At last check, there hasn’t been a single speculative GOP candidate to go against Shumlin. The only opponents declared so far are from two drug legalization parties, the “Udder” Party and the “US Marijuana Party” (!)
The VT Lt Governor, Phil Scott, is Republican, but whether he’d run, I don’t know.
There is next to no info on this “Udder party”. One thing I found is they are “a horizontal (Meaning it has no real leadership?) political party created in honor of Fred Tuttle”.
Fred Tuttle was the elderly pro-Leahy diary farmer who defeated wealthy MA carpetbagger Jack McMullen in the 1998 GOP primary to face Leahy. During a debate he asked McMullen, “How many teats a Holstein got?” McMullen answered incorrectly and lost the respect of brainless hicks. After winning the primary, Tuttle endorsed Leahy, who crushed him 72%-22%.
They are aptly named for they are running a cow! ;)
Horrible website, but it sounds like she’s for tax reform at least. Her main thing besides vauge hippy sounding nonsense is hemp farming (”Emily is a non smoker. There’s more to cannabis than smoke.” Hemp Employs More People)
All I can say is, moo.