Mike Ellis drops out of state Senate race

[kpete]

Source: Journal Sentinal

Madison — State Senate President Mike Ellis dropped out of his re-election race Friday, two days after the release of a secret recording revealed him discussing creating an illegal political action committee to attack his challenger.

Ellis' decision ends a political career spanning four decades and leaves Democratic state Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber of Appleton as the only candidate in the race. Gov. Scott Walker was just three years old when Ellis won election to the Legislature nearly 44 years ago and his departure will accelerate a trend in the Senate toward sharper party clashes, observers agreed.

"I don't fit in anymore," Ellis said in an interview. "There isn't room for independent thinking and compromise...There's no room on the street anymore for people to walk down the middle of the road."

In the wake of Ellis' announcement, former Assembly member and congressional candidate Roger Roth said he was considering a run for the seat against Schaber.





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[Half-Century Man]

1. Bwahahahahahahahaha.

Temper tantrum throwing, gavel breaking, parliamentary rule breaking, dissent ignoring, living in a world custom made for bribes and corruption and not smart enough to not get caught going outside of the huge opportunity box he lives in, and reasonably likely sexual assault coverer upper is gonna have a sad.....
Good, have a sad so severe the the tentacles reach all the way to wall street and the Kochs.

[Enrique]

2. O'Keefe's masters win one

whatever money person sent O'Keefe to Wisconsin to take down Ellis score a win.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Here's what's behind the Mike Ellis takedown:

He pissed off the private voucher people. Also note who else they'e after--Luther Olsen & Rob Cowles.

More detail in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/108411370

[tazkcmo]

4. I dunno...

"State Senate President Mike Ellis dropped out of his re-election race Friday, two days after the release of a secret recording revealed him discussing creating an illegal political action committee to attack his challenger."

Ellis didn't have anything to do with his own take down? Dirty is dirty.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Sure he was dirty. But so is the entire Republican Party in WI.

Another poster pointed out that Glenn Grothman was caught on tape in the same way, but nothing was done. They brought in O'Keefe to do a hit job on Ellis as a designated target.