Speaking of weakness...

How odd is it that State Sen. Kurt Schaefer has hired a firm to spam his constituents with robo calls on behalf of the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center? 

Schaefer admits he hasn't bothered to call the Governor's office himself about the funding in question. Yet he's decided the most effective strategy for exercising his influence at the Capitol is to have other people lob in calls on his behalf. This seems highly irregular, at best.

What happened to Kurt Schaefer, The Great Negotiator?