Eye on the Ball

In a letter to Jonathan Jackson dated 2 October, 1789, John Adams wrote,

There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded [...]

A note on Kathleen Falk

Though I wasn’t a supporter of former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk in the Democratic gubernatorial recall primary for my own reasons, she deserves a ton of credit for all the hard work she’s done both during the protests of Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on public employees and during the effort to recall Gov. [...]

Marquette University Poll: Three Questions Undermine Kathleen Falk

Marquette University Polling released their latest poll results which included questions on the recall and on collective bargaining. The answers people gave go a long way towards understanding why Falk is not getting traction with the state wide electorate.

The top issue people have is jobs. Not collective bargaining… but [...]

A tidbit to those who argue Kathleen Falk’s 2006 AG race showing proves she’s more electable

During the back-and-forth between supporters of Demcoratic gubernatorial candidates Kathleen Falk and Tom Barrett, supporters of Falk have pointed to her showing in the 2006 Attorney General election against J.B. Van Hollen as proof of Falk’s statewide electability. Case in point is this comment posted on Blogging Blue yesterday: But an interesting comparison is the [...]

Sly Pops a Gasket

John "Sly" Sylvester

You’d think he’d focus his vitriol on the real enemy… you know… Scott Walker… Oh well, I guess not.

It’s hard to count the number of people who are only leaving behind the honest recall candidate, Kathleen Falk, for one that’s a hypocritical liar and higher-than-thou campaign expert, Tom Barrett, simply [...]

MKE Journal Sentinel has moment of glasnost in recall coverage

I apologize to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel political writers, Mr. Joel Stein and Mr. Patrick Marley, for being so tardy in making this post. I have been critical of them for ignoring two of the candidates in the Democratic primary for governor in a number of their posts (my post one and two). But on April [...]

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Financial Release

From the Barrett campaign:

As new finance numbers in the 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial primary election are released today, Barrett for Wisconsin provides an analysis of the daily fundraising averages from each of the campaigns. This metric showcases the strength of Barrett’s campaign with an apples-to-apples comparison. This context shows clearly Barrett has the momentum going [...]

Wisconsin For Falk SuperPAC runs deceptive ad asserting Feingold support of Falk (UPDATED)

UPDATE: In response to this entry, the Wisconsin For Falk Twitter account popped off a tweet clarifying their group is not a super PAC. No doubt they’ll be taking up the issue with Sen. Russ Feingold’s Progressives United group, who has also referred to Wisconsin For Falk as a super PAC. According to its own [...]

Kathleen Falk inserts gender into Democratic gubernatorial primary

From an email sent out by the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk titled “Shattering glass” comes this passage: As you know, the campaign we built together isn’t a campaign of political insiders or elected officials. I’m happy to have support of my colleagues, too, but this is a grassroots campaign of labor, of [...]

Reprsentative Chris Taylor Endorses Kathleen Falk

Freshman Rep. Christine Taylor Endorses Kathleen Falk;