I AM THE FORCE

People seem to be getting all up in arms about yesterday's letter from 10 Assembly Democrats urging Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk to run against incumbent Peg Lautenschlager for Attorney General. Marty Beil, angry state union guy, immediately blasted the legislators as cowardly turncoats who can't even get their own house in order. I have to disagree with poor Marty. Any objective analysis of this race would conclude that Lautenschlager is dead in the water and needs to be replaced. Every single Republican in Wisconsin would prefer to have drunk-driving, business-suing, state-car driving Lautenschlager as the opponent for Bucher or Van Hollen. Democrats who place loyalty above that reality are simply fools. And yes, Assembly Democrats cannot get their own house in order but at least they are stepping up to the plate and trying to keep the AG spot in their column. Falk could win, while Peg certainly will not. That's exactly the kind of hard-headed assessment that Marty Beil should wish for from his dwindling supply of allies in the Legislature.