David Vitter chose prostitutes over patriots (VIDEO)

This has to be one of the most direct political ads I’ve ever seen, and it comes from the campaign of Democratic Rep. John Bel Edwards, who is running against Republican Sen. David Vitter to become Louisiana’s next governor. That, my friends, is the equivalent of a nuclear bomb.

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GOP Candidates Continue To Sell Out Their Constituents!

As Zach mentioned yesterday there is a special election coming up to select a new state representative in the 99th district to replace Chris Kapenga who was recently elected to the state senate. There are four candidates in the GOP primary and nary a Democrat to be found (so much…

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Dave Westlake among candidates vying for vacant 99th Assembly seat

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…

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The rebirth of the American Left?

The most interesting and under reported political battle of 2015 is shaping up out in Seattle between the Democrats and……………… the Socialists. Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant kicked off her 2015 re-election campaign with speeches by Chris Hedges, as well as Ruth Coppinger, a member of the Socialist Party…

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A new development ( dustup) in the DPW Chairs race

Facebook erupted late yesterday afternoon with intermittent outrage after some delegates to the DPW convention received a letter from the Jeff Smith campaign, a letter titled ” A Winning Coalition “, telling folks that if he’s elected he’ll offer Martha Laning the position of Executive Director of the DPW. The…

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Tony Palmeri recognizes Jeff Smith as the ” reform ” candidate for DPW Chair

UW Oshkosh Professor of Communications Studies and former candidate for state legislature Tony Palmeri has an excellent piece on the race for DPW Chair. It’s a mighty refreshing break from the rhetoric of the last couple of days. Here’s a relevant snippet: ” Of the five candidates running for DPW…

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No More Mud Slinging

Jeff Smith has an hilarious new campaign video out. Great message too!

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Don’t hold back Sly, tell us how you really feel.

John ” Sly ” Sylvester really went off on DPW Chair candidate Martha Laning on Friday in a program/podcast titled ” Candidate Martha Laning is no Democrat “. At issue for Sly is Laning’s statement last year that she couldn’t bring herself to support even a $10.10 an hour minimum…

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Eleanor Wolf, Citizen Action’s 2014 progressive achievement award winner, endorses Jeff Smith for DPW Chair

Ask any progressive in western Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley who the hardest working activist in the Valley is and among the names you’ll hear is Eleanor Wolf, and she’s more than likely to be at the top of the list. So when Citizen Action of Wisconsin held their annual vote last…

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Why I’m backing Jeff Smith for DPW Chair

First off, Jeff is the only candidate who has won a state level election against a multi-term incumbent Republican in rural Wisconsin. Jeff’s first race was in 2004 when he defeated a handpicked DPW candidate in the 93rd Assembly district primary and went on to lose in the general election….

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