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Where do Wall and Westlake stand on health care?

Zach W — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:47:38 +0000

It’s been nearly a week since Sen. Russ Feingold’s campaign issued a press release asking Republican Senate candidates Terrence Wall and Dave Westlake if they’d fight for big health insurance companies or regular folks all across Wisconsin, and there’s still been no response from either candidate (or their campaigns) to answer the question. It’s [...]

Why doesn’t Westlake know the difference between the “nuclear option” and reconciliation?

Zach W — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:55:15 +0000

As part of his “Ask Dave” series on Facebook, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake has been encouraging supporters to ask him questions on Facebook, which Westlake then answers on video. On March 2, Russell Lee asked, “What about the Dems using Reconciliation to pass health care reform? Remember, this was called “the nuclear [...]

Dave the Dictator?

Zach W — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:30 +0000

I’ve had a lot of fun commenting on the foibles and ridiculousness of Sen. Russ Feingold’s Republican opponents (or prospective opponents, in the case of Tommy Thompson, but Jim Arndt over at Pretty Important Politics takes things to a whole new level, pointing out how Sen. Feingold’s opponents run the gamut of ridiculous, from the [...]

When all else fails, rip a page out of another candidate’s playbook

Zach W — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:55:07 +0000

The crack team over at Westlake for Senate headquarters has a brilliant idea to allow individuals to ask questions of Dave Westlake and get an answer via a short video:

New campaign video series: “ASK DAVE”–let me know your questions via FaceBook & we’ll respond with a short video… http://bit.ly/bXnu14

Gee, I wonder why the new “Ask [...]

The news isn’t quite as good as Dave Westlake thought

Zach W — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:40:30 +0000

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake was positively giddy on Facebook last week when news broke of a Rasmussen poll that put his name ID among at 64% while also putting Sen. Russ Feingold’s approval rating below 50%. While I’m sure Dave Westlake was thrilled to hear that 64% of Wisconsin voters knew who [...]

Limbaugh compares Feingold to Osama bin Laden

Zach W — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:01:31 +0000

On Friday, right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh compared Russ to terrorist Osama Bin Laden on his nationally syndicated radio show. Speaking about the al Qaeda leader’s most recent audio tape, Limbaugh said, “sounds like this could easily be [said by] Russ Feingold, the Senator from Wisconsin.” Listen for yourself:

I’m not shocked by Limbaugh’s [...]

Russ Feingold hasn’t had a bad week; conservatives are just making hay

Zach W — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:47 +0000

If you listen to some conservatives, you’d think Senator Russ Feingold had a really bad week. First there was a poll that showed Sen. Feingold trailing former governor Tommy Thompson, then there was the allegation Sen. Feingold left a radio interview in a huff. At face value, it sure might seem like [...]

Feingold starts 2010 with $3 million cash on hand

Zach W — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:45:47 +0000

Senator Russ Feingold’s campaign released its fundraising numbers yesterday, ahead of the reporting deadline for the final quarter of 2009. Some interesting facts about Sen. Feingold’s fundraising:

The Feingold Campaign finished 2009 strong with over $3.65 million cash on hand. Our average contribution over the cycle is $50. In the 4th quarter of 2009 alone, the campaign [...]

Will Tommy! run for the U.S. Senate in 2010?

Zach W — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:37:51 +0000

It’s no secret former governor Tommy Thompson likes to see his name in print and hear it mentioned on the television, so it shouldn’t come as a great surprise to anyone from Wisconsin that Thompson’s name is being floated as a possible contender for Sen. Russ Feingold’s seat, which is up for election this year. [...]

Westlake makes major announcement, suspends campaign fundraising

Zach W — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:44:18 +0000

On Wednesday I noted Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake had a major announcement planned for January 14, 2010. At the time, readers of this blog opined on what they felt Westlake’s announcement would be, but none guessed Westlake would announce he was suspending all his campaign’s fundraising. Instead of formal campaign [...]