Posts Tagged ‘Wisconsin’

That Hopey Changey thing: Eliminating filibusters

January 24th, 2013 | No Comments

Within one day after President Obama was sworn in for his second term, Harry Reid was putting in motion the vote to eliminate most filibusters. Here is the list of the Senators that think this is such a good idea they chose to co-sponsor it: Sen Baldwin, Tammy [WI] – 1/22/2013 Sen Begich, Mark [AK] [...]

Scott Walker and November

June 6th, 2012 | No Comments

Scott Walker was a Tea Party favorite.  Scott Walker was also a Republican bucking the tidal wave that was the Obama tsunami of union backed and media endorsed candidates.   Although Wisconsin had a long history of electing Republican governors, the retiring governor of eight years was a Democrat.  Walker ran on Tea Party principles and [...]

Run Away! Run Away!

February 18th, 2011 | No Comments

Dedicated to the Wisconsin Senate Democrats: The real story is almost as comical: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com What do you think? QuestionsView Results

Goodwin Liu

April 16th, 2010 | 4 Comments

President Obama is gearing up for a fight to get Goodwin Liu for the 9th Circuit.  For those not in the know, that’s the one from San Francisco.  It represents the liberal heart and soul.  I don’t think you’re going to find a conservative judge in that part of the world, so that point is [...]

Bipartisanship and Medicaid

February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package.  I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way.  As such, I was interested in the numbers.  However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at.  In essence, [...]