While I Was Out….

While I was away from blogging, I attended two major political events.

The first event I attended was the State Democratic Convention in LaCrosse. Rather than be a bad blogger and give you blow-by-blow of past events, I’ll just focus on some highlights:

* U.S. Senator Russ Feingold was a major hit of the convention. He delivered a strong speech, energizing the base with his message of hopeful Democratic engagement. There is no question why anyone looks at Feingold and sees Presidential timber.

* Governor Jim Doyle laid out his campaign themes, focusing on his strengths and what he’s done for Wisconsin, as well as a contract to the Washington world of Dick Cheney/Jack Abramoff/Rep. Mark Green. Doyle has been the responsible leader fixing an inherited $3.2 billion deficit, funding education and stopping a whole lot of bad bills from becoming law. The contrast was clear.

* The Attorney General’s race had a respectful performance by both Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager and Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk. Both had energized supporters and remained generally positive towards each other. Keep up the focus on beating the GOP this fall!

* The normally quiet Secretary of State race was energized as challenger Scot Ross had a strong display of support in his bid to unseat current SOS Doug La Follette. La Follette stressed his performance in office to a favorable crowd as well.

The convention was a strong display of Democratic unity going into the fall. Let’s hope it will hold through this Fall’s elections.

Next blog….the Take Back America Conference.