Nothing to see here….

Brian schimming, is letting everyone know that there is absolutely nothing to see here. Seriously, if you cant trust Brian (lobbyist, vice -chair of WI republican party and ex prosser staffer) Schimming to tell you the truth about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election results, who can you trust? Next thing…

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Beware of Frivolous Democracy!

This post is in response to an article for Tuesday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel which interviewed Justice Prosser and his campaign staff concerning the anticipated recount in the Supreme Court race. Of course this afternoon, Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg requested a statewide recount. Since Justice Prosser’s margin of victory as…

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Fred Dooley, always classy!

Found on “Real Debate” Wisconsin tonight:

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Let the Recount Begin

Wispolitics has the story: The Government Accountability Board says Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg (left) has requested a statewide recount. JoAnne kloppenburg decided that democracy should win out, while david prosser will do everything in his power to make sure that a recount never takes place. It will be an…

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Walker: there’s Madison and then there’s the rest of Wisconsin

Speaking about the results of last week’s spring elections, Republican Governor Scott Walker said there’s two different worlds in Wisconsin, saying, “I think it’s pretty clear that you have two very different worlds in this state. You have a world driven by Madison and a world driven by everybody else…

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Kloppenburg campaign seeking volunteers for vote monitoring

From my email inbox comes this call for help: The Kloppenburg campaign is looking for about 20 volunteers to help compare voter rolls in Waukesha on Sunday, April 10. People will be checking one by one and keeping tally. It’s slow, tedious, and detail oriented work. When: Sunday, April 10….

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Two interesting factoids about the “found” votes in Waukesha County

Interesting Factoid #1: The number of votes for Justice David Prosser that Republican Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus found two days after election day puts a taxpayer-funded recall just out of reach for Prosser’s opponent, Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg. Interesting Factoid #2: While working as a staffer for the…

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Waukesha’s Republican County Clerk “finds” 7,500 more votes for David Prosser

UPDATE: Having watched the news conference where the “discovery” of these missing votes was announced, I can’t help but wonder why it took something in the neighborhood of 29 hours after these votes were “discovered” for Kathy Nickolaus to make the announcement regarding the votes. What’s more, how is it…

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Kloppenburg prevails – recount all but assured

According to the Associated Press, Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg has defeated incumbent David Prosser by less than 200 votes out of nearly 1.5 million votes cast. Kloppenburg has already declared victory, and while there’s been no word on whether Justice Prosser will ask for a recount, I’d be absolutely…

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Congratulations to the 2011 election victors

Though the Wisconsin Supreme Court race is still too close to call, I’d like to take a moment to congratulate all the victors in the 2011 spring elections. Here in Milwaukee County, voters sent a clear, unambiguous message that they’re ready for a clear change from the policies of Scott…

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