Monthly Archives: November 2009

Terrence Wall’s Shameless Lies About Feingold’s Senate Record

Terrence Wall, Republican candidate for Senate made all sorts of false and outrageous claims about Senator Russ Feingold in a recent WisPolitics interview. Wall won’t officially kick off his campaign until late January or early February, but in the interview … Continue reading

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Pretty Important…On Liberty (and Conservative Manifestos)

WisOpinion (check out the new layout) tipped me off to a Richard Esenberg piece for the Wisconsin Promulgation of Republican Interests. Considering the battle for the soul of the Republican party, the article reads like a conservative manifesto. As expected … Continue reading

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How the GOP Can Defeat Russ Feingold

Tommy Thompson is enjoying the attention he’s receiving by considering a Senate run but he doesn’t want to damage his political legacy by losing a race to Feingold. With the health-care debate, Tommy prefers to enjoy his renewed relevance. That … Continue reading

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Links on Health Care and the Kennedys, Bachmann and MATC Part-time Faculty

With the health care debate moving to the Senate floor, a NY Times blog has a piece on Ted Kennedy’s widow and what the bill would mean to Ted. Meanwhile Kennedy’s son Patrick claims a Catholic bishop has prohibited him … Continue reading

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Ed Garvey on WPR and New “That’s Debatable” on WisOpinion

Ed Garvey, editor of FightingBob.com and PI favorite was on The Week in Review with Joy Cardin this morning (Nov 20, 8am). Unfortunately you need Real Player to listen, hopefully WPR moves out of the 90′s in terms of audio … Continue reading

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Taxes Aren’t Killing Wisconsin, but Brett Davis is Trying

Not that “Wisconsin-taxes-are-too-high-and-killing-business” wasn’t a popular talking point from the right before the Pew Center Report, but its all over now. A Journal-Sentinel blog (always a beacon of intelligent thought) laments our tax burden and fleeing businesses. Perhaps the author … Continue reading

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President’s Bow Leads To End Of America

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Feingold: He’s Got a Lotta Money

In his campaign chest, that is. The Journal-Sentinel discussed Russ Feingold’s campaign finances in an article yesterday, noting the three-term Democrat is raising and spending money at a furious pace. In typical, classy Feingold fashion the campaign is building grassroots … Continue reading

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Barrett’s Reasonable Positions on Gun Control Will Appeal to Wisconsin Voters

Jill at Liberty’s Logic posted Monday emphasizing Tom Barrett’s reasonable positions on guns and gun control, as evidenced by America’s 1st Freedom, a publication from the National Rifle Association. That’s how I interpreted the post, though the author was going … Continue reading

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Waiting Until November to Announce a Run Good for Barrett’s Campaign

Barrett announces he is in the race, and Republicans start slinging mud. Anyone surprised? The Walker campaign hit first, charging “Tom the Taxer” with being a spend-happy Doyle Jr. The Republican National Committee insults Wisconsin’s economy but doesn’t say much … Continue reading

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