Is There a Better Way to Waste Money?

This was just reported on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's website:

Businessman to seek Kohl's Senate seat

Madison - Business owner Dave Redick announced Thursday he will run against Democratic U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl on an anti-war and anti-tax platform.

Redick, who moved to Wisconsin from California in 2004, said he supports a phased pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq because the “real reasons” President Bush invaded the country was to control oil, defend Israel and establish permanent military bases.

“I’m a Republican, and we’ve got a problem - it’s Bush,” he said. “He has betrayed us and it’s time to stand up to him.”

In California, Redick ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House and state Assembly as a Republican and Libertarian.

Redick, 70, is a semi-retired telecommunications salesman and owner of Badger Ventures, a venture capital firm.

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Hmm...where to start? I will just make a list of why this is one of the most ridiculous ideas I have heard in quite a while. The reasons go in the same order as the article

1. Who? We need some name recognition here. People knew who Russ Darrow was and look how he did!

2. Anti-war and anti-tax are not going to get you very far...especially when we have a Senator in Wisconsin that is very outspoken against the war.

3. Redick moved to Wisconsin from California. Carpetbagger?? You really think you are going to beat a man who is vested in the state by owning a professional sports franchise (which he won't sell unless he finds a buyer who will keep the team in Milwaukee) and has also donated money ($20 million) to build a sports arena at the state's largest university? Get real!

4. He's a Republican...enough said. Republicans do not fare very well in Wisconsin.

5. He says President Bush is the problem. I have a feeling people who agree with him are squarely on Senator Kohl's side.

6. He ran and got beat for a California House seat AND a state assembly seat. Both of these are less prestigious than being a Senator.

7. He lost those elections.

8. He is 70 years old. Nobody is going to elect a 70 year old man to a 6 year term for the first time. If it is an incumbent, it is a different story.

9. He ran as a Libertarian AND a Republican. Make up your mind.

10. You don't unseat a 3-term incumbent in the Senate.They die or retire.

Here is my idea. Drop out, let the Senator run unopposed, and save everyone money.

Save the Senator's money.
Save our money (by not having to stage an election)
Save the government's money by not having to use election campaign funds.

PLEASE!?!?!