A Very Wise Decision

Meant to talk about this when I saw the press release on Saturday or Sunday, but wanted to point it out.  I have no idea who Dr. Marc Trager is -- in fact, a lot of people apparently don't -- but I applaud his thinking here.

Eighth District Congressional Candidate, Green Bay Physician, and former U.S. Air Force Major, Dr. Marc Trager presented an endorsement pledge at the Republican 8th Congressional District Caucus, calling on all Republican candidates to endorse the winner of the September 14th primary within 48 hours of the official announcement.

“The purpose of this pledge is to unify the party,” Dr. Trager said. “We must support one another and work together to help defeat Rep. Kagen in November. I urge the other candidates to join me in this effort.”

Rep. Kagen has not officially announced his re-election bid, but is expected to run for a third term in Congress.

“There are only seven weeks between the primary and general election, and the 8th District candidates must unite and put their personal interests aside,” Dr. Trager said. We must keep in mind at the end of the day, the goal is to defeat Steve Kagen.”

You have a six-way primary fight going on up there, with currently no one really rising out of the crowd, so until you have a leader in the pack, you have to consider it is a possibility that the winner of the WI-08 GOP Primary could win with only 16.68% of the vote.  (Though I think that's highly-unlikely.)

Some sort of "Unity Pledge," while hokey-sounding ensures that there shouldn't be any hard or bitter feelings from the losers of the primary (Terri McCormick, I'm looking at you) as all sides combine to join with the eventual winner against Kagen.

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March 8, 2010 · Filed under 2010 WI-08 Race

  • kneenor
    Sounds nice on paper but the question is will "Terri" who thinks she's the smartest woman on earth and lectures the voters about it, jump on board??? I saw her at a voter forum a few months ago and she is sooooo annoying. Tried to paint herself as part of the Tea Party movement.
  • Jason
    Terri, Ribble and Roth have all signed the pledge according to the GB Press Gazette Article. Who is Andy Williams?
  • kneenor
    Andy Williams is not the "singer" LOL!!!! He's a lawyer in Green Bay,
    is on either the city council or county board. I saw him at a candidate
    forum in January and he came across as nasty, mean, and not at all pleasant.
    He went out of his way to personally attack Roth several times. I'm glad
    he's going to support the primery winner because it's not going to be him.

    kneenor
  • kevinbinversie
    Andy Williams is a Brown Co. Supervisor who couldn't even place in the top two of his primary for re-election. I'd be frankly surprised if he makes the ballot because he's not fund raising according to the FEC.
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