A new friend for Democrats?

Yesterday Wispolitics posted an editorial from Marc Eisen in the Isthmus. In it he says Senator Mike Ellis could have appealed to a lot of Democrats if he ran for governor basically because he now has taken a stance on campaign finance reform. Marc Eisen must not know any Democrats since Senator Ellis is about as attractive to Democrats as root canal. His votes are very conservative. Democrats might find him entertaining at times, but I don't expect to find a 'Democrats for Ellis' club in the future.

Even if Democrats like his stance on campaign finance reform, voters simply don't vote on that issue. It's unfortunate but it's reality.

And I suspect Senator Ellis took a good look at how much the press covers campaign finance now and started to worry about statements he has made in the past like this one from a December 28, 1995 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story:

For his part, Ellis has vowed to remember any and all lobbying groups and lobbyists whom he holds responsible, if he and his party are dumped out of power by Petak's recall. Anyone who has "decided they would like to make me the minority leader . . . is going to have to be prepared to accept the consequences, just like you do in politics," Ellis said.