[WIViking]

Well it could be worse...say he could be screaming at you and making you feel like he is going to go ballistic.
At least he does not have the potential to do a Dean scream and ruin his chances of winning and make the party look silly.

[LouD]

Don't get me wrong - Russ Darrow seems like a nice guy, in a Bob Dole kind of way.

I'm not worried about him going nuts like Howard Dean. I'm worried about him not being able to hold his own in a debate with Russ Feingold, who will chew him up and spit him out.

Both Tim Michels and Bob Welch are both much stronger candidates. I've spoken with all three, I've heard all three of them make their speeches four times now - and I don't think Russ Darrow is our strongest potential candidate.

[WIViking]

And you think Michels is? I've heard him a couple times as well and it was the exact same speech--word for word--pause by pause.
Plus no one knows who he is, get outside the GOP people he has been speaking with but who knows of him.
He is our weakest candidate, there is no way he can beat Feingold--heck he couldn't even post a good showing in the other race he was in. He lost everywhere in that election--where people knew of Michels.
Darrow is our only chance of beating Feingold and he is a great candidate--he has a great life story and is a great conservative and will not be affraid to take on Feingold.