Polk County Government Watch

This is great news as reported by WisPolitics:

Ashland Co. DA Sean Duffy told Politico.com Tuesday that he is “seriously considering” taking on longtime U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, in 2010.

Obey recently celebrated his 40th year in Congress, but Duffy said he believes the incumbent may be vulnerable after steering a number of controversial economic recovery measures through the House as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee. He added that Obey won with 61 percent of the vote against Daniel Mielke in 2008 — who was characterized in the article as a “no-name opponent.”

That drew criticism from Mielke, who plans to challenge Obey again next year.

“I am an American and I am tired of politicians thinking that American citizens, who work in the real world, are ‘no-names,’” Mielke said in a statement. “We ‘no-names’ are being milked like cattle to fund these politician’s (sic) spending sprees.”

Both Mielke and Politico noted Duffy’s role in the 6th season of the MTV series “Real World,” set in Boston before he launched his legal and political career. Politico writes that Duffy would be the second “Real World” alum to run for Congress after Kevin Powell lost in a Democratic primary to U.S. Rep. Edolphus Towns of New York.