Rebecca Kleesisch
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) – There was something that stuck me when gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch visited our studios last week. She is, by far, the most comfortable of the GOP candidates at answering questions. That’s not a decisive advantage. There have been many political leaders who’ve been effective and haven’t been particularly good at being interviewed.
One of the signs of a true conservative is that they know what they think about the issues of the day. Kleefisch has been a television news anchor, so she’s comfortable in a media environment. And she’s held elected office before, so she knows the issues and how to articulate her positions to an audience. To me, she’s authentic.
Contrast that with candidate Tim Michels, who is not ready for prime time. He fumbled a question on gun control, saying that he is still formulating his position. Michels escaped being kicked off the ballot because of an amateurish mistake on his nominating papers. And he tells us he meticulously keeps track of how many days he spends in Wisconsin… because he splits his time between other homes in Connecticut and New York.
Kevin Nicholson, another GOP candidate, has yet to win a political race.
Tim Ramthum has rallied support from those who want to decertify Wisconsin’s election results. Even if that were to happen, it would not remove Joe Biden from the White House. To me it seems like a misdirected effort within the broader issue of election integrity.
Kleefisch is the stronger candidate. If she were governor today, we’d have election integrity bills signed that would ban dropboxes and would stop the practice of sending out unsolicited absentee ballots; we’d have universal school choice; we’d have a law that blocks many of the COVID excesses under Governor Evers, like emergency orders that closed schools and churches and shut down our economy.
Some claim Rebecca is a political insider. She’s not. She was not the party-endorsed candidate when she won the Lieutenant Governor’s office in 2010. She partnered with Governor Scott Walker after winning as an outsider, and helped to advance his Act 10, tax-cutting, and pro-business agenda.
I’m bewildered that some Republicans are slow to embrace the strongest conservative candidate, and the opponent that Tony Evers fears the most. Explain to me, why not Rebecca?
I’m Chris Conley.
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