…Blogging Blue’s interview with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett. Keep your eyes peeled!
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U.S. Senate candidate and Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson reportedly owns thousands of dollars of stock in BP. Johnson owns stocks worth between $116,000 and $315,000 in BP, the British petroleum company behind the Gulf oil gusher, according to financial reports filed Friday. Johnson is one of two Republican candidates running for the seat held by [...] Gay marriage and gay civil unions in WI, MA, HI and around the world have faced a bunch of ups and downs over the past couple of weeks, but even with the 2 steps backwards that are applauded by bigots like WI’s Julaine Appling. NOM’s Maggie Gallagher and the FRC’s Tony Perkins; the writing is on the wall – equality for gays and lesbians in all aspects of their life – loving, living, working, fighting… are on their way. Let’s look at the recent developments – 2 Steps Backwards – WI Supreme Court turns down a lawsuit to invalidate the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage or any similar arrangement and HI Governor Linda Lingle vetoes, a civil union bill at the last minute. 1 Step forward – In MA, Judge Lauro finds the Federal DOMA to be illegal. The future is gray – The decision on throwing out Proposition 8 is still to come. The future is gay – Portugal implements gay marriage, Ireland looks to implement civil unions and younger people support full equality for gays and lesbians [...] Earlier today, the Wisconsin Professional Police Association (WPPA) announced the results for its report cards for the 2009-2010 legislative session, and State Rep. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) got a big fat “F,” scoring a miserable 33% on the WPPA’s report card. Conversely, State Senator Jim Sullivan, who Rep. Vukmir is challenging in the 5th State Senate [...] As reported by the Superior Telegram, the National Association of County Veterans Service Officers plans to name U.S. Senator Russ Feingold its “Legislator of the Year” for his contributions to veterans issues. The award ceremony will take place on Sunday, July 11 prior to Sen. Feingold’s Ashland County listening session in Ashland. The listening session [...] Did you see the BizTimes write-up about Larry Gamble’s candidacy against State Representative Jeff Stone yet? Wow is all I can say, because Stone didn’t hold back any punches until the Gamble candidacy was official via nomination papers being turned in. Stone responded to Gamble’s concerns by providing the following quote to BizTimes: (Gamble) must [...] Republican U.S. Senate candidates Dave Westlake and Ron Johnson had better watch out, because while Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvine Green of South Carolina may win the award for most bizarre Senate candidate of 2010, here in Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ernest J. Pagels Jr. may give Greene a run for his money, while [...] Yesterday AL did a great job outlining how Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Reince Priebus, who’s been rumored to be a possible replacement for RNC Chairman Michael Steele, got caught in a blatant lie about Sen. Russ Feingold, and I thought I’d take a moment to add my own spin on things. Shortly after the [...] In a recent interview with Politico, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson was asked to give his assessment of President George W. Bush’s two terms in office, but instead of giving a straight answer, Johnson declined to answer: “I’ll say just no opinion,” he replied when asked about Bush’s tenure as president. “He has his [...] |
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