We Have a Candidate

In a development that I certainly didn’t expect, Democratic State Senator Tim Cullen has announced that he’s going to run for governor against Scott Walker. Yes, you read me correctly.

I’ll let Xoff tell the entire tale as he seems to be all over the story, and because I’m damned near speechless.

Get Santa some Kevlar for Christmas.

If I were Santa Claus I’d be careful about climbing down any chimneys in Wisconsin this Christmas. Xoff over at Uppity Wisconsin has the story.

Marquette University Law Professor: New DOA Rules are Unconstitutional

Edward A. Fallone, a constitutional law professor at the Marquette University School of Law explains why the new DOA rules restricting assembly in the Capitol are unconstitutional.

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Mary Williams goes weak at the knees.

At a press conference late this morning in Madison, Assembly Republicans unveiled their 183 page rewrite of Wisconsin’s mine permitting process. The first question that comes to mind is, who wrote this bill? The second question would be, why a public hearing on the bill less than a week after we finally get a look at it? And the [...]

There You Go Again…

Scott Walkers campaign committee is out with a new ad hoping that the third time will be the charm. Like Casey at Bat, the swing and missed grandly their first two attempts. They started with a huge swing and miss by a new school board member who had problems counting and was ethically challenged.

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More Jobs Fleeing Wisconsin

Scott Walker has been an unmitigated failure in what he claims is the top priority of his administration, jobs.  No word yet on whether the state lost still more jobs in November after leading the nation in Job loss in October, but it’s not looking good to the future.  450 more jobs lost in the [...]

Wisconsin’s “deer czar” absent from Wisconsin during deer hunting season

According to a report on Wisconsin Public Radio James Kroll, who earlier this year was appointed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker as Wisconsin’s first “Deer Trustee,” wasn’t even in Wisconsin during the most recent deer hunting season. As Wisconsin’s “Deer Trustee,” Kroll’s job is to monitor the health and population of Wisconsin’s herd, duplicating a [...]

FINALLY!

This is the Barack Obama that campaigned in Wisconsin and that I proudly voted for. H/T Think Progress:

Now, just as there was in Teddy Roosevelt’s time, there’s been a certain crowd in Washington for the last few decades who respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. “The market will take [...]