WisPolitics.com does a profile on the Chris Larson-Jeff Plale Dem primary in the 7th State Senate District, and reaches this shocking conclusion:
But it’s obvious Larson is running to Plale’s left.
There is no room to run anywhere but to Plale's left in a Democratic primary. He has hogged the right lane and no one's going to pass him on the right. That's what the race is all about -- Plale running as a Dem but operating like a moderate Repub.
Need convincing? Ask the Shepherd Express:
Here’s just some of the damage Plale, pictured, has done while in the state Legislature:
•Plale single-handedly blocked Senate debate on the Clean Energy Jobs Act, even after it was weakened to appease the deep-pocketed utilities that contribute to his campaigns
•Plale was the driving force behind cable deregulation legislation that has seen cable rates actually increase, not decrease
•Plale was one of two Democrats in the Senate who voted for a patient abandonment bill that would have allowed health care providers to deny services or information to patients or referrals to other health care professionals if the treatment goes against their personal religious beliefs
•Plale co-sponsored a payday lending bill that favored the multimillion-dollar national industry at the expense of cash-strapped Wisconsin borrowers
•Plale voted to impede stem cell research in the state by explaining that he was against “reproductive cloning,” which is quite different than stem cell research
•Plale authored legislation to transfer the governance of the publicly owned and operated Mitchell International Airport—which generates millions of dollars in revenues for the county, helping to keep the property tax down—to a politically appointed board
•Plale’s been a strong supporter of Milwaukee’s school voucher system, which uses taxpayer funds for private, religious schools at the expense of the city’s public school system
•Plale introduced the Milwaukee Public Schools mayoral takeover legislation, which would have turned over the public school system to a politically appointed superintendent
•Plale supports concealed carry and voted to override Gov. Jim Doyle’s veto of a concealed carry system in 2004
So, yes, Larson is running to his left. He's from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party, as some presidential candidate once said.