..and starts chomping on Republicans, mostly Congressman Mark Green. Day in and day out, we get another broadside from Wineke, demanding that Green return the $30,000 in campaign donations he got from Congressman Tom DeLay.
This is hardly a major issue, but Wineke keeps firing away, and the issue has gotten play in the press and discussion by bloggers. And that’s exactly what Green doesn’t want.
Unlike Scott Walker, whose campaign has been plagued by mistakes, Green had been sailing along, with no negatives attached to his name. So why not just give back the $30,000? It’s a small price to pay to eliminate the issue. This is Public Relations 101: Put the story behind you and the public will forget by tomorrow.
Instead, Green has gotten into a game of claim and counterclaim with Democrats. Green says he can’t return the money legally. Democrats say he could give the money to a nonpartisan electoral cause. Green says the money has already been spent. Democrats say he has a huge war chest of donations. Green says he no longer has a federal campaign account (from his last race for Congress). Democrats say he does.
Does anyone really care about this? No, but it’s a diversion from Green’s message, and it puts him on the defensive. I would think Green is getting calls from Republican insiders telling him to give the money away and kill the issue. He would be well advised to listen.
http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/murphyslaw/2005-10-11.asp
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