Breaking News: Doyle won’t seek reelection

Politico.com is reporting Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle won’t seek reelection in 2010. According to Politico, Gov. Doyle has told associates he will announce this week that he won’t seek a third term in 2010.

Given the difficulties Doyle has faced recently, this decision isn’t terribly surprising, but it does set up an interesting Democratic gubernatorial [...]

The Cheese & Burger Society

This is totally unrelated to politics, but if you’re a fan of cheeseburgers, you need to check out the Cheese & Burger Society. My personal favorites are #12 (The Highwayman) and #26 (The Sheboygan).

What’s your favorite?

Congressmen Ryan and Petri voted for “death panels”

As noted by Cory Liebmann of Eye On Wisconsin, back in 2003 Republican Congressmen Paul Ryan and Tom Petri voted in favor of the same “death panels” so many conservatives are now caterwauling about.

Remember the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act that was pushed by George W. Bush and passed with massive support [...]

Sen. Feingold’s August Listening Sessions

Scheduled to be in the far northern counties next week, Sen. Feingold will continue his listening sessions.

Forest and Florence Counties: August 18th

Ashland and Iron Counties: August 19th

Bayfield County: August 22nd

You will  find the locations at Sen. Feingold’s website.

 If you are a reader of Blogging Blue and will attend any of these  sessions, let Zach and I  know  about [...]

Targeting Wisconsin Dems

Americans for Prosperity is targeting Democrats Tammy Baldwin of Madison and Dave Obey of Wausau. Ron Kind of La Crosse also is a target, though he has four scheduled listening sessions and one tele-town hall meeting starting Tuesday.

The opponents of healthcare reform will continue to exercise their freedom to speak out against ”the government takeover of [...]