We at RetireDoyle.com would like to claim victory for accomplishing this goal in 2 1/2 weeks!!! Never in our wildest imaginations did we think we could retire Jim Doyle in such a short period of time. Others have tried, for many years...but we have delivered.
Politico.com was the first to break the story:
Gov. Jim Doyle won't seek re-election
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has told associates he will announce this week that he won’t seek a third term in 2010, POLITICO has learned.
He’s had to raise taxes and fees while furloughing state workers to help plug a $6.6 billion budget deficit. In doing so, his approval numbers have fallen below 40 percent. And just this week, he faced the embarrassment of seeing his legal counsel quit because she hadn’t passed the state bar.
Wispolitics has some additional reporting:
WisPolitics: Doyle plans Monday announcement on his political future
“Whether or not Governor Doyle runs again, Republicans will be well-positioned to take back the governor's office next year and get to work making Wisconsin great again," said state GOP Chair Reince Priebus.
"With a common-sense, positive plan for job growth and controlling health care costs while maintaining consumer choice, our agenda is a welcome contrast to the Democrats’ record of higher taxes and bigger government. We look forward to taking that message directly to the voters. Better days are ahead for the working families of Wisconsin.”
However...this was only HALF of our original stated goal. Our next goal is to get Scott Walker elected as our next Governor. We'll be just as successful in that effort as well. (Only wish we could do THAT in 2 1/2 weeks!!!)
Stay tuned...
UPDATE: One source said Doyle is expected to serve out the remainder of this term, which ends in January 2011. Doyle turns 65 in November 2010.
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