Is she a contender or just a candidate? And what does that answer say about the obstacles in place to run for statewide office? As Wisconsin Republicans search for a viable contender to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2024, 40-year-old college student, Rejani Raveendran, is poised to become the first Republican to officially announce a bid for the seat. We discuss what criteria has now become almost required in order to run for higher office (money, insider knowledge, connections) and whether or not that is a democratic. Then Dan Shafer joins to Recombobulate on breaking news of Gov. Tony Evers’ call for a special session on workforce development programs. Will the GOP just gavel in and gavel out again? We will have to wait and see on September 20th. Then we discuss his newest article on the Republican Presidential Primary since we are just 15 days away from the first debate happening in Milwaukee.
