Brad Ellsworth Considering Senate Bid

He would only be good so that the Democrats keep the Senate in their favor NOT because they can count on his vote for anything.

Politicians sometimes change on their trip from the House to the Senate (as the demographics of their constitutents change), but it's hard to have much hope in somebody who would vote against the Stimulus, which was the very first domestic priority of the new Democratic majority which was at that time overwhelmingly popular.
What's he going to do in the rough political storms ahead?

Politicians sometimes change on their trip from the House to the Senate (as the demographics of their constitutents change), but it's hard to have much hope in somebody who would vote against the Stimulus, which was the very first domestic priority of the new Democratic majority which was at that time overwhelmingly popular.
What's he going to do in the rough political storms ahead?

Sorry bout the repeated posts. Don't know what happened.

Ellsworth was part of the Dem strategy to run competitive races in conservative districts by nominating Purple Dogs. This strategy worked pretty well and by broadening the playing field they succeeded in stretching Republican resources. In 2006 he beat Hostetller, a very radical congressman who came in with Gingrich in 1994. Everybody was happy about that, but I think the DCCC got a little carried away in their triangulation and elected people who really are totally useless for the caucus like Bobby Bright and Ellsworth.

It is a bit premature to say that the state committee will select a nominee in June (although that seems likely).

If someone decides by tomorrow to run, they have until Friday at noon to submit petitions with 500 Democratic signatures from each Congressional district. That would be a difficult, but not impossible, undertaking. In order to accomplish it, it would require a candidate with strong institutional support -- labour unions could mount the people needed to successfully gather the signatures, perhaps environmental groups, as might someone with strong ties to the Democratic party structure. Similarly, a self-funder could hire the folks required to gather the signatures.

Will anyone try to do it? Probably not, but if an ambitious candidate thought they couldn't get the nomination from the state committee, this would be their avenue to tie up the nomination without support from party leadership.