Tag: WPRI

There’s been much ridiculous  bloviation on the right wing about how the Democrats are misusing the recall and that the originators of the law and the concept of the recall would be shocked, shocked at how it was being used to unseat such a fine, upstanding Governor like Scott Walker (I…

Cross Posted @ Forwardlookout: Christopher Mertes, managing editor and far right wing idealogue, of the Sun Prairie Star, recently wrote one of the most ridiculous editorials I have seen this side of Christian Schneider. In his editorial, Mertes accuses democrats of hate speech, based on a few different facebook pages…

WPRI. (Wisconsin’s Phony Research Institute) a supposed “free market” think(term used loosely) tank. Now they are advocating that Wisconsin start phasing in toll roads. All highways wear out over time, despite ongoing maintenance. Over the next 30 years, most of Wisconsin’s Interstate system will exceed its nominal 50-to 60-year design…

Zach covered this earlier, and so did did Steven. However I wanted to expand on it and point out exactly what Robin Vos had to say. “I just think recall elections are like a cancer,” Vos said Tuesday. “We either have the chance to apply chemotherapy immediately to try to…

For the past six months, I’ve been embedded with the Ron Johnson for Senate campaign… So says Christian Schneider on the WPRI blog, as he promotes a story he wrote about the 2010 U.S. Senate race between Johnson and Sen. Russ Feingold. According to its website, WPRI is a “nonpartisan,…

WPRI has a new poll out showing former governor Tommy! Thompson with a lead over Sen. Russ Feingold in the race for Feingold’s U.S. Senate seat. Shortly after the poll was released, Sen. Feingold’s campaign issued a statement : As has been widely reported, WPRI is a group with strong…