Leinenkugel formally will announce for Senate on Monday (Doyle employee, Doyle supporter, rich guy)

WKOW TV Madison ^ | 4/21/2010 | tgalli

[ChangeInWisconsin]

"A source close to former state commerce secretary Dick Leinenkugel told WKOW27 News Leinenkugel plans to announce his run for the U.S. Senate next week[Monday].

After Leinenkugel resigned his position with the Doyle administration earlier this month, it was widely reported the former beer executive was bolting his association with the democratic governor to don republican clothing and challenge incumbent democratic senator Russ Feingold.

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Leinenkugel’s expected entry into the race will come two weeks after former long-time republican governor Tommy Thompson ended speculation over his political future by announcing to a tea party throng in Madison his family wanted him to sit the senate race out.

The beer bearing his family’s name makes candidate Leinenkugel almost a household name from the get go.

[ChangeInWisconsin]

Dick is a natural born leader, an ex-Marine, and a great candidate to take out Senator Feingold. He is not a RINO but is willing to cross the isle when needed to accomplish goals like stopping the excess wasteful spending taking over our government today.

[Red Badger]

Welcome to FR....................

[GOP_Party_Animal]

I’ll be making a campaign donation at the liquor store this afternoon.

[Red Badger]

Do you know Diana in Wisconsin? I see you both have the same last name................

[WOBBLY BOB]

I like his Sunset Wheat beer.

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[MikefromOhio]

Good stuff...

[raybbr]

What was his position in the Doyle admin?

I used to drink Leinenkugel years ago.

[Ladysmith]

He’s already got my support.

[red meat conservative]

Are you sure that Westlake or Wall aren’t more conservative?

[mimaw]

I believe it had something to do with commerse.

[Lazamataz]

He is not a RINO but is willing to cross the isle" [sic]

Oh, I see. He's not a RINO but he's a RINO.

You have a great future in the Associated Press.

[no dems]

I’ll be making a campaign donation at the liquor store this afternoon.
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Now, that REALLY DID make me LOL!!!

[MplsSteve]

Will Bud Weiser being announcing his candidate for Governor too?

(Ducking...)

[MNlurker]

I’ve been under the impression from snippets of reports that he is quite RINOish...I hope I’m wrong.

Diana in WI would know better.

Color me meh...

[Servant of the Cross]

Change in Wisconsin

I'll drink to that!!!

What would be COOLER than both McQueeg and Feingold booted out in the same year that SCOTUS booted their unconstitutional law!

[napscoordinator]

Not exactly who I would want for my state when this year is the perfect year to get a true conservative. Come on Wisconsin you can do better than that. Pennsylvania and Florida are getting complete conservatives into the Senate in November and many others and Wisconsin I know can too...don't settle for less especially this year when conservatives will have the easiest time in a long time.

[hsalaw]

He is not a RINO but is willing to cross the isle when needed

That's a lot of walking, if we consider the US to be an isle. Perhaps you mean aisle.

[coaltrain]

“but is willing to cross the isle when needed to accomplish goals like stopping the excess wasteful spending”

Wait, if he crossed over to the stop wasteful spending side that means he was sitting on the Democrat side in the first place.

[raybbr]

Does your nic have anything to do with the show “The Big Bang Theory”?

[nina0113]

He's not a RINO but he's a RINO.

Even if he IS, so what? Could we possibly trade down from Feingold? He's got about the best name recognition possible in Wisconsin. I've got a slight concern that he may not be taken seriously; that brewery thing didn't work out so well for Pete Coors.