…and really the coverage of these primaries is misleading, at least on the Democratic side with the proportional delegates. Watching the vote counts certainly gives the winning side some bragging rights to hang their hats on, not being able to see projected numbers of delegates really changes the feeling of finality, even after tonight.
Well as the vote counts start to pour in tonight, its clear that the increased emphasis placed on the super delegates in the media in the last weeks is justified. At least at this point, Obama seems to be pulling away from Hillary with the regular delegate count (which is actually decided by us, the […]
Seriously, what is it with State Senator Glenn Grothman and his unhealthy obsession with race? Monday, it was reported that he is planning yet another whack at affirmative action in Wisconsin. He is planning to introduce an amendment similar to the one passed in Michigan banning affirmative action. Grothman defends the idea by appealing to […]
Last week Republican Congressman Paul Ryan scored some press coverage by unveiling his annual ‘Budget Boondogle Awards.’ The coverage included a blurb in the state’s largest newspaper, complete with a comparison to the late Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire. Once again Paul Ryan is being given a pass, playing the role of an authority on sound […]
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now that rudi is gone, how ever are we going to be reminded of 9/11? well, just to make sure we all remember that day, here’s a compilation (not my work, i wish…) of rudi 9iu11ani’s never-ending exploitation of that day. oh, and by the way…the Florida strategy? Ha. 9iu11ani spent $50 […]
Rolling out their economic stimulus package for the state, Senate Democrats are calling for an end to the ridiculous “Las Vegas Loophole.” Under the loophole corporations dodge $90 million owed to Wisconsin taxpayers by setting up a skeleton subsidy in a place like Nevada, which doesn’t collect corporate incomes taxes. Remember, as long as they […]
Yesterday the Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee announced that it was bringing on two new members, both conservatives. Although they appointed two yesterday, bringing on John Torinus raises the most concerns and questions. This is a committee focusing on the judicial code of ethics, yet Torinus has used his space in newspaper columns to excuse […]
I really expected Edwards to push on until the convention, hold his delegates and become king-maker there. I wonder what kind of deal was made… And here’s to OWN getting a shout-out at the end of the internet debate between the candidates for WI Supreme Court last night. I wonder how long its going to […]
On Tuesday Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler and Burnett County Judge Michael Gableman participated in their first debate. It took place on a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee program called Panthertalk. During the internet based event, a caller asked both candidates about a clean campaign pledge that they have both been asked to sign, by the Wisconsin […]
The Assembly Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow introducing an abortion procedures ban. One must wonder what the real motives are behind this flawed legislation, because the things addressed in it are already illegal under federal law. One would certainly hope that our legislators are not wasting this kind of time and money simply […]
If you were left scratching your head after the rosy picture presented by Scott Walker in his State of the County speech, consider his track record when it comes to economic prognostication. Bloggers will remember his gem from the Walker blog two years ago: “As President Bush said on Friday, ‘the American economy heads into […]
Finally. I never have to waste a January night listening to more lies and promises of privatization from this, the worst president I’ve ever known. As it was, I had to leave when GWB said he wanted health care decisions to be made my “patients and doctors, not in the halls of congress.” So quickly […]
Last year the Wisconsin conservation community held their annual lobby day, where citizens engaged their legislators in support of conservation priorities. Those priorities are selected by more than 50 Wisconsin conservation organizations. Last year over 430 people came to the Capitol to speak with their legislators about the critical issues. One of the major topics […]
Last night in his final State of the Union address, George Bush said this of Iraq: “When we met last year, many said that containing the violence was impossible. A year later, high profile terrorist attacks are down, civilian deaths are down, sectarian killings are down.” Delivered on the day when five American soldiers were […]
Today ACORN and allied groups held a press conference to officially launch their voter registration drive for 2008. Joining ACORN at the event were representatives of Campaign Against Violence, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Urban Underground and Voces de la Frontera. The general goal is to greatly increase the participation of low-income and minority residents in […]
One Wisconsin Now has launched a statewide online petition drive calling for Wisconsin legislators to fill a projected $300 million budget shortfall not by slashing critical programs to the poor, elderly and disabled, but by reinstating the estate tax for the heirs and heiresses of Wisconsin’s wealthiest which expired January 1. This $300 million brand new […]
One would think that after constant Wisconsin bashing from WMC and others on the right that residents would rank “taxes” higher on the items that they care about. According to a new Wispolitics/Checkpoint poll, taxes are listed as one of the lowest factors that respondents will use in picking a presidential candidate. Concern about taxes […]
Wisconsin Republicans brought former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to Milwaukee yesterday apparently to both cheerlead and pontificate. He was also there to promote his new book, “Real Change” which is a strange title for a political has been yapping about making English the official American language. That hardly sounds like change, it sounds […]
Earlier this week Congressman F. Jim Sensenbrenner endorsed Michael Gableman in his quest for the states high court. Given the two men’s partisanship, the endorsement is certainly no surprise. It does, however, make one wonder if Gableman shares the same extreme Sensenbrenner positions on the law, civil rights and issues in general. Here is a […]
After the governor delivered his State of the State address, he was followed by a pre-recorded response by Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch. The most fitting moment of the night, however, came when Senate Minority Leader Scott Fitzgerald tried to deliver his response. While the Governor delivered a speech with a clear attempt at cooperation, Fitzgerald’s […]
Only a matter of weeks ago Michael Gableman made the decision to take the race for State Supreme Court into the gutter. He and members of his operation made outrageous remarks about the incumbent Supreme Court Justice, prompting a rebuke from the newly formed Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (JCIC). Now he seems to be resorting […]
Forty years ago, on the morning of April 5, I sat in a hotel coffee shop in Decatur, Ill., reading the morning Decatur Herald-Review with the headline proclaiming the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A grizzled longtime representative of our union walked by, saw the headline, and said, “They finally got the bastard,” […]
John Torinus writes a regular column for the The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s business page. He is a reliable WMCheerleader who regularly fills the pages of the state’s largest paper with all of the latest Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) talking points. Although he feeds this steady diet to readers he rarely discloses his deep involvement […]
Today is the 35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision guaranteeing a women’s right to make her own decisions regarding her reproductive health. How appropriate that today Representative Terese Berceau (D-Madison) and Senator Mark Miller (D-Monona) have introduced the Women’s Health and Safety Act. The legislation will remove a 158-year-old Wisconsin law that […]
Friday was the fifth time that people all over Wisconsin took action to stop the war in Iraq. People took action both big and small, both as individuals and collectively. The effort is part of the growing Iraq Moratorium, which encourages everyone to do something to help end the war in Iraq. Friday there were […]
Beware the warm, engaging smile! It can lure so many of us into taking actions that go against our own best interests. As we approach the 2008 elections, we must look behind the appealing demeanor and pretty phrases of some of the candidates to see just what their political priorities are. It’s just such benevolent […]
“I don’t care what literature you send me, but I just think they went too far.” This was the reaction of just one Racine resident who opened an unwelcome package from that county’s affiliate of Wisconsin Right to Life – a two-inch plastic fetus. But looking at their agenda, sending plastic shock toys (which this […]
Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel focused on State Senator John Lehman’s (D-Racine) plan regarding virtual schools in Wisconsin. A major piece of his plan focuses on bringing some real accountability to virtual schools. The proposal would require school districts that offer online instruction to make their contracts with for-profit companies public. This is a common […]
A dozen events calling for an end to the war in Iraq are planned across Wisconsin in connection with Iraq Moratorium #5, a national grassroots movement, on Friday, January 18. The Iraq Moratorium calls for people to take some action, individually or in a group, on the third Friday of every month to show that […]
This is nothing more than school profiteering' where Wisconsin's limited public school dollars are being shipped to a for-profit company on the other side of the country.
As expected, Assembly Republicans continued their war on voting today. In their crosshairs is the decades-old practice allowing same day voter registration. In many ways this tradition has helped to produce voter participation numbers that are the envy of most other states. Republicans on the Elections and Constitutional Law committee are ignoring the Constitution. Sacred rights […]
The La Crosse Tribune reported today that Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch (R-West Salem) wants to focus on health care during the 2008 session. Given his history of inaction in this area and based on his defense of our dysfunctional status quo this is bound to be a very short discussion. Here is what the Huebsch […]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today that since Scott Walker has been Milwaukee County Executive, the county’s budget for administering its income assistance program has shrunk by about $1.7 million. The shrinking has not been done based on necessity because the number of people seeking food stamps has increased 10.5 percent during the same period. […]
Glenn Grothman has issued a jaw-dropping attack on efforts to protect teenagers from unwanted pregnancy. He’s making the ludicrous claim that family planning programs for teenagers are somehow encouraging sexual predators. This isn’t an interpretation. He issued a press release entitled: “Grothman Attempts to Stop State from Encouraging Sexual Predators.” Whether it’s placating the right […]
Earlier this week the Senate Committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs voted to approve Senate Bill 130, which would raise the minimum wage and would index it for inflation. If passed this legislation would significantly improve the living conditions for some of our state’s most vulnerable families. Although this is excellent legislation, it surely […]
Another missile has been fired in the War On Voting. Rep. Sue Jeskewitz is once again trying to prevent Wisconsinites from exercising the most cherish right enjoyed by Americans: the right to vote. It’s not the first time she’s tried, but Jeskewitz has reintroduced a bill to end the right of Wisconsinites to register to […]
Today hearings are set on two of the latest attempts by conservatives in the state legislature to disenfranchise people that traditionally don’t vote for them. The first is an attempt to repeal election day voter registration in Wisconsin, the second to establish a voter photo ID requirement. These are just the latest two attempts by […]
One Wisconsin Now is asking Wisconsinites who their choice is in the presidential primaries as part of a multi-state online poll to give everyone the opportunity to ‘PickYourPresident.org’ There are critical issues facing America and Wisconsinites deserve to have their voices heard now. By casting your vote online at PickYourPresident.org, you can have your say, […]
Hey Milwaukee, do you remember J.B. Van Hollen’s bold promises, when he was a candidate, about fighting crime? Apparently you can forget them all because he confessed in a recent story that he has no intention of launching the big plan that he advertised before taking office. Who could forget how aggressively he criticized his predecessor […]
Today the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel completely nailed the issue of requiring voter IDs to vote. The editorial was written in the context of a voter ID case scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court today. Specifically, it is concerning an Indiana law that is among the strictest in the […]
Last week the judicial conduct panel recommended that Justice Annette Ziegler receive a public reprimand for her repeated violations of very clear ethics rules. That light tap on the wrist seemed to trigger an effort to minimize what Ziegler has done. Thankfully, not everyone is falling for the attempt to change the subject and minimize […]
The Bush Administration has constantly claimed that its policies have ushered in a picture perfect economy. The obvious question has been, for whom? If the policies of this administration have been helpful to anyone it has been the very rich and those that add to their fortunes through investment. The Bush economy has not been […]
Today the Judicial Conduct Panel that heard the conflict of interest case against Justice Annette Ziegler recommended that she receive a public reprimand. That is the punishment that Ziegler and the Wisconsin Judicial Commission agreed on and is unfortunately the very least that they could do. The ultimate decision will be up to the other […]
In October Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) revealed his “Budget Boondoggle” awards. At that time we drew attention to the hypocrisy of him preaching a message of sound budget policy. We made this case because his first eight years in Congress saw him vote in favor of every single federal budget – joining the then-Republican majority […]
While everyone is talking about New Year resolutions, it seems appropriate to suggest a few for Wisconsin progressives. Below are a few items that should make every list. Real Health Care Reform It is certainly no secret that Wisconsin pays some of the highest health care costs in the nation. These out of control costs […]
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