Day: March 2, 2010
A State of Contrasts – Liberal & Conservative in the WI Congressional Delegation
The National Journal has released its annual rankings of Congressional Vote Rankings for 2009. The Vote rankings are calculated based on an evaluation of each member’s votes on several key foreign policy, economic and social legislation in 2009. This posting looks at the rankings for the Wisconsin Congressional Delegation from most liberal to most conservative.
The Bunning Effect or Bunning Tantrum’s Results…
In his 1 man filibuster Jim Bunning, Senator KY is giving the finger to not only reporters, but to America. In a further example of Republican nonsense in the Senate, Bunning has single-handedly stopped unemployment benefits, COBRA health insurance co-payments and slashed physician Medicare payments 21%.
South Milwaukee school board proposes cutting music, at-risk teaching positions
Unless the South Milwaukee school district realizes $600,000 in “Reductions in Salary in Benefits,” (which is code for the district’s employees taking pay and benefit cuts) the School Board has proposed drastic cuts to balance the district’s budget, including cutting one full time orchestra position, resulting in the elimination of…
While Tommy’s thinking about the U.S. Senate, let’s take a trip down memory lane…
Politico is reporting former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson is seriously considering making a run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Senator Russ Feingold, with one longtime aide to Thompson putting the odds of a run by Thompson at “70” percent. While Tommy’s mulling over the possibility of running…
The news isn’t quite as good as Dave Westlake thought
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake was positively giddy on Facebook last week when news broke of a Rasmussen poll that put his name ID among at 64% while also putting Sen. Russ Feingold’s approval rating below 50%. While I’m sure Dave Westlake was thrilled to hear that 64% of…
How much will Sebring raise?
Republican Congressional candidate Dan Sebring is having a money bomb this week, and I thought it’d be fun to try and predict just how much (or little) he’ll actually raise. So here’s your chance….predict the amount Dan Sebring’s money bomb will raise….personally I’m betting it’ll be between $501 and $1,000….
Congressman Trent Franks: “Blacks were better off under slavery”
There’s not much else I can add to this….watch for yourself: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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