Posted on 07/05/2006 4:02:56 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
President George W. Bush will be the main attraction at a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Mark Green next week.
Green's campaign confirmed today that Bush will head the Milwaukee event on Tuesday.
Republicans are hoping that the event will raise about $1 million for Green's effort to unseat Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.
Doyle leads Green in fundraising by almost three-to-one, while most polls show the two candidates in a tight race.
Although Bush narrowly lost Wisconsin in the 2004 election, recent polls show his popularity lagging among state residents.
The conservative Wisconsin Policy Research Institute last month found that only 37 percent of state residents approved of Bush's performance, while 68 percent said they believe the nation is heading in the wrong direction.
Democrats plan to seize on Bush's unpopularity in an effort to tie Green to the president.
Doyle last month told the state Democratic convention that this fall's election will be about "Wisconsin values" versus "Washington values."
Democrats plan to contrast Doyle's efforts to balance the state's budget, provide health care, fund education and support embryonic stem cell research with Green's support for Bush administration policies.
"The larger question in all this is: Does Mark Green support the job this president is doing for the people of Wisconsin and the American people?" said state Democratic Party Chairman Joe Wineke.
"Only 37 percent of the people in this state think (Bush) is doing a good job and yet Mark Green has voted with him 93 percent of the time," Wineke said. "They're twins."
Wineke charged that the Milwaukee event "is clearly designed to raise boatloads of cash and Mark Green is willing to do deals with the devil to do so. This shows how desperate he is."
Green spokesman Rob Vernon called the president's visit "an honor."
"Anytime the leader of the free world comes to your state, it's an honor," Vernon said.
"But this race is not about George Bush. This race is about Jim Doyle and his four years of failed policy. It's about our sixth highest tax burden. It's about jobs fleeing our state. And it's about Mark Green's plan to make Wisconsin great again," he said.
"Vote Early, Vote Often" Ping! :)
http://www.votemarkgreen.com
Translation: WI Dims panicking, offer no ideas as usual, same old Bush-bashing.
Go Green go!
Went to a minor league baseball game yesterday. Signed the nomination list for Mark Green.
Doyle last month told the state Democratic convention that this fall's election will be about "Wisconsin values" versus "Washington values."
BS..This election will be just like any other election in this state. Madison-Milwaukee values vs The rest of the state.
Thank you! I can afford the $100 a plate fundraisers (we have one on the 9th) but my DH puts his foot down about the $1K a plate ones, President Bush in attendance or not, LOL!
I just LOVE how Dims think it's "All About Bush." I hope the Dims' hatred for the man just eats them alive! :)
"Madison-Milwaukee values vs The rest of the state."
Exactly!
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