Donate to Our Ten in ’10

Russ Feingold (WI-Sen) $
Tom Barrett (WI-Gov) $
Chris Larson (WI-SD-07) $
Tom Michalski (WI-HD-21) $
Todd Kolosso (WI-05) $
Paul Morel (WI-04) $
Dan Bohrod (WI-Treas) $
Christine Sinicki (WI-HD-20) $
Milwaukee County Democrats (WI) $
Jim Sullivan (WI-SD-05) $

Archives

Regular reader? Kachingle is a simple way to support my blog and other sites you love.

Posted by Proud Progressive on August 2, 2010, at 9:51 am

Congrats Chelsea BUT…….

Something is seriously wrong with our system. When we have very well paid government officials(the president makes $400,000 a year plus expenses, the governor of WI makes $136,000 yearly.) waiting until they get out of office so they can cash in. As Tommy Thompson so succinctly put it “”Everybody knows I was broke when [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Posted by Zach on May 30, 2010, at 7:39 am

The best Democrat since FDR?

According to Dale over at Reasonable Citizen, former president Bill Clinton is the best Democrat since FDR, in his opinion. I’m inclined to agree, and you can read why here.

  • Share/Bookmark
Posted by Zach on November 1, 2009, at 7:53 am

A thought on Obama’s approval numbers

For all those conservatives who are making a big deal of the fact that President Barack Obama’s approval rating isn’t quite as robust as it was shortly after he was inaugurated, just remember former President Bill Clinton’s first-term approval rating was 50%. What’s more, Clinton’s approval rating at the start of the 1996 election [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Posted by Zach on October 24, 2009, at 8:19 am

GOP’s favorable rating at its lowest in a decade

There’s been some talk on the right about President Barack Obama’s approval rating, namely the fact that it stands near 53%, depending on the poll, but according to a new national poll, the Republican Party’s favorable rating among Americans is at its lowest level in at least a decade: Thirty-six percent of people questioned [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Posted by MadCityMan on September 11, 2009, at 11:32 am

The Party of Fury in La La Land Suffering a Meltdown

The GOP continues its meltdown – la la land from Clinton, party of fury from Ryan. [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Posted by Zach on July 1, 2009, at 10:04 am

Abortions down in Wisconsin

The number of abortions performed in Wisconsin dropped slightly last year to its lowest level since the state began keeping records three decades ago, according to a report released by the state yesterday. According to the report, the state Department of Health Services study found that 8,229 abortions were performed in Wisconsin last year, [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Posted by Zach on May 5, 2009, at 10:25 pm

Which lie is worthy of impeachment?

This one comes courtesy of Stuart Carlson of Carlson Toons:

  • Share/Bookmark
Posted by Zach on January 9, 2009, at 8:01 am

An “extraordinary gathering”

President-elect Barack Obama may have called Wednesday’s gathering of the three living ex-presidents, the current president, and the future president an “extraordinary event,” but I call it a full house – Democrats over [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Posted by Zach on October 5, 2008, at 10:21 pm

McCain: “Is Bin Laden really a bad guy?”

Sen. John McCain’s the candidate of “leadership and experience,” right? If that’s the case, what does Sen. McCain’s comments about Osama Bin Laden say about his leadership?

MJ: You not only have had combat experience in Vietnam, but you were also a prisoner of war. When you look at terrorism right now, with [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Posted by Zach on August 28, 2008, at 10:19 pm

Random Thoughts From the DNC Convention

NIGHT 1: First thought – there’s a reason these folks aren’t speaking in prime time. Boy, there’s some really terrible public speakers in the group, and it makes me wonder how some of these folks got elected to public office.

Next thought – Alexi Giannoulias (Illinois State Treasurer) might be the exception. He gave [...]

  • Share/Bookmark