Just got an interesting press release from the Wisconsin Democrats and Mark Pocan re: Jeff Wood's becoming an independent.

Huebsch
Strips Rep. Jeff Wood’s Committee Chairmanships, Proving GOP Can’t
Tolerate Moderates, says Pocan

 

 

Madison--On
behalf of Assembly Democrats, State Representative Mark Pocan (D-Madison) today
reached out to Rep. Jeff Wood to offer a place for him in the big tent that the
Democrats have in the Assembly.  This occurred after Assembly Speaker Mike
Huebsch stripped Wood of his committee chairmanships because Wood declared his
intention to run as an Independent this fall.

 

“The Democratic Party
is a big tent for anyone who wants to move Wisconsin forward.  Unlike the
Republican Party in the Assembly which has purged its last moderates from their
ranks, we welcome independent thinkers to our Party,” said Pocan.