Tag: Ron Kind

Last week, progressive democrat Myron Buchholz was on the air with John ” Sly ” Sylvester to discuss his primary challenge to Ron Kind in Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district. A highlight of the discussion was when Sly noted that Ron Kind’s characterization of Russ Feingold’s stance on the Trans Pacific…

Last week retired school teacher Myron Buchholz announced he would be challenging incumbent Democratic Congressman Ron Kind in Wisconsin’s third Congressional district. Shortly after Buchholz announced his candidacy, I had an opportunity to chat with him about his decision to challenge Rep. Kind. As the obvious first question, I asked…

For those of you who haven’t heard, incumbent Democratic Congressman Ron Kind has a Democratic challenger for his seat. Retired teacher Myron Buchholz has decided to challenge Rep. Kind, and while Buchholz has a very uphill climb in his quest to unseat Kind, that challenge is being made all the…

Ron Kind’s New Democrat Coalition is sounding the alarm over the “leftward” march of the Sanders/Clinton presidential campaigns. That’s right, Ron Kind is decidedly to the right of Hillary Clinton. And he suggests she’s pandering to Sanders supporters but doesn’t really mean what she’s saying. When he’s not spending his…

In probably one of the worst decisions to come out of Washington since the decision to invade Iraq under President George W Bush, the Senate piled on and passed the bill to ‘train moderate Syrian rebels to fight ISIS’ that easily passed the House yesterday. What an incredible waste of…

Earlier this week, Zach posted that Representative Ron Kind from Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District had ruled out running for governor against Governor Walker in 2014. After this past weekend’s Democratic Party of Wisconsin state convention, I would never have expected that Rep. Kind was interested in governor. But he certainly…

So Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has ruled out running for governor in 2014 against incumbent Gov. Scott Walker. While Rep. Kind’s decision isn’t terribly surprising, it leaves me wondering if the Democrats will be able to field a credible candidate to run against Gov. Walker in 2014.

Over at LacrosseTribune.com. Matt Pommer is speculating that Democratic Rep. Ron Kind may be looking ahead to a run against Gov. Scott Walker in 2014. Pommer cites Kind’s recent statements accusing Gov. Walker of “budgetary and fiscal malpractice” in rejecting addition federal money for health care for Wisconsin’s poor as…

Today WEAC recommended Kathleen Falk for Governor. The state’s largest teachers union on Wednesday endorsed former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk for governor, saying the longtime Democrat has a proven track record of responsible government and a belief in fairness and democracy. “We cannot afford to sit back,” said Mary…

Polling numbers from Public Policy Polling show the chances of recalling Governor Walker are slim unless Russ Feingold changes his mind and enters the race.  Walker is still unpopular, just not unpopular enough.