Parsley Seeks District 8 Senate Seat

Happy Valentine's Day, Dems and all of District 8! MDL puts in print tonight: East River Electric's Scott Parsley has the 41 signatures he needs for his petition to run for the District 8 Senate seat. He's going to wait to file, though: he wants to line up some more signatures and make sure everything is kosher before submitting his petitions in March.

Parsley sees education, tax reform, open government, health care, and alternative energy as the big issues for District 8 voters [see Chuck Clement, "Parsley to Run for Dist. 8 Senate Seat," Madison Daily Leader, 2008.02.14]. Sounds like a good list of priorities to me.

So the question remains: Russ, do you really want to jump to the Senate? Do you really want to run against Scott on the basis of one freshman term in the House? Sure, PP and I both think you're an all-right guy, but Senate? This year? Mmm... such an interesting choice. The eyes of the District are upon you....