Day: October 14, 2013

In a preview of her appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke was asked if restoring collective bargaining rights would be a priority for her if elected. Burke’s response was a non-answer, with Burke saying her priority would be, “[T]o attract and retain a qualified, committed…

Quite frequently media articles that include an appearance by Senator Ted Cruz (R- Texas), always add something about Senator Cruz being a 2016 Presidential hopeful or some such nonsense. So let’s end all speculation on Senator Cruz’s candidacy right here and now on Blogging Blue. As any self respecting Birther…

The House GOP’s Little Rule Change That Guaranteed A Shutdown Late on the night of Sept. 30, with the federal government just hours away from shutting down, House Republicans quietly made a small change to the House rules that blocked a potential avenue for ending the shutdown. It went largely…

  The Shutdown Is Taking a Bigger Toll on Women he government shutdown, which has lasted for nearly two weeks and could stretch on as many as six more, is a budget fight that is currently being negotiated solely by men. It’s possible that the gender imbalance is one of the…

  Debt Ceiling: China Calls for World to Be ‘De-Americanised’   The official news agency of China, which is seen as the pretender to the world’s superpower crown, then rubbed in more salt, calling American economic pre-eminence just a seeming dominance. “As US politicians of both political parties are still shuffling back…

Russ Feingold’s PAC, Progressives United, is asking us to vote on whether or not they should support Mary Burke for governor right away.  I voted no for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it’s not clear at all that Mary Burke can be accurately described as a progressive….

This should surprise absolutely no one. Gov. Scott Walker’s administration used phantom job transfers this year to give double-digit pay raises to two employees and a smaller raise to a third, quickly switching them from one post to as many as three others and then back to their original jobs….