Where’s Ron Johnson? Raising money in Washington D.C., that’s where!

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson has spent a lot of time in the past week avoiding the various Tea Party groups here in Wisconsin like the plague, but apparently he wasn’t too busy to jet off to Washington, D.C. yesterday for a fundraiser organized by the Bellwether Group, a…

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A Tale in Contrasts – the GOP vs. the Democrats

Who would you rather have it your side – someone like Scott Walker and the GOP – or someone like Tom Barrett, Barrack Obama and the Democratic Party? The choices are clear and obvious, not only on this issue, but on the many other ones that sharply demonstrate the contrasts between our two major parties.In my recent comments about Scott Walker on Zach’s post about domestic partnership rights, I tried to paint the contrasts between the Democratic Party and the GOP, as demonstrated by Scott Walker on not only this, but on a range of issues. As further evidence of the stark contrasts between the parties listen to Obama speaking to a group of LGBT activists at a Tuesday night reception at the White House.

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The DNC Keeps the Heat on the “GOPBP” Party

Here’s ad number two in the DNC ad series attacking the GOP party of BP for their lemming-like corporatist philosophy that the high and mighty corporation can do no wrong and should not be accountable for their malfeasance. It stars some of the GOP’s favorite sons and daughters – Bachmann, Barton, Paul… apologizing to BP for screwing the country, the environment, businesses and workers throughout the Gulf region with their incompetence and potentially criminal behavior.

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Tom Nelson takes a swing at Henry Sanders but strikes out

In an email sent out to supporters, Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Tom Nelson took a few swings at his opponent in the Democratic primary, Madison-area small businessman Henry Sanders, Jr. In the email, Nelson tried really really hard to portray himself as a fiscally frugal candidate, in stark contrast to…

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Walker reiterates opposition to domestic partner registry

Late last year, Milwaukee County Executive (and Republican gubernatorial candidate) Scott Walker vetoed a measure that would have studied the impact of granting domestic partnership benefits to Milwaukee County employees, citing the fact that domestic partnership benefits for County employees would be too costly during tough economic times. It seems…

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That’s gonna leave a mark

John Nichols of the Capital Times on the U.S. Senate candidacy of Republican Ron Johnson: His is a classic consultant-driven campaign, where the candidate puts his brain on hold until Election Day. As if that weren’t bad enough, Nichols goes on to note Ron Johnson’s no maverick, despite what he…

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