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Posted by Zach W on March 14, 2010, at 6:32 am
From the SEPAC blog comes news Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker will be appearing on WTDY’s Sly in the Morning radio show this Tuesday, March 16th: Madison area leaders and members should note that radio host Sly will have gubernatorial candidate Walker on his program on Tuesday, 3/16 at 8:35 a.m. to quiz him about his position on state employees, their wages, benefits and outsourcing. This could prove to be a very interesting half hour. Sly indicates he may even accept phone calls during the segment. We strongly encourage you to tune in to WTDY, AM 1670 and listen to Scott Walker talk about your future if elected, and if the opportunity presents itself, call in with your thoughts. You can also listen live online by visiting: http://www.wtdy.com/. I’m hoping Sly opens up his phone lines for calls from his listeners, because I think it’d be great entertainment to hear Scott Walker take questions from an audience that may not be as friendly as the audience on Chuck Sykes’ show. Posted by Zach W on March 13, 2010, at 7:08 am
 Image courtesy CNN.com The Reverend Jim Wallis, president of Sojouners, a network of progressive Christians, has called for a boycott of Glenn Beck’s television show after Beck demonized churches that preach economic and social justice. Wallis has also challenged Beck to a public debate, saying that Beck perverted Jesus’ message when he called on Christians last week to leave churches that preach social and economic justice. “He wants us to leave our churches, but we should leave him,” Wallis says of Beck. “When your political philosophy is to consistently favor the rich over the poor, you don’t want to hear about economic justice.” According to Rev. Wallis, social and economic justice is at the heart of Jesus’ message, and in Matthew 19:21, Jesus said, “Go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” Sounds a lot like a plan to redistribute wealth, which conservatives have been screaming is socialism at its worst. Posted by Zach W on March 13, 2010, at 6:35 am
WPRI has a new poll out showing former governor Tommy! Thompson with a lead over Sen. Russ Feingold in the race for Feingold’s U.S. Senate seat. Shortly after the poll was released, Sen. Feingold’s campaign issued a statement : As has been widely reported, WPRI is a group with strong Republican ties, most prominently to Tommy Thompson. As the Associated Press reported last week there have been serious questions about WPRI manipulating polling results so the media and voters should think twice about the credibility of WPRI’s polling. As Xoff notes, WPRI’s poll brings bad news for Republican Senate candidate Terrence Wall, whose name recognition slipped from 69% in a recent Rasmussen poll to only 18% in the WPRI poll. Clearly something’s fishy about those numbers, so it’s hard to put much stock in either poll, given how dramatically different the results are. Speaking of WPRI, earlier today I came upon a piece (of what I can’t say here) written by Dave Blaska, who argues WPRI is nonpartisan: Yeah, with a list of commentators that includes Charlie Sykes, George Lightbourne, and Christian Schneider, I can see how Dave Blaska thinks WPRI is “nonpartisan.” H/T to illy T . Posted by Zach W on March 13, 2010, at 6:03 am
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Posted by Zach W on March 12, 2010, at 7:07 am
According to new financial projections released earlier this week, the Miller Park stadium sales tax, which former governor (and possible U.S. Senate candidate) Tommy Thompson famously said was a way for the rest of the state to “stick it” to Milwaukee, will sunset sometime between 2016 and 2018, at least two years later than originally thought. The Miller Park stadium sales tax had originally been projected to be retired in 2014, but the recession has taken its toll on sales tax receipts, resulting in the later sunset date for the Miller Park sales tax. The Miller Park sales tax is an integral part of Tommy “Stick it to ‘em” Thompson’s legacy as governor of Wisconsin, and no doubt his words will come back to haunt him should he enter the 2010 U.S. Senate race here in Wisconsin. Jason Haas, James Rowen, and Xoff have more. Posted by Zach W on March 12, 2010, at 7:04 am
At his birthday celebration in Milwaukee on March 7, 2010, Senator Russ Feingold made it clear “a lot of people in Washington” were pushing former governor Tommy Thompson to throw his hat in the race for Feingold’s U.S. Senate seat, and Feingold noted he’s more interested in what a lot of folks in Wisconsin wanted: On the heels of Sen. Feingold’s remarks, it should come as a surprise to not a single living soul that Tommy Thompson will be headlining a fundraiser on May 12, with D.C. lobbyists at Barbour, Griffith & Rogers, one of Washington D.C.’s top Republican lobbying firms. The fundraiser is billed as being in support of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, but the fundraiser could be starting point for Thompson to jump into the U.S. Senate race. Before you say, “Zach, you’re crazy…it’s just a GOP fundraiser!” keep in mind the current president of Barbour, Griffith & Rogers is Bob Wood, a former Thompson operative and the same individual who registered websites for Thompson’s burgeoning U.S. Senate campaign. Coincidence? I think not. The fact is, Tommy Thompson’s decision to run or not run for Russ Feingold’s seat in the U.S. Senate will be dictated by powerbrokers and lobbyists in Washington D.C., who are more concerned about their own self-interests than they are about what’s best for Wisconsinites. Like him or not, at least Russ Feingold’s not beholden to any special interests except the citizens of the State of Wisconsin, while a Senator Tommy Thompson would be beholden to the powerbrokers and lobbyists who helped get him elected. Posted by Zach W on March 12, 2010, at 6:02 am
Going against his “small government” grain, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said yesterday he favors splitting Milwaukee Public Schools into smaller school districts. Speaking at the Marquette University Law School, Walker suggested that the state’s largest school district should be broken up into ten to twelve autonomous districts. Presumably, each of those ten to twelve autonomous school districts would also have their own autonomous school boards, and even if each board has just five members instead of the nine that currently sit on the MPS board, that’s fifty to sixty new elected officials. In addition to all those new elected officials, each new school district would need administrators, including superintendents, which adds up to a lot of new layers of bureaucracy. I always thought Scott Walker wanted to shrink the size of government, not grow it, so it’s odd to hear him supporting a proposal that would undoubtedly increase the size of government tenfold, and I can’t wait to see the reaction his proposal gets from the rabidly anti-government folks who seem to comprise Walker’s base of support. Posted by Zach W on March 11, 2010, at 6:05 am
From the inbox… On Saturday, March 20, Feingold volunteers will canvass door-to-door in 57 cities and towns across Wisconsin. And we’d love to have you join us. Click here if you’d like to sign up to join Sen. Feingold’s statewide canvass. Posted by Zach W on March 11, 2010, at 6:03 am
I’ll admit it….I’m a fan of the music of the 1980’s. Synthesizers and big hair are definitely a weakness of mine when it comes to music, so here’s a few of my favorites from the era of big hair and synthesizers. First up, here’s “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake: Next, here’s “West End Girls” by the Pet Shop Boys: And because it’s one of my all-time favorites (and because I do a great Humpty Hump impression), here’s “The Humpty Dance” by Digital Underground: |
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