Brew City Brawler

Maryann Sumi unlikely to run

I'm hearing from two well-connected sources that as of now Maryann Sumi is unlikely to run for the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. My understanding is that she began backing away following Christian Schneider's hit job on her in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and has told people she didn't want to run if it was going to be that nasty (so, well done by a proven ethically challenged columnist). That's somewhat surprising given Sumi was no stranger to vicious attacks.

And it's also disappointing given she would be an excellent candidate. Indeed, one source told me that polling showed Sumi would beat corporate pawn Roggensack by 3 points.

There's still hope that Sumi will run. If not, bring it Ed Fallone.

 

Roggensack spoke to "True the Vote" allied group

Interesting. Back on May 17, Supreme Court of Wisconsin Justice Patience Roggensack spoke to the not-very-non-partisan-sounding Suburban Republican Women Club along with soon-to-be-failed Senatorial candidate Jeff Fitzgerald. The topic:  "Elect Them or Appoint Them and the Race for the Senate." Roggensack "discussed the history and reasons behind electing judicial representatives versus appointing them." 

All very well and fine, thought it's worth noting that in October  SRWC hosted Dan Hunt from True the Vote: 

Dan Hunt is on the front lines protecting the integrity of our electoral process -- believed to be limited for a variety of reasons, including: A lack of citizen awareness, involvement, and adequate training. 

True the Vote was notorious for its voter fraud conspiracy theories, misleading poll watching training materials, and dirty tricks.  Not surprisingly, SRWC was one of the groups encouraging people to be poll watchers and is affiliated with the voter fraud paranoiacs We're Watching Wisconsin Elections. 

So ... what does Roggensack, who may cast a deciding vote on Voter ID, think of the paranoiac ravings of the group she spoke to?