy points out that Don won in a three-way primary “by about 200” votes but the fact is, Pridemore beat a RINO incumbent Republican.

What’s Bucher’s electoral history in the 99th?  Van Hollen beat him in the 99th AD getting 53% of the vote. In fact, Bucher, who was the long-time DA of Waukesha County, lost the Waukesha County portion of the 99th Assembly District getting 49% of the vote.

Primaries matter, and they are often decided by a few hundred votes. The man who lost his primary in the 99th by 244 votes should be very careful challenging the guy who defeated an incumbent Republican by 200 votes in a primary. In simple math, that puts Bucher behind in a primary.

Despite my recent criticism of Pridemore on an issue, he is a good conservative who represents his district well.  Pridemore has taken tough votes against spending and taxes. In the meantime, Bucher put his name on the line to back a liberal judge for the circuit court who lost handily against another liberal.

Go ahead Paul – bring it. In the meantime, Cindy - check your sources.

UPDATE: I have it from a reliable source that Bucher is not intending on running for this seat.

(15) Comments
Posted by Owen at 0636 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. Pure speculation, Owen. ‘Tis the season!

    Posted by Cindy on April 17, 2008 at 0804 hrs


  2. Tis true.  Speculation runs rampant.  But it’s fun.  In’nit?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 17, 2008 at 0851 hrs


  3. So maybe someone should start speculating about Cindy running for something and see how she likes it…

    Posted by Matt Thomas on April 17, 2008 at 1220 hrs


  4. I don’t think he is going to run, and it would probably be silly on his part anyway.  He seems to have a pretty good gig now, why give that up?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 17, 2008 at 1303 hrs


  5. He oughtta run for AG again. The revelation of JB’s utter incompetence in his mishandling of the Crandon events has cost him the public trust.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 17, 2008 at 1411 hrs


  6. Didn’t I hear somewhere that Paul Bucher sucks?

    Posted by Keith on April 17, 2008 at 1918 hrs


  7. It was all over the Intertubes, Keith.  Oh, and a bitter, childish little…What was the word, again?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 17, 2008 at 2056 hrs


  8. Yeah Tracker, Van Hollen should have handled Crandon like Bucher handled Chmura.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 18, 2008 at 0102 hrs


  9. Turns out Cindy was spreading rumors she heard from WRTL.

    And Pridemore is VERY unhappy.

    Posted by dad29 on April 18, 2008 at 1825 hrs


  10. Nope #29, it was coincidence. It was, as I said raw speculation.

    Maybe it’s Jess that’s running.  wink

    Posted by Cindy on April 18, 2008 at 1828 hrs


  11. “VERY unhappy?”  Is he sending folks out to break kneecaps?  Sounds very mobbish.


    smile

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 18, 2008 at 1851 hrs


  12. If he was going to stay in non public lawyering he would have gone to a large firm and picked a specialty that would make more bucks

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 18, 2008 at 2129 hrs


  13. “If he was going to stay in non public lawyering he would have gone to a large firm and picked a specialty that would make more bucks”

    Waaaaay off the mark here.  Bucher floated his resume through all the big law firms in Milwaukee when he decided to leave office and no one wanted him.  (What cash-paying clients would he attract?)  The fact that he ended up practicing with a flim-flam ambulance chaser like Jim Gatzke should tell you something.

    Also consider this:  For years Bucher was the law-and-order zealot, locking up criminals.  Now he earns his filthy lucre defending the scum class. 

    How do you spell “hypocrite”?  This is what you folks hung Louis Butler for doing!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 18, 2008 at 2222 hrs


  14. Off topic but related

    Owen and Jed, Your fellow Aggie Rick Perry just announced for reelection, to extend his record term in office. Personally, I don’t think he can keep it if Kay Bailey Hutchison decides she wants it, but that’s a couple of years away.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on April 19, 2008 at 0932 hrs


  15. Maybe Cindy had it nailed.


    You may want to include in your pillow talk with Paul a question on the e-mails he sends out. I have a dandy one he sent me if you’d like to read it. The last line reads, “You need real competition in the fall. Let’s see if we can arrange that.” How would you interpret that? Is Paul still upset I endorsed J.B. Van Hollen for attorney general over him? Paul never even asked for my endorsement.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 05, 2008 at 2111 hrs


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