Views on News • March 13th, 2009

Color me shocked

by Chris Lato

I had to read this piece very closely to make sure it wasn’t some kind of joke. You could’ve knocked me over with a feather. On the Daily Page (the online incarnation of Madison’s free liberal mainstay publication, Isthmus) Bill Lueders has written a, yes, fair and balanced piece about the state Supreme Court race that actually has some strong praise on behalf of candidate Randy Koschnick and points out Shirley Abrahamson’s disingenuousness on the campaign trail.

I hope Bill is ready for all the hate-email from those oh-so-tolerant Madison residents whose heads will be ready to explode when they read this piece.

Koschnick, at this point, is the darkest of dark horses – little money in the bank, no WMC stepping up to the plate on his behalf, criticism from some of his fellow judges in Jefferson County – while Abrahamson has the left-leaning establishment firmly in her corner and a substantial war chest to boot. Conventional wisdom dictates that Abrahamson will wipe up the floor with Koschnick on election day.

But with folks like Lueders stepping out with well-considered pieces on the race that don’t rely on the same old liberal vs. conservative blogosphere screeching, can the tide turn? Probably not - but a pretty quiet Supreme Court race just became a wee bit more interesting.

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