AP’s Scott Bauer: Scott Walker campaign strategist?

Among the more interesting items in the massive dump of 27,000 pages of documents relating to the prosecution of Kelly Rindfleisch, a former close aide to Scott Walker who was convicted of Misconduct in Public Office, was an email exchange between Walker campaign manager Keith Gilkes and AP reporter Scott…

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“Tea Party Tommy” has officially replaced the “Boy From Elroy”

Yeah, I think Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson’s conversion from a reasonable Republican to a Tea Party extremist is now officially complete. A key figure in Gov. Scott Walker’s election victories is going to work for Tommy Thompson’s U.S. Senate campaign. Thompson announced that Keith Gilkes, a former aide…

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Keith Gilkes resigns as Gov. Walker’s chief of staff

Move along….there’s absolutely nothing to see here! In the latest sign Gov. Scott Walker is preparing for a recall effort, his chief of staff is leaving the governor’s office to work on his campaign. Keith Gilkes ran Walker’s campaign last year, helped lead his transition and has served as chief…

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Deschane Deschane Deschane

One of Walker’s favorite families, The Deschane Family, is back in the news. In yesterdays complete fileting of Walker in Washington the brilliant hire of Brian Deschane was brought up. As Dan Bice reported: During today’s testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley…

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