Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Cary Spivak and Dan Bice column: Losing lawmaker may lament funds unspent.

Byline: Cary Spivak and Dan Bice

Nov. 12--Every election season produces a few stratagems sure to be copied by other candidates in the next round of races.

Then there are the campaign tactics that leave voters and insiders alike scratching their heads. We've assembled a few that the political pros will want to avoid imitating.

Soon-to-be former state Rep. Rob Kreibich may have shown himself to be pennywise but pound foolish.

The Eau Claire Republican began the year with the third-largest campaign war chest among state reps. But just two weeks before the general election, Kreibich was still sitting on more than $115,400 -- an awful lot of coin considering he was squaring off against an opponent who nearly beat him two years ago. According to finance reports filed at the end of October, Kreibich had spent a meager …