The fate of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's Budget Repair Bill may hang in the balance Tuesday, when the state's voters head to the polls. The April 5 election, which pits conservative supreme court justice David Prosser against liberal assistant attorney general JoAnne Kloppenburg, will…
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Wisconsin Republican state senator Dan Kapanke has been the subjecte of death threats and vandalism, the LaCrosse Tribune reports:
Sometimes the New York Times is hard to believe--on March 12, for instance.
During debate in the Wisconsin state assembly on the budget repair bill today, Representative Elizabeth Coggs, a Democrat from Milwaukee, called on the federal government to "intervene" in the state in order to "get some real justice" because "Wisconsin right now reminds me of Mississippi back in…
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Paul Ryan talks about Democratic senators fleeing his home state of Wisconsin and America "getting its mojo back":
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker told THE WEEKLY STANDARD this evening that it is indeed possible for Senate Republicans to vote on the collective bargaining portion of his budget repair bill with a simple majority of senators present. "You could technically do it,” Walker told me, but he said he's…
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Who’s pulling the strings on Wisconsin governor Scott Walker? Well it’s got to be someone – since obviously no Republican would act out of principle.
Andrew Sullivan caught a give-and-take between me and Juan Williams on Fox News on Monday night and raises a fair objection.
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In today's Wall Street Journal, Steve Hayes writes:
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Madison, Wisc.
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker explains his argument to the Heritage Foundation:
The Heritage Foundation reports from Wisconsin and talks with union members protesting in Madison:
On Sunday, Mary Bell, president of the Wisconsin Educational Association Council, instructed the teachers in her union to return to the classroom after many of them skipped school for three days last week. The unexpected move energized Republicans in Wisconsin, who took it as a sign that negative…
While the Democratic National Committee has decided to throw its support behind the pro-public sector union protesters in Wisconsin, the Republican National Committee is doing its part to get Democratic senators back to work.
This isn't new--the video was shot before the Senate Democrats fled the state, and Steve Hayes noted the comments in his piece yesterday. But it hasn't gotten the attention it deserves. And it's a good example of how Wisconsin Democrats have taken a decent to strong hand and squandered it by acting…