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Congress, Coronavirus, Legislature, Public Health, Sen. Johnson, Wisconsin, WisDems
The WISGOP Follows a Fool, and Fails Wisconsin
No state delegation in America has been less receptive to a federal coronavirus relief package than the WISGOP delegation to Washington.
Legislature, WisDems
Exit Interview with Representative Debra Kolste (D-Janesville)
Fair Maps, Gerrymandering, Health Care, WisDems, WISGOP
How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Access to Care
Legislature, Politics, Unions, WisDems
WisDems advance pro-union reforms
Budget, Education, Gov. Evers, Legislation, Schools, Sen. Fitzgerald, Speaker Vos, WisDems, WISGOP
Tony Evers mix of school spending and tax relief, but WISGOP says nyet
Trump, WisDems
WisDems answer Trump’s state of the union lies
Politics, WisDems, WISGOP
WISGOP targets Reps. Vruwink, Meyers, Doyle
Elections, Presidential race 2020, Trump, WisDems, WISGOP
WisDems and WISGOP both shield Trump from primary challenge
Presidential race 2020, Sanders, WisDems
Rep. Pocan endorses Sanders
Legislature, WisDems
Mason Becker Runs for 33rd Assembly
Yes, this is happening:https://t.co/h14mlsKNYk#wipolitics #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/5bvxvfnTYY — Mason T. Becker (@MasonTBecker) January 11, 2020
Unions, WisDems
State teachers’ union still packs a punch among Democrats
Democrats, DNC 2020, Milwaukee, Presidential race 2020, WisDems
Vindicated
Winning the 2020 Democratic National Convention is a coup for Milwaukee, Mayor Tom Barrett and a host of allies.And for a downtown river revival rooted in former Mayor John Norquist’s New Urbanism which correctly predicted that people wanted to live and work near water and to get where they needed to go on a bike, by rail, or on their own two feet.
Via The Political Environment: Democrats’ 2020 convention will make Milwaukee glow.
Budget, Gov. Evers, Speaker Vos, State Government, WisDems, WISGOP
Word on the Street
The new Democratic governor, Tony Evers, has put together a two-year budget proposal that virtually every newspaper article declares DOA (dead on arrival) because of opposition in the Republican controlled legislature. There is even talk that the GOP will try to supplant his budget by amending the old one.
That’s not the word you hear on the street. What may have been true for eight years under GOP’s departed governor Scott Walker is undergoing the crashing sounds of change. Many in both parties now realize that Evers is not the extreme partisan the GOP tried to paint (in fact, several Democrats don’t find him extreme enough). Several of his proposals have considerable majority clout behind them, given past actions from all sides of the electorate.
Via DOM’S DOMAIN POLITICS: EVERS AND GOP FIGHTING FOR WISCONSIN’S POLITICAL SOUL.
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WisDems Exit Interview
WisEye Morning Minute: Newsmakers – Exit Interview with Martha Laning
On March 6th, WisconsinEye interviewed Martha Laning, the outgoing chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. With 12 Democrats announcing their presidential candidacy and 12 more considering it, Laning was asked if it is a good thing that there are so many Democrats running.
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WisDems?
The Republican takeover of Wisconsin government has been devastating to progressive values. But while the GOP is in a national meltdown, the state party is still strong. Meanwhile, the Dems still don’t have a state ground game.
Via What hope is there for Wisconsin Dems? @ Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin.
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But now Walker seems to be gearing up to run for a third term. The “remember the times before I moved to Iowa” focus of his State of the State address and his invitation-only listening tour around the state make him look like a governor in rebuilding mode, not just somebody waiting out the clock.
Now, he could change his mind. Former Gov. Jim Doyle was getting ready to run again in 2010 until he saw the writing on the wall and decided to retire rather than be crushed. But, for the moment, Walker is the candidate….
Via Six Democrats who could challenge Walker in 2018 @ Isthmus.
Hillary Clinton, Presidential race 2016, WisDems
WisDems See Hillary
65% of Democratic voters think Clinton will win nomination, 27% think Sanders will. @mulawpoll
— MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) January 28, 2016
Wisconsin, WisDems, WISGOP
Cullen’s ‘Ringside Seat’
Via WisEye YouTube.
Books, Politics, Wisconsin, WisDems
Cullen’s Book
Link
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Down ballot
Both voter drop-off and drop-down from presidential election totals are a serious problem for Democratic candidates. If we want to return to clean government, to progressive policies, and to a robust state economy, this issue must be alleviated. Democrats need to implement strong GOTV policies in every corner of the state. The party organization must publicize its entire slate of candidates, not just those at the top of the ticket.