Jim Sensenbrenner: Ron Johnson lawsuit against Affordable Care Act “an unfortunate political stunt”

Apparently Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner isn’t a fan of Sen. Ron Johnson’s lawsuit over the Affordable Care Act. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is being accused of “an unfortunate political stunt” by one of his fellow Wisconsin Republicans. Rep. James Sensenbrenner released a statement Sunday criticizing Johnson for planning to file…

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Greg Sargent: Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional district “a race to watch”

Earlier Steve posted a recap of his interview(s) with Democratic Congressional candidate Kelly Westlund, who’s running to unseat Republican Rep. “Struggling” Sean Duffy in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional district. Coincidentally enough, Westlund’s candidacy is drawing attention nationally, with Greg Sargent of the Washington Post’s Plum Line blog calling the contest in…

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We’re back!

Obviously if you’re reading this you’ve noticed that Blogging Blue is back online. I just wanted to say thanks to you all for your patience as we worked through our technical difficulties.

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Freedom of Speech vs., well, Freedom of Speech

This is indirectly about the Duck Dynasty ‘controversy’…and I was going to just let it play out because I don’t feel that pop culture and reality TV have much relevance to political discourse. But then two things happened: Leonard Pitts came out with an Op Ed piece that absolutely nailed…

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My conversation/s with Kelly Westlund

Over the last few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to get to know Kelly Westlund, the Ashland City Council member who’s announced her campaign to unseat 7th Congressional District GOP representative and Tea Party media darling Sean Duffy.  In the interests of full disclosure, I helped organize a couple of…

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