Month: August 2015

As reported by Don Behm of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel four Republicans are vying for the vacant 99th District Assembly seat in Waukesha County. Given the fact that no Democrat has entered the race, the winner of Tuesday’s primary is all but assured victory in the general election on September…

“Walker says wall along Canadian border worth reviewing” says the headline of a report by Kevin Freking of the Associated Press, though that certainly seems a more appropriate headline for an article in The Onion. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is putting a new twist on the topic of securing the…

A few days ago Wisconsin Soapbox posted an excellent piece about Milwaukee County Chris Abele that’s worth a read. Here’s a snippet. I don’t think Chris Abele is somehow a bad person, or even not a Democrat. The man pays dues and donates a ton of money to the party….

In an op-ed column published on Friday, conservative columnist Christian Schneider of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel opined that former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is “living a double life that would make Josh Duggar cringe.” Read the passage in question for yourselves: Instead, Feingold is simply following the old campaign trick…

Those of you who have been following Blogging Blue for a while know that sometimes comments around here can go beyond the pale. Some commenters are intentionally on moderation and new commenters are as well…until they prove their civility. In the past my general feeling is every comment on one…

Here you go….here’s your chance to run the blog.

Scott Walker was interviewed on MTP this morning.  Almost the first thing out of his mouth is that voters want someone who will look them in the eyes and tell them what he will do…and it goes downhill after that….for 30 minutes. He’s still pandering to his base with the same…

This is a question anyone seeking higher office should have a credible answer to.

Over at GQ, Jason Zengerle has an interesting take on how Donald Trump’s ascendance in the Republican presidential primary has doomed the campaign of Gov. Scott Walker. Indeed, no GOP presidential candidate has been more negatively affected by Trump’s rise than Walker, who emerged early this year as the man…

In his ‘foreign policy’ speech at The Citadel today, Governor Walker suggested that we ‘…roll back the theocrats in Tehran”. For someone who is avidly seeking support of evangelical Christians who would like nothing better than to establish their own little theocracy here in the United States…he doesn’t quite grasp…