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If this mailer from extreme right Republican U.S. Senate candidate (and failed Senate & gubernatorial candidate) Mark Neumann is any indicator, the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Herb Kohl is going to be particularly negative and downright nasty.

For more on the extremism and negativity of Mark Neumann, see [...]

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With the announcement today by Ted Kanavas that he will not be running for the US senate seat being vacated by Herb Kohl, it brings to mind a question and an observation.

Question: Who?

Observation: With such a weak Republican field (fitzgerald the lesser, professional jobber Mark Neumann and [...]

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This nugget of goodness comes courtesy of the Root River Siren:
In the 1990′s, Neumann told the New York Times:

“If I were elected God for a day, homosexuality wouldn’t be permitted.”

Got that? Mark Neumann wished (and maybe still does wish) he could be God for a day so he could [...]

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Some things I have been thinking about lately, and do not have the answer too.

1. If Merit Pay is such a great idea, why dont we use it for politicians?

2. When a college marching band makes fun of your intelligence, how can anyone take you seriously? Here is the band from [...]

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Mark Neumann has announced his candidacy to replace Herb Kohl as Senator from Wisconsin.  Sure, we know Neumann is conservative, and that he posed as even more conservative than Scott Walker in the 2010 Republican Primary for Governor.  But this time it appears Neumann, despite the statewide reaction to Walker’s extremist policies, is going [...]

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Friday morning links

On September 17, 2010 By

Just a few links to start you out today….

The Chief has an excellent writeup on the GOP double standard that seems to exist for Pastor David King, who’s running for Wisconsin Secretary of State.

Over at eau-snap! (a blog worth reading, by the way), I’ve been named Viking of the Month, an [...]

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Some primary day predictions

On September 14, 2010 By

Just a few predictions on some important races today, keeping in mind that this list is far from exhaustive:

Chris Larson v. Jeff Plale (Democratic primary in 7th State Senate District): A lot of money has been spent in this race, including scads of money from outside groups on both sides, and the race has [...]

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As noted by xoff over at Uppity Wisconsin and Cindy Kilkenny at Fairly Conservative, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker has gone negative in a big way in the weeks leading up to the September 14 partisan primary election, sending out a mailer attacking his opponent, Mark Neumann, for voting for “$9 billion in [...]

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The trains are a coming….

On September 3, 2010 By

The High Speed rail from Milwaukee to Madison has been an issue in the upcoming election season. Bruce Murphy breaks it down so simple even Scott Walker could understand.

As Murphy points out to the true blue “conservatives”:

All transportation is subsidized. The state spends more than $2 billion annually to [...]

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Only 249,999 jobs to go

On September 2, 2010 By

Scott Walker has promised that when elected governor he will develop 250,000 jobs for those of us who live in the State of Wisconsin. Well here’s the first one: The White Tail Deer Trustee!

And here’s why we need one:

“Scott Walker, Milwaukee County executive and candidate for governor, today announced his plans to [...]

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