Tuesday, September 9, 2008
10:45 AM
Grothman takes shots at Burkee in letter urging support for Sensenbrenner
State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, is urging his conservative and libertarian friends to re-think their decision to support Jim Burkee in today's GOP primary against U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.
The conservative Boots & Sabers blog posted a letter from Grothman today in which the state senator takes a series of shots at Burkee, who he says has been inconsistent in the positions he's taken during the course of the campaign. Grothman also writes he's "never met a politician who more brazenly tries to win a Republican primary with Democratic voters." Grothman charges that Burkee is relying on Bryan Kennedy, who ran against Sensenbrenner as a Democratic previously, was helping out with the campaign. Burkee has also been endorsed by Shepherd's Express and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
"The Bryan Kennedy/Shepherd's Express/Journal Sentinel candidate is not the breath of fresh air you are looking for," Grothman writes.
Read the post.
-- By Staff
Labels: 2008 fall primary
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