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From my email inbox comes news of October’s installment of Drinking Liberally Milwaukee. Greetings and Salutations! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Brian Eisold, and I’m excited to let you know that I will be taking over as host of Drinking Liberally Milwaukee. I’d like to thank Zach for entrusting [...] Earlier today, former Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Mahlon Mitchell endorsed the campaign of fellow Democrat Mark Pocan, who’s running to replace Tammy Baldwin in the second Congressional district. Here’s what Mitchell had to say about his endorsement of Pocan. “Mark Pocan has served tirelessly in support of progressive values – tackling some of the most [...] Earlier today former Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced her endorsement of the Congressional campaign of Kelda Roys in the second Congressional district, citing Pocan’s sexist remarks about Roys as one of the reasons for her endorsement. “Perhaps the most important lesson we can learn from recent elections in our state is that voters are [...] …they’re down by some 29 points to Mark Pocan. According to a poll conducted July 24 and 25 by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Inc. Democratic State Rep. Mark Pocan enjoys a comfortable 29 point lead (50-21) over Kelda Roys in the race to succeed Tammy Baldwin in the 2nd Congressional district, with 21 percent of [...] Earlier today Democratic State Reps. Chris Sinicki of Milwaukee and Gary Hebl of Sun Prairie, who co-authored payday loan reform legislation in 2009 along with Democratic Rep. Gordon Hintz, called on 2nd Congressional district candidate Kelda Helen Roys to stop her repeated negative, misleading and factually incorrect attacks on State Rep. Mark Pocan concerning the [...] During an appearance on WTDY’s “Sly In The Morning” on July 26, John Nichols and Sly discussed the negativity of Kelda Roys’ Congressional campaign, with Nichols comparing Roys’ campaign to a car that’s been totaled following a car accident. Listen for yourself (The Roys segment starts around 18:45). Download: nichols072612.mp3 // On a [...] Another day, another attack on Democratic Congressional candidate Mark Pocan by his primary opponent, Kelda Roys. This time Roys is attacking Pocan for having accepted corporate PAC contributions to his campaign. In a press release attacking Pocan, Roys campaign manager Rick Coelho said, “We deserve a representative Congress who will stand up to wealthy, powerful [...] “What do we really know about politician Mark Pocan? … He could have stood up to Walker. But instead Mark Pocan caved in,” warns a rather dire sounding voice in the latest attack ad from the campaign of Kelda Roys, who’s running to replace Rep. Tammy Baldwin in the 2nd Congressional district. The ad attacks [...] Truth about Pocan-Roys Race for Congress And the hackery continues at the Capitol Fitzwalkerstan Jones and the Lost Ark Duffy Claims Impossibly High Mileage of 48,087 Miles in Only 18 Months on the Job Milwaukee County’s Sheriff David Clarke continues to be an embarrassment Senate Democrats push Republicans out of best Capitol space (more on [...] It’s no wonder Kelda Roys’ campaign has gotten so negative over the past week… State Representative Mark Pocan’s campaign to represent the 2nd Congressional District raised $250,000 in the last full quarter before the August 14th primary, out-pacing the nearest opponent, Kelda Helen Roys, whose campaign raised $128,000. Pocan accepted more than 4,500 contributions from [...] |
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