The numbers are on our side

I’m no statistician, or political or social scientist, but it seems pretty clear to me that there’s every reason to feel optimistic about defeating Scott Walker in 2014. The numbers seem to support my optimism. In the 2012 gubernatorial recall election, 1,335,585 people voted for Walker while  1,164,480 voted for…

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Labor Monday Montage

Happy Labor Day everyone… or better said, Happy Organized Labor Day. For Labor Day, as David Sirota points out, isn’t a day for pondering a generalized sense of Labor, but to honor Organized Labor specifically. Sirota’s correct, and he encapsulates it well in this passage: Though we all know when…

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Careful Kevin Binversie…your sexism is showing!

Apparently “Comic Book” Kevin Binversie thinks referring to women as “bitches” is A-Okay! I wonder what the folks at the Franklin Center think of Binversie referring to a woman as a “bitch.”

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Kathleen Vinehout to make decision on gubernatorial candidacy in January 2014

Via Wisconsin Soapbox… When DPW Chairman Mike Tate’s comments about Burke being an “instant front runner” came up, Sen. Vinehout acknowledges her belief of Tate’s desire to not have a primary. But she talks about hearing from Dem’s who want to have a choice in the process (here, here). This…

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You can thank organized labor for your long weekend

And now, go forth and read this excellent piece by Paul Krugman on what Labor Day is really all about.

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