Doyle’s Viagra Solution

Is Governor Doyle’s threat to veto the entire budget just cheap talk, or a genuine strategy option?

The Wisconsin State Journal’s Scott Milfred, Speaker John Gard, among others, call Doyle’s veto a bluff. But from big thoughts come big opportunities. Doyle should indeed veto the entire budget.

There is only one person who can rescue Wisconsin Democrats from near irrelevance. With both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature in Republican control and no sexy issues driving this current budget dance (save TABOR), the status quo favors continued GOP control. However, the same cannot be said for the governor.

Doyle’s reelection is vulnerable to the predicament of an amorous husband whose wife stares-up and thinks she’ll paint the ceiling beige.

His administration needs a shot of Viagra.

Milfred reminded readers that not since 1931 has a Wisconsin governor vetoed an entire budget. So what. How many firsts did Tommy Thompson tackle? From policy to politics, Tommy was a man of firsts. His legacy is cemented in stone.

By vetoing the entire budget, Doyle, an avid casino advocate, would be betting the Republicans crap-out. The solidarity among Republicans is held together by duct tape.

Doyle simply rolls a stink bomb back under the tent and then steps back to watch the chaos; before stepping forward to define what 4 more years of Jim Doyle will look like.

Why wouldn’t Doyle give GOP Senator Mary Lazich the opportunity to add a flip to her already established flip-flop? And when Speaker John Gard (reportedly) referred to Senator Cowles as Mike Ellis’s **female dog**, why wouldn’t Doyle exploit the opportunity to pound the wedge deeper between the two houses?

Tommy Thompson often said reelections are made the 3rd year of a four-year term. It is now or never for Doyle.

For cripes sake, his family founded the modern Wisconsin Democrat Party. Be bold. Leave some footprints for your Party to follow. They sure need help with candidate recruitment.