Compare/Contrast – Democratic Primary Edition

Today I would like to compare/contrast two different letters sent by the two democratic frontrunners to be the next Governor of our great state. The first letter was written by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and sent to Alberta Darling and Robin Vos: In this letter, Mayor Barrett brought up three…

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Guest Blog: Why I am strongly supporting Kathleen Falk for governor in the Wisconsin primary

The following is a guest blog written by Jenni Dye. In the past year, I’ve shared a lot of my thoughts about Wisconsin politics in bursts of 140 characters or less via my alter ego, @legaleagle. But some things are too important to sum up in so few words –…

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Tom Barrett Drops the Ball!

Today Tom Barrett, flanked by Senator Jon Erpenbach and Senator Taylor gave a press conference at the Capitol. H/T @wtdynews WTDY News ‏ @wtdynews Barrett cuts press conference short after he’s grilled on MKE city employee concessions & Rahm Emanuel fundraiser. http://twitpic.com/9bqdr4 Do we really want a governor scared to…

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War on Women

Is it real? You judge for yourself when you have politicians like this: At least Kathleen Falk is addressing this important issue:

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Jon Erpenbach for the win!

Here’s a quote from Democratic State Sen. Jon Erpenbach, responding to an email sent out by the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk characterizing the campaigns of her opponents as being full of political insiders: “I don’t necessarily consider myself a political insider simply because I spend more time…

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Is the Falk campaign in trouble?

Is Kathleen Falk’s gubernatorial campaign in trouble? At one point in the race Falk was thought to be the frontrunner (and inevitable nominee) in the Democratic gubernatorial recall primary, but since Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s entry into the race, Falk’s campaign seems to have started spinning its wheels. Yesterday I…

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Day 2, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Holds Recall Election Hostage

On Sunday April 15th, I discussed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s complete disregard for Democratic gubernatorial candidates Senator Kathleen Vinehout and Secretary of State Doug La Follette when publishing their lengthy article on where Ms. Falk and Mayor Barrett stood on unions and collective bargaining. Well here we are on Day…

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“Grassroots or insiders?” How about insiders & insiders?

Earlier today I received an email from the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk titled, “Grassroots or Insiders?” In said email, Falk notes “the insiders of Wisconsin politics are trying to mow us down and make sure that only their voices are heard on Election Day,” going on to…

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Gaming Democratic Gubernatorial Primary?

The Sunday April 15, 2012 issue of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured a front page article entitled, ‘Hopefuls split on union issues’. The article is fairly extensive probably totally a half page but leaves a lot to be desired. How so? MJS writers Jason Stein and Patrick Marley spend what…

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Kathleen Falk, Chris Sinicki, and Chris Taylor to hold online discussion on Gov. Walker’s war on women tonight

From my email inbox comes news of an online “War Room” style discussion with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk and Democratic State Reps. Chris Sinicki and Chris Taylor to discuss how to end Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s war on women here in Wisconsin. Here are the details of the online…

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