Why Is Robin Vos So Afraid Of Legislative Redistricting In Wisconsin?

I only ask this question, because just last fall Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R – 63) said that he lead a Republican majority in the state legislature, not because of gerrymandering, but because of the high quality of candidates that the party has presented across the state. Now if…

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Robin Vos Doing His Best Lucy Impersonation!

If you watch the news Boss Vos apparently is having some issues keeping the troops in line but here’s the bottom line on his current election philosophy: So is Charlie Brown = Gableman?

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We Do Redistricting All Wrong!

And no, this post isn’t a rant against gerrymandering or other bias in district distribution. This is more an observation on how ass backwards the system seems to be. This all comes from a newspaper article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel stating that the City of Milwaukee had to wait…

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I Just Can’t…But Rep. Brian Sims Can:

A Democratic Pennsylvania state representative went on a righteous tirade in a 12-minute video after learning that the Republican speaker of the House informed his party but not Democrats that at least one member of his caucus tested positive for COVID-19.

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Anti-Gerrymandering Referenda Pass By Huge Margins

But as we Wisconsinites know, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald give not a fig about public opinion…because of gerrymandering. Now this fall, Sen. Scott Fitzgerald is running to replace US. Rep. James Sensenbrenner who is retiring. So the Democrats may have an opportunity to replace…

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Fixing Gerrymandering Is Now Up To US!

Given the “one person, one vote” principle is intrinsic to the US Constitution, it is inexplicable that the US Supreme Court would bow out of the partisan gerrymandering issue as not their job. But last week that is exactly what they did: The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal judges…

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Scott Walker On the SCOTUS Gerrymandering Decision

Well, yes, actually it does!

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Now What Is Robin Vos Afraid Of?

Reports say that Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is refusing to testify in the hearings about gerrymandering in Wisconsin. He wasn’t speaker that the time…but was involved in drawing district lines apparently…so how much input and control did he have? What is he afraid of?? other than his general disdain…

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Gerrymandering Comes Back to Bite the GOP

The Democrats have been fighting the 2010 gerrymandering cases in the courts because the GOP drawn districts have made it far more difficult for them to win elections in local districts. But actually gerrymandering has also come back to bite the moderate and traditional Republicans as well. If districts were…

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John Oliver On Gerrymandering

Worth the watch:

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