Todd Kolosso will be on the ballot for Democrats

While some in the Cheddarsphere have reported incumbent Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner will not have a Democratic opponent this fall due to the Democratic candidate, Todd Kolosso, having failed to gather enough signatures to get on the ballot, I’ve confirmed that Kolosso will in fact be on the ballot in the 5th Congressional District as Rep. [...]

Feingold statement on vote against financial reform legislation

Yesterday Sen. Russ Feingold issued a statement outlining why he voted against the Senate’s financial reform legislation: “At the outset of the debate over the financial regulatory reform bill, I made clear that my test for this bill would be whether it prevents another economic crisis. Unfortunately, this bill falls short. The reckless practices of [...]

Cue the outrage brigade!

As first noted by The Chief, Fred Dooley of Real Debate Wisconsin is OUTRAGED that Sen. Russ Feingold’s campaign has assigned a tracker to follow Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson everywhere he goes on the campaign trail. Dooley goes on to call the move “classless,” apparently oblivious to the fact that every statewide or [...]

An update on Ernest Pagels, Jr.

I’ve been rather hard on Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ernest Pagels, Jr., and perhaps I should lay off a bit, considering Mr. Pagels is a paranoid schizophrenic, as he admitted during an interview with Wonkette this week.

However, I did find it funny that when asked how he came up with the $14,200 he spent [...]