Incredible how things consolidated so quickly here. Also, Barnes is an incredibly weak candidate and Johnson will beat him handily. Kind of disappointing for Democrats—a Tim Ryan type candidate here would have a strong chance.

How is Barnes a weak candidate? Poll wise Lasry seemed to be the weakest of Him, Barnes, Sarah, and Tom

Also, Barnes is an incredibly weak candidate and Johnson will beat him handily. The Marquette poll done in June had Barnes marginally better than other Democrats and ahead of Johnson. Johnson has alot of liabilities - before he decided to run for re-election there was alot of talk about whether Republicans would be better off without the incumbent running.

How is Barnes a weak candidate? Poll wise Lasry seemed to be the weakest of Him, Barnes, Sarah, and Tom The whole field was quite weak, making this seat a difficult one to flip in a Republican year. As I’ve seen things; it seems like Barnes has the far-left baggage of someone like Fetterman, but faces a much more established figure in Ron Johnson. I despise Johnson, but it seems someone like Ron Kind would have been a better fit.

The whole field was quite weak, making this seat a difficult one to flip in a Republican year. As I’ve seen things; it seems like Barnes has the far-left baggage of someone like Fetterman, but faces a much more established figure in Ron Johnson. I despise Johnson, but it seems someone like Ron Kind would have been a better fit. "Far-Left Baggage" Do you know: NOTHING about Wisconsin? Barnes is literally right at home in the state of Russ Feingold, William Proxmire, Gaylord Nelson, and the Lafollettes...

you'd think the complete lack of any power would make the Wisconsin State Treasurer more popular since they can't do anything unpopular either

I don’t think Johnson is going to lose re-election, but saying that Barnes’ ideological leanings are a massive liability when Tammy Baldwin has won two Senate races in Wisconsin is indeed a weird statement. Ron Kind’s probably got massive baggage that somehow never emerged from his district if he constantly refused every overture to run for anything other than his House seat despite the fact that he seems like the perfect statewide/higher federal office candidate on paper.

Ron Kind’s probably got massive baggage that somehow never emerged from his district if he constantly refused every overture to run for anything other than his House seat despite the fact that he seems like the perfect statewide/higher federal office candidate on paper. I used to be friends with someone who worked for him years go. I don't think Kind's got baggage, other than blandness, I think he's genuinely so risk averse that he just never ran for anything else.

Ron Kind would have been a stellar recruit