Month: April 2009

As reported by Michael Horne, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Neumann is a parishoner at Christ Church, Pewaukee, which is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). Additionally, Neumann serves on the board of Hope Christian Schools. Now in and of itself, those facts aren’t really shocking, but here’s the…

From the first post at Heartland Hollar comes a novel fundraising idea for Scott Walker’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign, which kicked off this week: s you may know, Scott Walker is “officially” believing in himself as governor again (or did he ever stop) and he is going to need a lot…

Not trying to alarm anyone; just wanting to inform. However, it looks like Milwaukee may have its first cases of swine flu: Officials announced Thursday evening that at least two probable cases of swine flu have been identified in Milwaukee and said four city schools will be closed through the…

Just a warning that this is definitely not safe for work due to language… H/T to Emily Mills over at The Lost Albatross.

From Ed Garvey of Fighting Bob comes a possible campaign slogan for Scott Walker: Scott Walker for governor. “He will fill your prisons, raise tuition, stop stem cell research, make abortion a crime, and auction off our parks. Scott Walker. One of us. A return to an earlier time. Scott…

By now you’ve no doubt heard the news about Senator Arlen Specter’s switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party. In fact, I blogged briefly about the switch a little earlier tonight. What I didn’t get a chance to mention was the reaction to Sen. Specter’s switch by those…

The Reasonable Progressive, one of my favorite blogs in the Cheddarsphere, has an “awkward” request (her words, not mine) that merits consideration by all three of you who read this blog regularly: More details to come later, but this is a hard request for me to make of the 5-10…

Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold gave President Barack Obama a grade for President Obama’s handling of state secrets during the president’s first 100 days in office, and the grade was a “D”: Sen. Russ Feingold is giving President Barack Obama a “D” for the way he has handled state secrets in…

In what comes as a shock to no one except for those living under a rock lately, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker announced his candidacy for governor yesterday. In his announcement speech, Walker took a surprisingly negative tone, taking more than one potshot at Governor Jim Doyle. While negative attacks…

Just a few random tidbits from the news: First, some good news about the economy, asconsumer confidence zoomed past economists’ forecasts in April to its highest level since November. The rise in consumer confidence could be indicative of a growing sense that the economy may have bottomed out and Americans…