Will McDonell pull a Cheney?

The front page of the Wisconsin State Journal local section has a story about Dane County Board Chairman Scott McDonell declaring that he will run for Dane County Executive if Falk wins the Attorney General race in November. She will so that means McDonell will become the interim county executive when Falk resigns. He then has 30 days to appoint a temporary county executive.

And here's the 'pulling the Cheney' part - he hasn't decided whether or not he would appoint himself.

To look high and low and find no one else that could hold the office for four months would be akin to Vice President Dick Cheney heading up the search for President Bush's Vice President and finding on one as good as himself out there. Except for McDonell, it would be riskier. Voters had no way of punishing Vice President Cheney because he was part of a ticket. McDonell would face the voters alone after he declares himself best in the land.

To be sure, being viewed as the incumbent has a lot of advantages. But Dane County voters might not take kindly to a king maker.