Welcome to your district Mr. Reynolds

Senator Tom Reynolds' (R-West of Sanity) campaign flak J.J. Blonein seems unfamiliar with Reynolds' senate district. When former Brookfield Mayor Kate Bloomberg and former state Rep. Frank Urban endorsed Dem Jim Sullivan in the 5th Senate District against Reynolds this week Blonein said:

"Frank Urban and his wife are the consummate RINOS," Blonein said.

Notice how Blonein only really acknowledges Urban in his comment. Bloomberg is just "his wife" even though she is a former Mayor of Brookfield.

And by RINOs does he mean Republicans that don't think questions about religion in a job interview are appropriate? Does he mean Republicans that don't think women should have to die in childbirth anymore and pharmacists should fill legal prescriptions for birth control? Does he mean Republicans that don't think senators should be writing tax breaks to benefit their own household?

Well, welcome to Senator Tom Reynolds' district Mr. Blonein. You'll find a lot of so-called RINOs in this district. In fact, they made Reynolds general election victory possible last time around. You cannot win without them and calling them names and dismissing them as irrelevant is probably not a wise campaign strategy.

Comments like that lead to comments like this:

"Tom Reynolds has been an embarrassment to our communities," the Republicans wrote in a letter sent Oct. 25. "He puts his own shortsighted, obsolete views before the interests of his constituents and Wisconsin. We think it's time for a change."

You can find the letter from Urban and Bloomberg here.