Category: Flip-Flops
Candidate Trump: Executive Orders Are Awful!
But President Trump has a different idea. As a matter of fact, in the daily White House news letter he is bragging about the number of executive orders he has signed in his first 100 days. And as a matter of fact, after pooh poohing the 100 day phenomenon, guess…
Why Martha Laning should resign as DPW Chair
When Martha Laning ran for chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin back in 2015 she touted as one of her greatest strengths her ability to raise money. In fact, it was really the only strength she brought to the table. In January of 2014, when Laning was approached by…
The Considerable Power of a Primary Challenge
A few weeks ago I wrote about how 3rd congressional district Rep Ron Kind had abruptly decided to co-sponsor America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act after ten plus years of refusing to do so. . The Act would protect 9.5 million acres of Utah wilderness from mining, and oil and gas…
Has DPW Chair Martha Laning flip-flopped on who she’ll give her superdelegate vote to?
From the files of, “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” it appears Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Martha Laning has flip-flopped on who she’ll give her superdelegate vote to at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Wis. Democratic Party chair Martha Laning last year told AP she…
The Hypocrisy Of The County Board About O’Donnell Park
I maybe could have resurrected my Whither Milwaukee County for this…and it does have one future installment coming…but not yet: It was announced in several venues today (including Facebook postings by County Board Chair Marina Dimitrijevic) that the Milwaukee Art Museum will make an offer to purchase O’Donnell Park from…
Scott Walker, circa 2015: the decision on abortion shouldn’t be between a woman and her doctor
During a recent interview with Laura Ingraham, Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker did a complete reversal on abortion, telling Ingraham that he doesn’t believe the final decision on whether a woman should have an abortion should be between the woman and her doctor. Ingraham responded: “But you don’t believe —…
Chris Christie takes shots at Gov. Scott Walker for flip-flopping to pander to voters
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve outlined some of the flip-flops Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has made during his career as a politician. At the time former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had already started to take shots at Gov. Walker for his “evolving” positions on issues, and this report…
Scott Walker– Serial Flip-Flopper (Part 2)
On Monday I shared just a few of the flip-flops Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has made during his career as a politician, and at the time I noted that throughout his career in politics – a career that has spanned virtually his entire adult life – Gov. Walker has tried…
Wisconsin Progressives Need To Make Up Their Mind
After Mary Burke announced her candidacy for governor in 2013, the pundits and progressives across the blogosphere and social media were heard weeping, whining and gnashing their teeth about the hand picked candidate of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Everyone wanted anyone but the anointed Ms. Burke. Some of us…
Governor Walker Already Reneges On UW Budget Proposal
As part of Governor Walker’s budget proposal to reduce state support of the University of Wisconsin System by $300 million, the university is supposed to gain additional flexibility in operations and the expiration of the tuition freeze in 2017. Under Walker’s proposal this year, the Legislature would have no ability…
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