Mike Tate running for reelection as DPW Chair

Mike Tate, the current Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, announced yesterday he will be seeking reelection as Chair of the DPW. In the statement announcing his decision to seek reelection, Tate acknowledged the party’s significant losses in 2010 but made the case that he’s ready to lead the…

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Rod Marinelli redux

We saw earlier that Reince Priebus the Wisconsin GOP chair, decided to stab his friend in the back and run against him for national chair, thus showing what kind of person he really is. Switch to the Democratic party and now Mike Tate has decided to run for re-election to…

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Ed Garvey takes Mike Tate to task, but is he right?

Over at the Fighting Bob blog, former Senate and gubernatorial candidate Ed Garvey has some rather harsh things to say about DPW chair Mike Tate following the electoral defeat of Democrats here in Wisconsin. In criticizing Tate, Garvey noted Wisconsin was “number 50” among the 50 states in Tuesday’s election:…

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Come meet Mike Tate at the next Drinking Liberally!

From Jason Haas, the esteemed host of Drinking Liberally, comes news of this month’s meeting: Hello! We are excited to report that Mike Tate, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, will be our guest host at next Wednesday’s Drinking Liberally! That’s on October 20, just under two weeks before…

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Not Sure what Tate does

We saw recently that if not for a late entry by John Heckenlively, paul ryan would of run unopposed. This was such a mess that, as far as I can tell, Heckenlively does not even have a website up and running yet. Its hard to beat the free spending darling…

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Notes from the DPW Convention

6:51 p.m. Jeff Hall just finished speaking….talked about how Tom Barrett has the right message for Wisconsin. Lots of fired up delegates here in the convention hall. Next up is State Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass. 6:55 p.m. Dawn Marie Sass speaking now; she’s touting her record. Set a record for…

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What’s good for the goose is good for the gander

At the risk of losing my “street cred” as a loyal Democrat, I chuckled when I read this press released issued by the Republican Party of Wisconsin: According to a report from WisPolitics, Rick Fromberg is the frontrunner to become Julie Lassa’s new campaign manager in the race for Wisconsin’s…

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Rep. Obey won’t seek reelection

Wow…. Speaking at a news conference earlier today, Rep. Dave Obey, who has served in the House of Representatives longer than anyone in Wisconsin’s history, noted he was too weary for what was shaping up to be a very bruising reelection campaign: “There is a time to stay and a…

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Kyle Maichle of “Mike Tate Watch” needs to work on those comprehension skills

In a recent blog post, Kyle Maichle of the Mike Tate Watch blog breathlessly notes how Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Mike Tate used “racial references” to attack Republican Congressional candidate Sean Duffy: In another sign of of their lack of regard for respect to all people, the Democratic Party…

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Will Walker cancel his taxpayer funded health insurance?

As Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker and his Republican supporters in the state Legislature seek to have Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen join a lawsuit preventing the provisions of the health care reform legislation recently signed into law from being enacted, Mike Tate, the Chair of the Democratic Party…

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