Green making promises he shouldn't keep

The conservative business group Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) has posted a letter that they received from Rep. Mark Green on their website. Two things jump out at me about this letter.

One, he gives more detail to WMC than he does to everyone concerned about education. For education he put out a "plan" that basically says he is going cut funding to local schools and let someone else worry about the details of actually making the cuts. He only wants to be governor, why should he have to outline the items he would cut from the budget to pay for his "plan" when he can simply pass the buck to someone else?

Number two is even more of a problem. WMC is an active political participant. Few groups in this state do more than WMC to try to get the candidates they want elected than they do. That's not the problem. WMC has every right to do this. But knowing this, Green has put something in his letter to WMC that is smells to high heaven.

As governor, I will sign pro-growth legislation into law to demonstrate to the world that Wisconsin is once again open for business!

First, we must replace Governor Jim Doyle and I need your help, support and your vote.

Isn't Green promising action on items of interest for WMC if they donate to his campaign? I didn't even move those two lines together myself. That is how he wrote. You give me donations, and I'll give you someting you want.

What else could he mean by the word "support" in a letter to a group known to help get money to candidates and run ads about politicians?

We have a word for this. It's called logrolling. And Green has been in politics long enough to know it.