[cornelis]

This is a good idea. Petri is sclerotic. Been there since 1979. But he's an easy shoo-in, so they keep voting for a moderate Petri. 2012, for example:

Tom Petri 223,460 62%
Joe Kallas 135,921 38%

Petri easily defeated tea party candidate Lauren Stephens in the August 2012 GOP primary. Petri had a huge financial advantage over Stephens _ $930,000 to $6,000 through July. He faces a rematch with Democrat Joe Kallas, whom he defeated in 2010 with 70 percent of the vote, in the November 2012 general election.--WSJ

[cornelis]

He seems to really like his sinecure—he’s no Trey Gowdy.