Bryon Eagon, the former state chair of Students for Obama, has decided to make a bid for the city council seat being vacated by Ald. Eli Judge next spring. Eagon announced his candidacy in a YouTube clip, with a conspicuous Obama poster in the background. In the footsteps of Judge, Eagon described safety as his priority, and listed balancing economic growth with environmental consequences, tenant’s rights and transportation. Pretty standard for the student political dialogue. Eagon’s only declared opponent is Jacob Schmidt, also a UW junior. Schmidt is a self-proclaimed Republican with ties to the Wisconsin Family Council, a social conservative advocacy group. That in and of itself should guarantee his doom on the UW campus. However, Schmidt does have something going for him: snow. He recognizes it’s an issue people care about, namely Tom Schalmo, Sam Clegg and me.