A Side Bar On Why Governor Walker Turned Down The Medicaid Money

This is going to be shooting from the hip without double checking the facts…so if I got my timeline wrong let me know: Before the 2012 Presidential election, Governor Walker delayed making a decision on setting up a Wisconsin Health Exchange or deferring to the federal government. Certainly he expected…

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Senator Vinehout versus Mike Tate

At this point in the 2014 campaign, I am firmly in the Senator Vinehout for Governor camp. And despite that I haven’t had any issue with Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate…until now. The conventional wisdom is it is going to take some serious money to defeat Governor Walker…

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How To Get Even For What You’ve IMAGINED The DPW and Mike Tate Did

So you think that Mike Tate and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin are pulling a fast one on you with Mary Burke’s gubernatorial campaign? They aren’t coming up with enough support of your local races? Here’s how you fix it and let me warn you it won’t be easy: Go…

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Paul Fanlund: To regular Democrats, beating Scott Walker is the primary thing

This is an interesting perspective… Her campaign tells me that since her formal announcement, Burke she has had coffee with activists and party leaders in Green Bay and Appleton, visited a business incubator and attended a meet-and-greet in a Wausau home. She did a small business roundtable and county party…

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Why the DPW is Dead Wrong for Their “Endorsement” of Mary Burke

I have never met Mary Burke.  I don’t know too much about her positions on important issues regarding the state of Wisconsin.  Other than her involvement with Trek Bicycles and as Commerce Secretary, I don’t know much about Ms. Burke’s background.  Unlike some progressives, I’m not fanatically opposed to Mary…

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So what’s going on in Cudahy? Don’t ask Ald. Randy Hollenbeck.

Back when he was running for Alderman, ultra-conservative Randy Hollenbeck assured his potential constituents that if elected he’d use his blog on CudahyNOW to inform residents of what was going on within Cudahy’s city government. I will still keep “the people” informed of what is going on in the city….

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