Day: September 10, 2009

Rob Miller is running against Republican Joe Wilson, the Congressman/heckler who yelled “you lie” at Obama on international TV. If you’d like to see Rep. Wilson get defeated by Rob Miller in 2010, the consider donating to Rob Miller via ActBlue. As I write this, Rob Miller has raised just…

Earlier tonight, I wrote about Dave Westlake’s apparent support of Congrressman Joe Wilson’s classless heckling of President Obama during the president’s address to Congress, and at the time, I noted Westlake had removed his original Tweet supporting Rep. Wilson. However, just a few minutes ago, Dave Westlake was kind enough…

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Shortly after President Obama’s health care address to the nation, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold issued a statement reiterating the need for real health care reform: “Tonight, the president made another convincing case for comprehensive health care reform. The skyrocketing costs of health care in recent years have made our current…

By now you’ve no doubt heard about Republican Congressman Joe Wilson’s classless heckling of President Barack Obama during President Obama’s health care address to the nation, as well as the condemnation of Rep. Wilson’s heckling from elected officials from both parties, but have you heard the comments from Wisconsin Republican…

The soap opera of right wing politics in SC make the state the laughingstock of the nation.

Fresh off the heels of the introduction of legislation that would cap the interest rate that can be charged by payday loan companies comes a report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have more than doubled their contributions to state lawmakers in the past year: Payday lenders doled out more than…