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Do Democrats in the legislature need to deepen their bench?
From Playground Politics: Democrats need to spend more time cultivating future leaders in the legislature and less time turning the place over to retreads like Peter Barca, Fred Kessler, Jim Holperin, and Tim Cullen. Now Joe Wineke may well be on his way back, which would be a huge benefit…
Walker wins cartoonish lawsuit, protecting Wisconsin electorate from the likes of Bugs Bunny
It was a crushing defeat for Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse on Thursday at the Waukesha County Courthouse, as the Friends of Scott Walker successfully sued in order to ensure that those characters would not steal our recall process. Attorney Jeremy Levinson called the day’s events “political theatre”, an apt…
Just a couple of observations about tonight’s recall elections
In State Senate District 12, Democrat Jim Holperin prevailed over tea party Republican Kim “cops are cowards” Simac by a larger margin than Holperin’s margin of victory in 2008. Holperin beat Simac 55% to 45% after winning in 2008 with only 51% of the vote. In State Senate District 22,…
Kim Simac wants more transparency for perspiration drugs and wants to find ways to make perception drugs cheaper
As was first pointed out by capper over at Cognitive Dissidence, far-right extremist Republican State Senate candidate Kim Simac, who’s challenging incumbent Democratic State Senator Jim Holperin in a recall election, gave a rather curious answer to a question asked of her on a questionnaire from the Coalition of Wisconsin…
Chris Larson’s thoughts on today’s historic elections
Just a few minutes ago, I had the chance to talk with Democratic State Senator Chris Larson (pictured, left) about today’s historic recall elections. Asked to share his thoughts on tonight’s results, Larson stated what most pundits believe to be true – that tonight’s elections will be very close. “I…
Kim Simac “A leader (who always has scheduling conflicts)”
The 12th Senate District had a candidate forum yesterday, the only problem is Kim Simac (R-tea party) refused to show up. Feitlinger said Simac’s campaign told the group she had a scheduling conflict. A call to Simac’s campaign spokesman was not immediately returned. Holperin did attend the one-hour event at…
Here’s a great question for Kim Simac
Found on Twitter: So if Kim Simac won’t talk to reporters and can’t be bothered to agree to a public debate so voters can hear for themselves what Simac believes in, why should any voters believe Kim Simac will listen to them and represent their views as their State Senator?…
Democrats at odds over illegal immigration legislation
On June 27, Democratic State Senators Dave Hansen, Bob Wirch, Jim Holperin, John Erpenbach, and Tim Carpenter introduced Senate Bill 137, a bill that would make “companies that hire persons who are not legally in the United States ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule−making…
GAB certifies recall elections against Republicans Cowles, Harsdorf & Darling
Yesterday the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board (GAB) approved recall elections against Republican State Senators Sheila Harsdorf, Rob Cowles, and Alberta Darling while also postponing any decision on whether the recall petitions against Democratic State Senators Bob Wirch, Dave Hansen, and Jim Holperin. The GAB’s decision not to take any action…
Kim Simac’s “family values” hypocrisy
According to her campaign website, Tea Party Republican Kim Simac (pictured, right) says, “I believe in the preservation of the family and traditional family values, and will fight for legislation to protect them. To be strong, Wisconsin needs to support the traditional family structure…” Simac, who has announced she’ll challenge…
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