I really really really want to like Dave Westlake…

I just wish he wouldn’t make it so hard. I have never met Mr. Westlake, and he seems by all accounts to be a very nice person. I also fully respect the campaign he has run(although I dont understand how he can do it), but getting out and meeting people and being willing to give [...]

Chairman Johnson: Ron Johnson thinks communist China’s got the right ideas on business

It seems like every time he opens his mouth, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson says something really really stupid. In an interview with the Wisconsin Radio Network on August 30, Johnson made it abundantly clear he believes communist China is a great place to do business, saying, “I’d encourage people to go onto [...]

Former Gov. Lucey endorses Henry Sanders

From my email inbox comes news Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Henry Sanders, Jr. has picked up the endorsement of former Wisconsin Governor Pat Lucey. Here’s what Gov. Lucey had to say about his endorsement of Sanders: “As governor, I tackled many of the same economic challenges we’re facing now in Wisconsin, so I know a [...]

Wisconsin’s Elite in the 50 Wealthiest in Congress

Here’s a link to the Hill’s 50 Wealthiest Legislators in Washington!

Somebody there missed Herb Kohl…since the 50th person is at $5.1 million, Senator Kohl should certainly have been on this list. The Milwaukee Bucks alone should put him near the top.

Wisconsin didn’t do too badly:

#26 Representative Jim Sensenbrenner is the Wisconsin delegation [...]

Big 10-12

I thought I would post some sports related news since it appears to be breaking and a long time coming. The Big Ten has broken the conference into two divisions.

Division 1

* * Michigan * Nebraska * Iowa * Michigan State * Minnesota Northwestern

Division 2

* * Wisconsin * [...]

Russ Decker kicks his own son out of a fundraiser

This is just hilarious…. Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker (D-Weston) raised a few eyebrows when he called for an audit into student governance matters at UW-Stevens Point at the behest of his son, Jeff Decker.

The younger Decker raised issues on the legality of the allocation of student fees.

But Jeff Decker, 31, said this [...]

GOP campaign office in Cudahy vandalized

On Saturday, a Republican campaign office in Cudahy was vandalized when an unknown individual punched out a glass window, which is now boarded up. In his statement condemning the vandalism, RPW Chair Reince Priebus, ever the partisan hack, took the opportunity to attack Democrats for the mess he asserts they’ve made in Madison and Washington [...]

Dick Leinenkugel leading angel investing effort

Former Wisconsin Commerce Secretary (and former Republican U.S. Senate candidate) Dick Leinenkugel is leading an effort to start an angel investing group in Vilas County, where he has a vacation home. Among those involved is G. Steven Burrill, founder of Burrill & Co., a San Francisco investment bank focused on life sciences companies that has [...]