Schultheis Retiring, Lambert May Run For Seat
by Jose | 11:35 am, November 5, 2009 | Comments Off
Sen. Dave Schultheis recently announced that he would not be seeking re-election to SD-9 in 2010. As Ben DeGrow reports, conservative Rep. Kent Lambert may be announcing his candidacy for the seat later today.
Lambert will be the de facto nominee if he declares his candidacy. While Schultheis was facing a primary opponent in Tom McDowell who will likely continue to run, McDowell has proven time and time again that he does not have the temperament for public office and has demonstrated a propensity for making ludicrous statements that is at least as strong as the outgoing Schultheis.
McDowell has predicated his candidacy on expanding the big tent of the Republican party and has put that goal into practice by:
- Randomly accusing center-right bloggers of being "social conservatives" trying to drag down the party, usually levelling the charge at blogs that rarely or never discuss social issues.
- Libelling several Republican campaign operatives for no apparent reason.
- Throwing an odd tantrum at a conservative commentator for "name-calling" Mark Udall.
- Railing at activists about "social conservative" conspiracies.
- Constantly deriding primaries as damaging to the party; before declaring himself a primary candidate against an incumbent legislator.
