In the classic 1949 film All the King’s Men, Broderick Crawford’s character Willie Stark begins his political journey in a way that will soon seem very familiar to all of us in the Badger State. He was a fake candidate for office, a patsy for the corrupt Governor. I always loved that old gem of a [...]
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While I’m as amped up as anyone about the war Republicans here in Wisconsin are waging against public employees, unions, the middle class, and the poor, protesting Gov. Scott Walker at the Special Olympics is completely unacceptable. The individuals who chose to protest Gov. Walker while he was speaking to Special Olympians should be ashamed [...] So how long before Newt Gingrich drops out of the 2012 presidential race? In a major blow to Newt Gingrich’s presidential hopes, senior advisers to his 2012 campaign resigned en masse today, citing strategic differences. The staffers include Rick Tyler, a longtime political adviser and close friend to Gingrich who has worked for the former [...] From the Facebook page of Democratic State Rep. Andy Jorgensen comes word of a move by Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee to take away local control over road work contracts in excess of $100,000: A little motion came out of nowhere last Friday and was passed by JFC. My guess is, you haven’t heard [...] Last month I noted the rather extensive history of criminal convictions of David VanderLeest, a Republican who not only led the recall effort against Democratic State Sen. Dave Hansen but who has also indicated he’ll run as a candidate against Hansen in a recall election. While VanderLeest has attempted to explain away his criminal and [...] |
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