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Posted by Zach on September 2, 2010, at 5:59 am

So who’s running the Republican Party of Wisconsin, dumb and dumber?

Someone should tell the Republican Party of Wisconsin that just because wannabe journalist Chuck Sykes says it on his radio show doesn’t make it so: The Wisconsin Republican Party is retracting its blasting of a fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because the event never happened.

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Posted by Zach on September 2, 2010, at 5:44 am

Dave Westlake: The Flintstones had it right!

In an interview with Madison’s 27 News, Republican U.S. Senate candidate made it clear he believes the Earth is only thousands of years old, not billions, as is widely accepted by science, saying, “I believe in creationism; I just happen to believe we were created the way we are.” Here’s the rest of what [...]

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Posted by Proud Progressive on September 1, 2010, at 11:20 pm

I really really really want to like Dave Westlake…

I just wish he wouldn’t make it so hard. I have never met Mr. Westlake, and he seems by all accounts to be a very nice person. I also fully respect the campaign he has run(although I dont understand how he can do it), but getting out and meeting people and being willing to [...]

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Posted by Zach on September 1, 2010, at 10:39 pm

Chairman Johnson: Ron Johnson thinks communist China’s got the right ideas on business

It seems like every time he opens his mouth, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson says something really really stupid. In an interview with the Wisconsin Radio Network on August 30, Johnson made it abundantly clear he believes communist China is a great place to do business, saying, “I’d encourage people to go [...]

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Posted by Zach on September 1, 2010, at 9:30 pm

Former Gov. Lucey endorses Henry Sanders

From my email inbox comes news Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Henry Sanders, Jr. has picked up the endorsement of former Wisconsin Governor Pat Lucey. Here’s what Gov. Lucey had to say about his endorsement of Sanders: “As governor, I tackled many of the same economic challenges we’re facing now in Wisconsin, so I know [...]

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Posted by Ed Heinzelman on September 1, 2010, at 9:10 pm

Wisconsin’s Elite in the 50 Wealthiest in Congress

Here’s a link to the Hill’s 50 Wealthiest Legislators in Washington!

Somebody there missed Herb Kohl…since the 50th person is at $5.1 million, Senator Kohl should certainly have been on this list. The Milwaukee Bucks alone should put him near the top.

Wisconsin didn’t do too badly:

#26 Representative Jim Sensenbrenner is the Wisconsin [...]

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Posted by Zach on September 1, 2010, at 5:37 am

GOP campaign office in Cudahy vandalized

On Saturday, a Republican campaign office in Cudahy was vandalized when an unknown individual punched out a glass window, which is now boarded up. In his statement condemning the vandalism, RPW Chair Reince Priebus, ever the partisan hack, took the opportunity to attack Democrats for the mess he asserts they’ve made in Madison and [...]

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Posted by Zach on August 31, 2010, at 9:35 pm

I was thinking the exact same thing!

A lot’s been made elsewhere on the blogosphere about the fact that the website of PACUR, the plastics company owned by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson was edited to change the company’s history to be more consistent with Ron Johnson’s version of his “life story,” but Annie K. of eau snap! astutely pointed [...]

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Posted by MadCityMan on August 31, 2010, at 6:20 pm

Wackadoodle do the GOP Tea Party is for You….

New DNC video on the extremism of the GOP Tea Party. Yikes is this what America wants? [...]

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Posted by Zach on August 31, 2010, at 5:59 am

Henry Sanders makes the case for Best Value Contracting

Yesterday Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Henry Sanders, Jr. released an editorial making the case for the state to implement Best Value Contracting as a means of ensuring Wisconsin’s taxpayers get the most possible bang for their bucks, both in the short term and especially in the long term.

Here’s the text of Sanders’ editorial: [...]

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