Posted by
Zach W on March 13, 2010, at 6:35 am
WPRI has a new poll out showing former governor Tommy! Thompson with a lead over Sen. Russ Feingold in the race for Feingold’s U.S. Senate seat. Shortly after the poll was released, Sen. Feingold’s campaign issued a statement :
As has been widely reported, WPRI is a group with strong Republican ties, most prominently to [...]
Posted by
Zach W on March 12, 2010, at 7:04 am
At his birthday celebration in Milwaukee on March 7, 2010, Senator Russ Feingold made it clear “a lot of people in Washington” were pushing former governor Tommy Thompson to throw his hat in the race for Feingold’s U.S. Senate seat, and Feingold noted he’s more interested in what a lot of folks in Wisconsin wanted:
On [...]
Posted by
Zach W on March 11, 2010, at 6:05 am
From the inbox…
On Saturday, March 20, Feingold volunteers will canvass door-to-door in 57 cities and towns across Wisconsin. And we’d love to have you join us.
You don’t need to be an experienced canvasser to participate. The campaign will provide training, literature, walking lists, and pair you up with a canvass partner. The [...]
Posted by
Zach W on March 9, 2010, at 5:47 am
It’s been nearly a week since Sen. Russ Feingold’s campaign issued a press release asking Republican Senate candidates Terrence Wall and Dave Westlake if they’d fight for big health insurance companies or regular folks all across Wisconsin, and there’s still been no response from either candidate (or their campaigns) to answer the question. It’s [...]
Posted by
Zach W on March 7, 2010, at 8:18 pm
At an event today in Milwaukee to celebrate his birthday, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold made it clear it’s time for former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson to “put up or shut up” when it comes to the speculation surrounding whether or not Thompson will jump into the 2010 U.S. Senate race here in Wisconsin.
Discover [...]
Posted by
Zach W on March 7, 2010, at 7:00 am
Sen. Russ Feingold issued a statement on the latest jobs report issued by the Department of Labor, which showed the nation lost 36,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate remained stuck at 9.7%.
“The February jobs report shows we still have a long way to go until we see a full recovery in employment [...]
Posted by
Zach W on March 5, 2010, at 6:43 am
According to a recent story in POLITICO, Tommy Thompson spokesperson and colleague at Akin/Gump, one of Washington D.C.’s largest lobbying firms, “lots of people in Washington” want Tommy to run for U.S. Senate against Sen. Russ Feingold this year. According to the same story, Thompson has collected over $200,000 in pledges for a potential [...]
Posted by
Zach W on March 4, 2010, at 6:00 am
I’ve had a lot of fun commenting on the foibles and ridiculousness of Sen. Russ Feingold’s Republican opponents (or prospective opponents, in the case of Tommy Thompson, but Jim Arndt over at Pretty Important Politics takes things to a whole new level, pointing out how Sen. Feingold’s opponents run the gamut of ridiculous, from the [...]
Posted by
Zach W on March 4, 2010, at 5:39 am
U.S. Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl have sent a letter to Wellpoint President and CEO Angela Braly asking her to justify the recent hikes in insurance premiums for over 13,000 Wisconsinites, hikes which will be in the double digits here in Wisconsin. In their letter, Sens. Feingold and Kohl question if the increases [...]
Posted by
Zach W on March 2, 2010, at 6:02 am
Politico is reporting former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson is seriously considering making a run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Senator Russ Feingold, with one longtime aide to Thompson putting the odds of a run by Thompson at “70″ percent.
While Tommy’s mulling over the possibility of running for the U.S. Senate, let’s take [...]
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