Snark Alert: Shouldn’t there be a rule

that if you are attending a public political event and wearing a McCabe for Governor blue t-shirt…you should be required to wear blue jeans? Just sayin’

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What would Garvey do? An open letter to Bernie Sanders

This is a guest blog by former Blogging Blue contributor Steve Carlson!!! Dear Bernie, I want to start off by telling you how heartening it was to read your remarks in John Nichols Nation magazine tribute to Ed Garvey on the occasion of Garvey’s passing in February of 2017. You…

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WI Gubernatorial Candidate Mike McCabe Picks a Fight With Democratic Party

Independent Mike ‘I’ve never belonged to a party’ McCabe is running for Governor of Wisconsin as a Democrat. He admits that he doesn’t belong to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. But he’s in a snit because the DPW won’t bend the rules for him and give him access to the…

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Mike McCabe endorses Jeff Smith for DPW Chair

Mike McCabe, former Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and author of the book ” Blue Jeans in High Places ” has endorsed Jeff Smith for Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Here’s what McCabe had to say: “Quite a few people who presumably are card-carrying members of…

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Mike McCabe: After The Finger Pointing

So the effort to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, which came to a conclusion with Tuesday’s election, was unsuccessful. As I’ve written elsewhere, I don’t feel compelled to do a comprehensive post-election analysis, in part because I’m exhausted but also because I don’t presume to be an expert. There are…

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Drinking Liberally MKE: coming 02/20/12!

Here’s some news on this month’s Drinking Liberally meeting here in MKE: Hi Folks: Just a friendly reminder that at this month’s meeting we’ll be joined by a very special guest, as Mike McCabe, the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, will join us to talk about the vital…

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Mike McCabe Speaks to Drinking Liberally Fort Atkinson

Last Thursday night, Mike McCabe, Executive Director of The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign managed to find his way to Fort Atkinson for the monthly Drinking Liberally Fort Atkinson and spent more than two hours talking about the destruction of Wisconsin’s long tradition of open and honest government at the hands of…

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Finally a Fest worth attending

With the lunacy of the Glenn Beck for profit rallies, or the \"tea parties\" The latest in Racine has Paul Ryan (R-Wall St) talking to a “grassroots” rally. Wall st’s favorite son, trying to explain that the people in his district had to lose their jobs for the greater good….

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