Ron Johnson’s BP flip-flop

A short time after flip-flopping on his support for oil drilling in the Great Lakes, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson has flip-flopped again, this time on whether he’ll actually sell the hundreds of thousands of dollars of BP stock he owns*, as he’s previously said he’d do: Wisconsin candidate for Senate Ron Johnson says [...]

Real World Consequences…

In today’s Financial Times(hardly the liberal media), Martin Wolf has an interesting article on Supply Side Economics. Mr. Wolf is the chief economics commentator for the FT, and not being American can look upon the situation and judge it objectively. That is why while he marveled at the political genius of supply side economics, I [...]

Teen hit by falling concrete at airport, Walker continues to campaign

More bad news for Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker, who spent the weekend campaigning while scores of Milwaukeeans recover from last week’s massive rainstorm and ensuing floods. While Walker was busy on the campaign trail, a teen at General Mitchell International Airport was struck by a piece of falling concrete, and while the teen was [...]

Terrence Wall still isn’t done with Ron Johnson and the RPW

Last month, former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terrence Wall alleged Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson secured the endorsement of the Republican Party of Wisconsin through the use of bribes and coercion, and in an appearance Thursday on “Sly in the Morning” on Madison’s WTDY-1670AM, Wall discussed how Reince Priebus and others within the Republican Party of [...]

Those empty suits like Ron Johnson agree with the darndest things!

Just for a moment let’s go back in history – back to the 2008 presidential campaign.

Do you remember the moment during that campaign, when at a John McCain town hall meeting one woman said she couldn’t trust Obama because “he’s an Arab?”

Do you remember McCain’s response?

I do, and McCain responded [...]

Jeff Plale’s money train

According to the July continuing financial reports filed by candidates recently, incumbent State Senator Jeff Plale (“D” – South Milwaukee) raised just over $35,000 in contributions from individuals during the last reporting period.

While the overall amount of contributions to Sen. Plale isn’t newsworthy, what caught my eye was where the contributions made to [...]