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Republican U.S. Senate candidate (and carpetbagger) Eric Hovde has had a bad week. First he said he’s “sick and tired of reading sad stories about people struggling in the recession,” then he bizarrely tried to portray himself as a victim of vicious liberal attacks from the likes of Arianna Huffington…

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…

Many people here in Wisconsin have been lamenting the loss of moderate Republican lawmakers. Politicians with radical viewpoints, like Glenn Grothman, appear to be the majority. Some have suggested that we’re just following a national trend, that the GOP as a whole has become more extreme, and that it’s only…

Zach covered this earlier, and so did did Steven. However I wanted to expand on it and point out exactly what Robin Vos had to say. “I just think recall elections are like a cancer,” Vos said Tuesday. “We either have the chance to apply chemotherapy immediately to try to…

Just a few minutes ago, I had the chance to talk with Democratic State Senator Chris Larson (pictured, left) about today’s historic recall elections. Asked to share his thoughts on tonight’s results, Larson stated what most pundits believe to be true – that tonight’s elections will be very close. “I…

Drum Roll Please! And the winner is – Wisconsin\'s own Paul Ryan (R-Wall St). Democrats are winning the messaging war on Rep. Paul Ryan’s bid to overhaul Medicare, with a new Bloomberg poll finding 57 percent of Americans believe they would be worse off under his plan. Only 34 percent…

Today on JSonline today they broke down the costs, to the taxpayers of Wisconsin for the republican plan to run fake Democrats and force primaries. Madison – A plan by Republicans to run fake Democratic candidates in this summer’s recall elections would cost taxpayers upward of $428,000, according to election…

No doubt Republican State Senator Dan Kapanke, who faces a tough recall election fight, will win bunches of supporters after saying he hopes public employees “are sleeping” during the recall vote against him. Speaking to La Crosse County Republicans last week, Kapanke was recorded acknowledging that his seat – as…

In his proposed 2011-2013 biennial budget, Republican Gov. Scott Walker has proposed cutting transit aid by ten percent, with much of that figure coming from Milwaukee County, which has the state’s largest transit system. As if that’s not bad enough news for Milwaukee County’s transit system, Republican State Rep. Robin…

From my email inbox comes news of a fundraiser on behalf of Democratic State Rep. Sandy Pasch, who’ll be challenging Republican State Senator Alberta Darling in the election to recall Darling: