Compare/Contrast: Wisconsin Senate Race

With Unites States Senator Herb Kohl deciding not to run for re-election, that left an opening for new players in both parties to step up and try and capture this seat. In the democratic party, Tammy Baldwin stepped up early, announcing her intentions to run. People across the state know…

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Actions Speak Louder Than Words

With the announcement today by Ted Kanavas that he will not be running for the US senate seat being vacated by Herb Kohl, it brings to mind a question and an observation. Question: Who? Observation: With such a weak Republican field (fitzgerald the lesser, professional jobber Mark Neumann and maybe…

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Audition Uncovered

For those of you not familiar with Christian Schneiders work, he has written some of the (unintentionally?) funniest stuff there is out of Wisconsin politics lately. Schneider came out with such gems as the well timed “alternate” story using “anonymous” sources that pointed out that Justice Bradley’s neck performed a…

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The more the merrier!

As The Chief notes, the announcement earlier today by Tommy Thompson that he won’t seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Russ Feingold could mean that both State Senator Ted Kanavas of Brookfield and businessman Ron Johnson of Oshkosh may jump into the race for Sen. Feingold’s seat….

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Republican lawmaker supports toll roads

The Zoo Interchange, the junction of I-94, I-894 and Highway 45 in Milwaukee County, is the busiest interchange in the state, and it’s also in need of reconstruction. The cost to reconstruct the Zoo Interchange is estimated to be 2.1 to 2.3 billion dollars, and given the current budget problems…

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Since when do Republicans support bigger government?

Since when do Republicans support bigger government? I think it’s a question that’s worth asking, especially on the heels of a report in the Journal Sentinel that Republican State Senator Ted Kanavas of Brookfield and Republican State Representative Leah Vukmir of Wauwatosa have introduced a bill to dissolve Milwaukee Public…

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