Tag: Scott Walker

The numbers don’t lie, do they? That all depends, I guess, on which numbers you mean. After a year of protesting and fighting to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, an interesting number peered its way into the public yesterday–the primary

Dane County is the political base of Wisconsin’s public sector unions. It is home to both the state capital, with its thousands of unionized workers, and the University of Wisconsin, with its starry-eyed college students and aging hippie professors. It

A good rule of thumb in politics is that voters go where the action is. Contested primaries will generate far more interest than those where there is no race. This is especially true in states like Wisconsin, which have “open”

(AP) Milwaukee mayor to face Walker in Wis. RecallSCOTT BAUERAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Democratic primary Tuesday in Wisconsin’s historic recall election, leaving him with a short four weeks to make the closing argument that Republican Gov.

As far-fetched an idea as it is, it is a small possibility. Since all eyes are on the Democratic Party civil war going on in Wisconsin today, it’s certainly not inconceivable to believe that many republican voters may not feel

Big Labor is about to be thrashed in the Wisconsin Primary election today, as rank and file Democrats refuse to be dominated by Big Labor Money. After national and local unions spent $35 million in the losing effort in 2010

In the lead-up to the Wisconsin recall election, forces for and against the state’s Republican governor Scott Walker are bitterly divided into partisan camps.  It’s no secret that labor unions have played a primary role both in prompting the recall

(AP) Barrett leads Democrats in Wis. recall primaryBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett hopes for a chance at a rematch against Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as Democrats vote Tuesday on who will take on the first-term governor

Today the Tea Party returns to the fore as challenger Richard Mourdock prepares to unseat 36-year incumbent Sen. Dick Lugar in the Republican primary in Indiana. In Wisconsin, Democrats head to the polls to select the candidate who will challenge

The Democrats in Wisconsin are following through with their vow to (publicly at least)  make the recall campaign about issues other than the contentious collective bargaining issue that fueled the petition drive that forced the impromptu election. This move has

Last week, I wrote about the brewing civil war in tomorrow’s Democrat primary in Wisconsin. The leading candidate to face off against Scott Walker in the recall election next month is Tom Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee. He’s facing a spirited

(AP) Feelings run deep in Wis. recall; few undecidedBy DINESH RAMDE and TODD RICHMONDAssociated PressRACINE, Wis.Al Trossen feels like a wanted man. The former Teamster voted for embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in 2010 but isn’t sure who to support

As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faces a recall election in a little over a month, Chief Executive magazine has some good news for the embattled limited government hero: The Badger State keeps rising in the Chief Executive Best States/Worst States list,

Back in 2009 Barack Obama liked Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett as a potential Wisconsin governor. It makes sense: for a president unwilling to do what’s necessary to beat down the 8+% unemployment rate, Barrett’s record-high Milwaukee unemployment rate certainly looks

In my post yesterday, I made the point that 80% of the funds that went to Wisconsin from President Obama’s 2009 stimulus package were dumped into the coffers of public unions. That means unions received $600 million of the $701 million in

A funny thing has happened to the Democrats’ plan to oust Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in next month’s recall election; they’ve decided to have themselves an all-out civil war. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who narrowly lost to Walker in 2010,

As the recall election for Wisconsin governor Scott Walker approaches, not surprisingly, the campaign against him has gotten more and more contentious. The Recall Scott Walker campaign has been leading the way with its negative ads against the Republican governor.  The group

When Obama pushed through his stimulus package shortly after taking office, the money going to bail out GM and Chrysler was not so much intended to shore up those corporations as it was intended to shore up the unions at

A lot has been made about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker who, with nearly $5 million on hand, has a 10:1 cash advantage on either of his would-be opponents in the June 5 recall.  But it’s not as if his opponents

MADISON – The demonstrations and chaos that followed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s introduction of budget reforms – later known as Act 10 – were a preview of what was to come from the orchestrated Occupy Wall Street protests. The protests in Madison had many of the same elements,

Last Friday night, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) held their 54th Annual Eugene V. Debs–Norman Thomas–Michael Harrington Award Dinner at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza in Chicago. You of course might not expect anything too fancy from a group

(AP) Wisconsin governor raises $13 million in recallBy TODD RICHMONDAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has raised more than $13 million in three months for a recall election, a jaw-dropping feat that easily shattered the fundraising record he set last

RACINE, Wis. – Former Racine Unified school district board member Brian Deyhas had his fair share of run-ins with the district’s teachers union. He proposed Act 10-style cuts when he served on the board between 2005 and 2008. More recently, he pressed school officials

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels was in Champaign, Illinois today to speak at the Champaign County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner. Daniels is not very popular with labor unions because he signed the “right to work” law in his state, which