I think it's fair to say
that this primary campaign
is not going to be won
or lost
based on what happened
in the room at the state
party convention
over the weekend.
But you did have
all seven candidates there.
They were under
the same set of rules,
speaking to the same group
of Democratic activists.
What was it like?
You know,
I say this
with all due respect,
normal people do not attend
state party
conventions, right?
These are like
the most diehard Democrats,
the most diehard Republicans
who go to that convention
and so I think that was
kind of the vibe
of the speeches
that you were getting from
the gubernatorial candidates,
which is that
they were trying to appeal
to this base.
Right.
The most kind of committed
Democrats possible
and also make the case
not only that,
they should stand out
in the seven person primary
going into August,
but that they are
also most sort
of best positioned to beat
Tom Tiffany in November.
And so those are kind of two
different arguments
that you need to be making,
the one that makes you
most appealing to Democrats,
and then the one that makes
you most appealing
to kind of
your average Wisconsinites.
There was a lot of kind of
threading of that needle
while
also trying to
get excitement.
There was a lot of
talk about Donald Trump
and the chaos and Washington
from his administration.
That's according
to these
Democratic candidates,
and it's pretty obvious
why they would
focus on the president
and his, you know,
popularity rating is
pretty low in polling.
It seems like they're
they're hoping that
Trump will be a liability
for Tom Tiffany as they move
forward in this campaign.