time to rethink

one of the main complaints of the dem congress is that they have not created enough jobs. While there is some truth to that, it is time for people to actually dig down and realize why. The The American Clean Energy and Security Act, has been a contentious issue this year with the right wing [...]

Frivolous Lawsuits

When Scott Walker, talks about ending frivolous lawsuits, I think I finally know what he means. At first I thought it was the lawsuits he likes to file, now I know Fox news and Chris Wallace, gave us the perfect example of a frivolous lawsuit.

Fox News and anchor Chris Wallace have jointly filed [...]

Oppo Research – New Ads Sean Duffy & Ron Johnson

Oppo Research – New Ads from Sean Duffy & Ron Johnson. Sean, the “axe man” and Ron the “truthteller” spend some more bucks on campaign ads [...]

Ron Johnson sought stimulus funds for Oshkosh Opera House

Back in June, I wrote that during Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson’s tenure as a member of the Oshkosh Opera House Foundation Board of Directors, the Oshkosh Grand Opera House received a $500,000 earmark in the 2009 state budget, a budget that started with a $6.6 billion deficit over the two years of the [...]

Keep your eyes on “the prize”

Zach mentioned this in his Friday morning links, and also pointed out that Boots and Sabers also has the story, and as Zach points out there was nary a mention anywhere that Ken Kratz was a Republican, who had toyed with the idea of running for congress.

Now a little internet research and we [...]

Scott Walker’s jobs plan is seriously lacking specifics

Have you seen Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker’s “new” jobs plan? If you didn’t, don’t worry; it’s the same as Walker’s old jobs plan.

What’s more, Walker’s plan is seriously underwhelming, coming in at under 10 pages in length (using a huge font, no less), while the jobs plan of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett [...]

Ron Johnson dodges “We the People” debate

I’ve previously lamented the lack of willingness among candidates for elected office here in Wisconsin to debate each other, and while I had posited the number of debates between Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson and incumbent U.S. Senator Russ Feingold would be a number as close to zero as possible, Johnson’s campaign handlers somewhat [...]

The Cheddarbomb was a huge success!

On Wednesday, Sen. Russ Feingold’s campaign launched a one-day “Cheddarbomb” designed to raise money from 15,000 grassroots donors to counter the $15 million of his own personal wealth Ron Johnson has pledged to pour into his effort to defeat Sen. Feingold, and according to a report in the Huffington Post, the “Cheddarbomb” was a huge [...]

Friday morning links

Just a few links to start you out today….

The Chief has an excellent writeup on the GOP double standard that seems to exist for Pastor David King, who’s running for Wisconsin Secretary of State.

Over at eau-snap! (a blog worth reading, by the way), I’ve been named Viking of the Month, an award coveted [...]