From the monthly archives: August 2010

I was thinking the exact same thing!

On August 31, 2010 By

A lot’s been made elsewhere on the blogosphere about the fact that the website of PACUR, the plastics company owned by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson was edited to change the company’s history to be more consistent with Ron Johnson’s version of his “life story,” but Annie K. of eau snap! astutely [...]

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Wackadoodle do the GOP Tea Party is for You….

On August 31, 2010 By

New DNC video on the extremism of the GOP Tea Party. Yikes is this what America wants?

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Henry Sanders makes the case for Best Value Contracting

On August 31, 2010 By

Yesterday Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Henry Sanders, Jr. released an editorial making the case for the state to implement Best Value Contracting as a means of ensuring Wisconsin’s taxpayers get the most possible bang for their bucks, both in the short term and especially in the long term.

Here’s the text of Sanders’ editorial:
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Accountability? Not on Scott Walker’s watch!

On August 31, 2010 By

Under John Chianelli’s watch, problems at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex were rampant, finally boiling over when allegations that a violent male patient had sexually assaulted a female patient, resulting in that female patient becoming pregnant, despite the fact that she was supposed to have been getting birth control injections. Last week Wednesday it [...]

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Why are Wisconsin’s candidates so unwilling to debate?

On August 31, 2010 By

Here’s something I’ve been wondering about the 2010 statewide races here in Wisconsin:

Why is it that with the exception of the Republican gubernatorial race, in which Scott Walker and Mark Neumann have actually gotten together to debate the issues, none of the other major contested races (Democratic gubernatorial primary, Republican U.S. Senate primary) have [...]

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Just a quick note – End the Assaults

On August 30, 2010 By

If you’re at all interested in checking out a rather thorough accounting of Scott Walker’s failed leadership when it comes to Milwaukee County’s Behavioral Health Division and the Mental Health Complex, you should really check out EndtheAssaults.com.

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taxed enough already….Old School!

On August 30, 2010 By

The “tea” parties were an annual event that with enough money from with enough money from the Koch Brothers, and an aggressive free PR campaign from Fox \”news\”, and it seems like these collections of loons are popping up everywhere like dandelions in the spring. We even had The rodeo [...]

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Scott Walker TV ad scandal!!!!

On August 30, 2010 By

Since folks on both sides of the political spectrum have taken it upon themselves to tear apart the ads being run by the statewide candidates in order to find something to make into an election issue, I figured I’d take a look at a recent ad being run by the Republican Governors Association on behalf [...]

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A couple of technical notes

On August 30, 2010 By

Just a couple of technical notes relating to the site itself:

Just below the Blogging Blue logo at the top of the page, you’ll see a series of links to various pages within Blogging Blue. In addition to providing a link to our comment policy, you’ll also find links to our contact form, an events [...]

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Is “These people could be in charge” the winning message for Democrats?

On August 30, 2010 By

This promises to be a tough electoral year for Democrats, given the anti-incumbent mood that seems to be prevalent across the nation, and on a national level, Democrats have been searching for an effective argument to bolster their case that Republicans shouldn’t be allowed back in control of Congress. Democrats have used the terms “Bush [...]

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