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From the fine folks over at PolitiScoop comes yet another breaking news story regarding Republican State Senate candidate David VanderLeest, the lone Republican challenger to incumbent Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen, who is facing a recall election next week. Here’s a snippet from PolitiScoop’s interview with Rachel Gerritsen, VanderLeest’s ex-wife…

It’s well-chronicled that David VanderLeest, the leader of the effort to recall Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen has a long and sordid criminal history, but thanks to the wonders of open records laws and some very helpful friends, you too can now read all about David VanderLeest’s proclivities for assaultive…

Meet David VanderLeest (pictured, right). If you don’t know who David VanderLeest is, he’s the man behind the effort to recall Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen, one of the “Wisconsin 14,” the 14 Democratic State Senators who stood against Republican Gov. Scott Walker and left Wisconsin in an attempt to…

Here’s an important fact to remember about Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen’s victory over Republican David VanderLeest on Tuesday: While VanderLeest may have garnered 34 percent of the vote despite his long and sordid criminal conviction history, 3 years delinquent property taxes, and home foreclosure, the number of votes cast…

On Joy Cardin’s show on WPR this morning (download the program here), David VanderLeest made his excuses about all of his troubles in the past with some unbelievable whiney excuses, many of which he has used before.  Then VanderLeest pulled the stunner, pretty much revealing what the next story about…

Freshman Illinois Representative Joe Walsh, who has a reputation as a tax-bashing Tea Party champion who sharply lectures President Barack Obama and other Democrats on fiscal responsibility revealed his secrets today. The best way to save money is to not pay your bills. It turns out he owes his ex-wife…

David Vanderleest – Nuff Said!

Remember way, way back in the 2008 presidential campaign when then-Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama was “pallin’ around with terrorists” because of Obama’s ties to Bill Ayers, a former member of the radical Weathermen? Well here’s Republican Governor Scott Walker, pallin’ around with convicted…

Earlier today the state Government Accountability Board (GAB) voted unanimously to disqualify Republican State Rep. Jon Nygren from the ballot in a recall election against incumbent Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen. Sen. Hansen is facing a recall after he raised the ire of some of his constituents after he left…

While the results from last nights election were not what we were hoping, they were also not clear cut. There was good news and bad news. Here are my thoughts about the GOOD NEWS of what we can take from last nights results! * Jess King is now a Wisconsin…