New Video from Blue America & Americans for America

New Video from Blue America & Americans for America – “Think Crazy”, uses the “there’s an app for that” imagery to paint the GOP as out of touch. [...]

Gwen Moore’s raising a lot of out of state money!

Moreso than any of her opponents, incumbent Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore raised a lot of money during the last reporting period (January to the end of June). For the period, Rep. Moore raised $458,115, while her closest opponent, Republican Dan Sebring, raised only $20,574. However, while Rep. Moore raised a lot of money to [...]

Why would any liberal vote for Dave Westlake?

As he’s been traveling across the state, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake has been touting the fact that he’s converting Democrats to his cause (he’s probably had more luck converting “Democrats” than he’s had raising money), and I can’t help but wonder why any true Democrat would consider casting a vote to send Dave [...]

The money train rolls on….

At the suggestion of a commenter, I’d like to follow up on an entry I wrote yesterday noting the thousands upon thousands of dollars incumbent State Sen. Jeff Plale (“D” – South Milwaukee) has received from his good friends in the cable TV and power & energy industries. While yesterday’s entry was rather long and [...]

John Boehner has a brilliant idea!

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH-8) has a brilliant idea: if the Republican Party wins the House majority, he wants to post all bills online at least 72 hours before they’re brought to the floor of the House for consideration: “[I]f we’re lucky enough to be in the Majority, and I’m lucky enough to be [...]