I love this story. According to the Janesville Gazette, two professors at Concordia Univeristy plan to launch a joint, bi-partisan, challenge to Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner together.
Political scientist Jeff Walz, 40 will run as a Democrat. Historian James Burkee, 39, will run as a Republican.
The two men will publish a document that lays out the ground rules for their campaign. It will include a pledge to avoid personal attacks and not accept money from special interest groups.
Walz and Burkee say they disagree on many things but want to show district voters what they believe campaigns ought to look like.
If, by some chance, Burkee manages to win his primary challenge, the two have pledged to travel the district and debate every day between the primary and general elections.
What's not to love about this story? It is too bad they aren't challenging someone a bit more vulnerable. I wonder if they'll have any staff or consultants and if so if they will hire them jointly. That could be really interesting. Could you imagine joint television commercials?
Actually, you could save a lot of money under this model because you wouldn't need nearly as much staff or as many consultants.
I wonder if it will work.
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