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4. Unfortunately tea-party radicalism has grown stronger here

and it's got heaping animosity toward candidates coming out of Milwaukee and Madison

Feingold represents a huge lever in that race, he likely wouldn't align very well with the DSCC and that would create some issues in channeling national fund raising to a possible Feingold campaign.

Considering democrats the pro-corporate position isn't really an advantage in WI.

The combination of regional prejudices and progressive resistance puts possibles like Abele, Moore, Larson etc in a handicapped position.

There may be a better argument for a New Dem like Ron Kind (who was a co-chair for them) who has done well enough in western WI. But we've also seen recently that the economic conservative dems, of the Ron Kind sort that advocate free trade with China, don't have turnout changing appeal among WI democrats.

That of course must be set against other things influencing the election of a senator in WI...

The presidential race itself is obviously going to effect voter turnout, and Kind certainly aligns with HRC and the DSCC. That undoubtedly creates some hopefulness for some synergism inside the Kind camp should Clinton be the dem candidate. Certainly that hasn't gone unnoticed among the 3rd Way/who still hold a lot of sway in how national funds are coordinated to flow into senate elections.