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  • Hiatus

    Taking some time away from the blog to focus on job and home life. It’s not goodbye, it’s just ’see ya later.’ [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2009, 10:56am EST
    by Fraley

  • Final WisOpinion: The Show for 2008

    You can catch the show here. Bailouts and handouts and Illinois shakedowns. Risings and fallings and political takedowns. Senator Decker predicts action this Spring. These are a few of your favorite things… [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2008, 8:56am EST
    by Fraley

  • Illinois Gov. Blagojevich Arrested

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    Big news from Chitown. How long til Obama’s reaction:  “That’s not the Governor I knew…” [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2008, 10:52am EST
    by Fraley

  • The Shame of Kathleen Falk

    Number of comments: 6
    The Falk administration’s handling of this ordeal has been abysmal. The prosecutors also have a lot of explaining to do. The Wisconsin State Journal has the latest in the Brittany Zimmermann case. The notorious 911 call from Brittany Zimmermann’s cell phone the day she died carried the sounds of a woman’s screams [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2008, 10:48am EST
    by Fraley

  • Kudlow on Today’s Dow Slide

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    From The Corner: The real source of today’s stock market plunge is a collapse of China’s purchasing managers index, which fell to 40.9 in November from 45.2 in October, its fourth straight monthly drop. Inside the index, export orders fell significantly. All of this suggests big cuts in China production, employment, [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2008, 5:49pm EST
    by Fraley

  • Deer Hunting a Wisconsin Tradition, Cultural Experience

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    Deer Camp 2008 is here! This is an excerpt of a column which was originally published by WisOpinion in 2005 as a part of their MilwaukeeInsight series. As one of the few traditions of this site, we run it again today. By Brian E. Fraley [Later this week] nearly a hundred-thousand Milwaukee-area men and [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2008, 9:56pm EST
    by Fraley

  • Soon…

    Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers. Lows around 20. Chance of snow 40 percent. Thursday Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers. Highs in the middle 20s. Chance of snow 20 percent. Thursday Night Partly cloudy. Lows around 10 above zero. Friday Partly cloudy. Highs in the middle 20s. Friday Night Partly cloudy. Lows in the middle [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2008, 9:06am EST
    by Fraley

  • Today

    If you are reading this from the comfort of your home, or your place of work, or a public space… Thank a veteran. If you voted last week… Thank a veteran. If you are in the process of planning a holiday trip to see relatives in another part of the country… Thank a veteran. If you [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2008, 10:25am EST
    by Fraley

  • Tax Hike Trial Balloon

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    This didn’t take long. State Democratic Party Chairman Joe Wineke said today that Democrats who control the Capitol should consider a temporary increase in the income tax… Folks, this is what’s called a trial balloon. Floating it out there, gauge the reaction… Tax hikes are clearly on the agenda. It is just a [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2008, 8:45am EST
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  • State Legislatures’ Across the Nation

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    Here’s a recap of what Tuesday brought for state legislatures across the country. Courtesy of NCSL. Partisan Overview Voters reversed a trend in recent elections and have left the state political map with the fewest number of politically divided legislatures since 1982. At press time, only seven states have split legislative control: Alaska, [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2008, 1:10pm EST
    by Fraley

  • WisOpinion: The Show Post Election Edition

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    The post-election edition of “WisOpinion: The Show” features Stu Levitan on the left and me on the right. See it here. We look at what the Dems and GOP will do, generally, in DC and Madison, and we have an extended winners and losers segment. Frankly, the show could have been longer, but [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2008, 10:13am EST
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  • About last night…

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    Some random thoughts as I head off to sleep. For what it’s worth, congratulations to President Elect Barack Obama and his supporters. Nationally and here in Wisconsin, you out fundraised, out worked, and out performed your counterparts. In January I wrote that we should not underestimate the significance of an African American [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2008, 1:12am EST
    by Fraley

  • Every vote should count…once.

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    With apologies to Tom McMahon [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2008, 5:01pm EST
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  • Obama the Messiah, The Redistributor, The Gas Credit Card?

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    Good heavens. The scary thing is, she may be right. But Obama wouldn’t be paying her mortgage and filling her tank. You would.In the name of fairness. h/t Charlie [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2008, 10:14am EDT
    by Fraley

  • WisOpinion: The Show Halloween Editition

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    Mayers plays with toys, Nichols avoids calling anyone a racist and we spar over current events (including voter fraud) and make our predictions for next Tuesday. Enjoy. [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2008, 11:42am EDT
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  • About tonight’s Obama informercial

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    He’s already used his own Presidential Seal. He’s already given an international speech to an adoring crowd. He’s already spent $2 million on his victory party. Why wait for the votes to be cast or counted? Tonight is Obama’s first Presidential Address. When you lie about your desire to take public financing…when [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2008, 10:04am EDT
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  • Keep em straight…

    Number of comments: 6
    Distributor cap Redistributor cap Don’t be confused. [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2008, 3:40pm EDT
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  • Sign of the times

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    Posted: October 27, 2008, 7:16pm EDT
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  • Redistribution of Wealth a long-held goal of Obama

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    After watching the video, above, any Obama voters want to try to convince the rest of us that: Obama really isn’t interested in redistributing wealth as a matter of fairness? Obama transcends the issue of race? Obama isn’t the most liberal candidate for President in at least 100 years? Or finally, that the traditional [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2008, 9:56am EDT
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  • WisOpinion: The Show

    Taped live at the Memorial Union on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, we once again provide our takes on current events. This week, John Nichols and I agree on Healthy Wisconsin being a legitimate issue this fall. Then, of course, we disagree on just about everything else. The [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2008, 9:21am EDT
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  • Press Club for Lunch?

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    What I’m doing over my lunch hour. The political strategies that drive the U.S. presidential campaign will be the focus of a luncheon sponsored by the Milwaukee Press Club today. A panel of presidential political experts will be moderated by Jeff Mayers, president and editor of WisPolitics.com. The panel will include [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2008, 8:46am EDT
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  • The Axis of Taxes

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    Posted: October 21, 2008, 9:24am EDT
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  • Democrat Fiscal Plans: Increase Spending. Raise Taxes.

    Number of comments: 3
    Increase spending. Raise taxes. Any questions? Immediate increase in spending. Tax increases ‘later on.’ Any questions? [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2008, 9:10am EDT
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  • Obama Camp Afraid of a Plumber

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    From NRO In recent days, the Joe the Plumber phenomenon has taken on a deeper meaning for McCain’s audiences, for two reasons. First, he is a symbol of their belief that Barack Obama is going to raise their taxes, regardless of what Obama says about hitting up only those taxpayers who [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2008, 8:25am EDT
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  • Attention Obama Apologists and Supporters

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    Attention Obamaniacs: Please, read this latest Obama missive and tell me that I’m wrong. Because, when I read this I see, not only a socialist, but a Communist. Why is my take wrong? Seriously? Is this not an appeal for Communism? Your forum. Go for it. In the near term, some immediate measures must [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2008, 1:21pm EDT
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  • Debate III:McCain wins, sets up pivot

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    No game changers last night. But it was a good night for John McCain and his supporters. McCain finally scored a decisive victory, one that left his supporters wondering where this McCain was in the first two debates. The format clearly suited him. Obama was cool, perhaps almost aloof. Aesthetically, Obama [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2008, 9:05am EDT
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  • Guest Column: Voter Fraud and the Values Crisis

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    VOTER FRAUD AND THE VALUES CRISIS By Jerry Bott Routine disputes, once settled with words and cold shoulders, are now settled with bullets; situational ethics are used to justify unabashed self-gratification, and erode the core structure of families; a mentality and expectation of entitlement supplants the notion of working hard to achieve [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2008, 5:30pm EDT
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  • The Dems’ early voting push

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    “Vote today just in case you’re arrested slashing the tires of GOP get out the vote vans and may be in custody while the polls are open on Election Day…” “Vote today so you can join us handing out cigarettes downtown on Election Day…” “Vote today just in case McCain actually has [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2008, 12:12pm EDT
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  • IBD on the mess we’re in

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    A great editorial in Investor’s Business Daily. Calling it America’s Second Wake-up Call and hoping we learn from history. A few more facts: • April 2001: The Bush administration’s fiscal budget stated that the size of Fannie and Freddie was “potential problem because financial trouble of a large Government-Sponsored Enterprise could cause [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2008, 2:58pm EDT
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  • WisOpinion: The ShowFrom the Memorial Union

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    The Presidential debate. I-94 construction. Kagen/Gard. Darling/Wasserman. Professor Donald Downs. And more. (FYI, the painting behind us depicts the Tower of London. Is Mayers trying to tell us something?) [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2008, 9:26am EDT
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  • McCain finally calls Obama out

    Number of comments: 4
    Not sure why it took this long, or if it’s too late, but at least it’s happening. Courtesy of the Corner. Rather than answer his critics, Senator Obama will try to distract you from noticing that he never answers the serious and legitimate questions he has been asked. But let me reply [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2008, 3:31pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Brewers Win, Survive.

    I was at my first MLB playoff game last night at Miller Park in Milwaukee. A great game. An incredible atmosphere. We live to play another day. How about them Cubbies? Here’s the greatest sports take of the year. Go Brewers, beat the Phillies! [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2008, 10:04am EDT
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  • NFL Week Five Picks

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    CHI @ DET, Chicago SD @ MIA, San Diego SEA @ NYG, The G men WAS @ PHI, Philly KC @ CAR, Carolina TEN @ BAL, Baltimore, in the game of the week IND @ HOU, Indy TB @ DEN, Denver CIN @ DAL, Dallas BUF @ ARI, Buffalo NE @ SF, New England PIT @ JAC, Jacksonville MIN@ NO, The Saints ATL [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2008, 4:02pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • The Palin-Biden Vice Presidential Debate

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    How well did Governor Sarah Palin do? Just look how crazed the left is in response: Ragin’ Ed Garvey: He looks like a president and sounds like one, and he won the debate. She should not be on the stage at all, but certainly not winking, parading around with her Down syndrome child [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2008, 2:57pm EDT
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  • Milwaukee Brewers win Wild Card

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    I was 14 years old the last time the Milwaukee Brewers were in the playoffs. Winning six of seven to make the playoffs? Never would have happened with Ned Yost at the helm. Thank you Mark Attanasio. Go Crew. Beat the Phillies! [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2008, 8:59am EDT
    by Fraley

  • NFL Week Four Picks

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    In the midst of Brewers’ Fever (was at the last two games!) here are the picks for the weekend. Carolina over Atlanta Cleveland beats Cincy Jacksonville bests Houston Denver rolls in KC San Fancisco squeaks past New Orleans Arizona pummels the Jets Tennessee edges Minnesota San Diego raids Oakland Buffalo routs St. Louis Washington shocks Dallas Philly beats Chicago Baltimore edges Pittsburgh And [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2008, 2:06pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • BEAT THE CUBS!

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    Posted: September 26, 2008, 8:14am EDT
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  • Rember this when considering the origins of this mortgage crisis…

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    ‘These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ”The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2008, 3:03pm EDT
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  • Obama Allies Raising Money to Run McCain Cancer Ads

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    This is just unbelievable. The left (the core of Obama’s support) are running ads criticizing McCain for…wait for it…having Cancer. They’re in the middle of an all out fundraising push so they can peddle this sleaze across the country. Apparently, Sheldon Wasserman’s former campaign strategist is now working for these guys. Despicable. UPDATE: The [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2008, 10:23am EDT
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  • WisOpinion: The ShowDebating the debates, more

    Biden, Gard, Obama, McCain, Kagen, Kevin Kennedy, JB Van Hollen, Glass-Steagall, Newt Gingrich, Clay Aiken. One of those topics was not discussed this week. Also, see the interview with Pollster.com’s Charles Franklin. No show next week, so this will have to carry you for a fortnight. [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2008, 9:49am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Clay Aiken Gay?

    Number of comments: 5
    Clay Aiken tells People Magazine he’s gay. No way! In equally stunning news: Bobby Knight admits to Sports Illustrated “I have anger management issues.” Obama tells Time: “I don’t have a lot of experience.” Michael Jackson tells Highlights: “I like to do things with little boys.” MSNBC program director admits to TV Guide: “We’re pretty damn [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2008, 5:06pm EDT
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  • WisOpinion: The Show Request

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    I’ll be heading to Madison tomorrow to tape this week’s The Show. You can either email me suggestions for your Risings and Fallings for the week, or leave them in the comments here. [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2008, 12:19pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • NFL Picks Week Three

    Number of comments: 2
    Ok, enough of the hiatus crap. Here’s my picks for the NFL, Week Three. Quickly, the winners: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Carolina, New England, Giants, Houston, Washington, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, San Diego and your Green Bay Packers. Book it. [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2008, 11:04am EDT
    by Fraley

  • WisOpinion: The Show The unthinkable happens

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    On this week’s show the unthinkable happened. John Nichols didn’t call me a racist. He did, however, find time to call Sarah Palin’s rise to prominence a mere ‘Summer Fling,’ and he channeled Ed Garvey by invoking some Karl Rove/JB Van Hollen/Trilateral Commission/Stonecutters’ conspiracy. Along with a look at Presidential television advertising [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2008, 5:14pm EDT
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  • Two Questions

    Number of comments: 10
    Question 1: On May 25, 2006, who said: Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were “illusions deliberately and systematically created” by the company’s senior management, which resulted in a $10.6 billion accounting scandal. The Office of Federal [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2008, 11:30am EDT
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  • On 9/11

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    I’m not advocating for a day without politics…or a day without Entertainment Tonight, TMZ or The View. But today, I choose to remember. To mourn. To respect the dead. To respect those called to service in the wake of the terrorist crashes. God bless the passengers, the firefighters, the police and port [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2008, 1:44am EDT
    by Fraley

  • What’s up with this blog?

    Number of comments: 4
    Since I’ve been getting swarmed with emails about Dailytakes, I figured this was the easiest place to respond. This unplanned hiatus has been the result of several factors. 1) My new gig, the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Leadership, has taken up significantly more of my time than I imagined. [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2008, 8:28am EDT
    by Fraley

  • WisOpinion: The Show Racism charge levied yet again

    Number of comments: 8
    John Nichols wasn’t at the taping this week, but they found another liberal to play the race card. Yet again, I had something to say about that. I also didn’t rhyme like Stu Levitan, my aging Hippie counterpart, but I was still able to make my points about Obama’s ‘Energy Plan You [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2008, 9:53am EDT
    by Fraley

  • More Attempted Voter Fraud Discovered in Milwaukee

    Number of comments: 8
    Breaking… Workers registering Milwaukee voters for a liberal group turned in hundreds of fabricated forms and many more that were incomplete, raising fears among Republican Party leaders of fraud at the polls. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now fired about a dozen canvassers and alerted the commission to most of [...]
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    Posted: August 06, 2008, 11:49am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Badger Blogger Snags DNR Illegally Dumping Waste

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    Bruce at BadgerBlogger has broken a heck of a story. Several weeks ago, BadgerBlogger was sent a photograph of a worker emptying the waste by-product from a maintenance machine into one of the storm sewers located on the access road into Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin, just off of Harbor [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2008, 8:09am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Left Netroots (nutroots?) on Novak

    Noted conservative columnist Robert Novak has just retired immediately after having been diagnosed with brain cancer. Robert Novak has announced his immediate retirement following the diagnosis of a brain tumor, a prognosis the Sun-Times’ political columnist describes as “dire.” “The details are being worked out with the doctors this week, but the [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2008, 2:14pm EDT
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  • WisOpinion: The ShowObama, Flynn and Fischer

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    We take a look at why Obama is doing well in Wisconsin, revel in the declining crime rate in Milwaukee and Nichols praises Obama for solving the energy crisis and for strengthening the dollar. Oh, and I make an incredibly astute pro wrestling reference. [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2008, 8:41am EDT
    by Fraley

  • More from the effort to repeal Minimum Markup

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    Posted: July 26, 2008, 8:47am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Obama, What a Man!

    Number of comments: 7
    Good grief, even liberals have to agree this is getting a bit silly. [...]
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    Posted: July 25, 2008, 2:58pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Obama’s Team Puts Cart Before Horse

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    They think ‘The One’ has already ascended. This excerpt from a report on Obama’s upcoming public rally in Germany. “It is not going to be a political speech,” said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background. “When the president of the United States goes and gives a [...]
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    Posted: July 22, 2008, 2:46pm EDT
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  • Thugish Behavior at Courthouse and on Internet

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    Does use of the word ‘thug’ have racial overtones? James Rowen says absolutely, and in all cases. At least one self-described “hard-boiled” righty blogger can’t stop playing the race card. That’s the only conclusion you can come to when “Thug” - - a word that worked itself into the local vocabulary following [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2008, 10:17am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Wisconsin Liberals Don’t Want to Address High Gas Prices

    Number of comments: 13
    For what it’s worth, you can blame Joe Wineke for this post. At yesterday’s taping of WisOpinion: The Show, the Chairman of the State Democratic Party said my website sucked and he razzed me for not updating it for a month. No news there. Between a labor-intensive new project (more on that [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2008, 8:12am EDT
    by Fraley

  • WisOpinion: The Show

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    Feingold. Obama (liar). Mc Cain. Wisconsin Senate Democrats. Mini McGee. See Nichols love letter to Feingold for his obstruction of the government’s efforts to keep us safe from those plotting to do us harm. He must have thought the show was al qaedapolitics.com: The Show. For those who just want the two [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2008, 11:39am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Obama: Yes he can (lie)!

    Number of comments: 6
    The secular messiah who represents change (with advisors and surrogates like Joe Biden and John Kerry) has more than just a resume problem. He has a problem telling the truth. On his performance as Senator: Barack Obama released his first general election ad on Friday, which seems aimed above all to answer [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2008, 10:12am EDT
    by Fraley

  • The Rebirth of Socialism in the United States

    Number of comments: 5
    So, the Democrats want to nationalize the oil industry in this country. They believe the government will do a better job controlling consumer’s access to energy than the free market. They believe a socialized system, like the one run by Hugo Chavez, will lead to lower energy costs. Many Democrats have [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2008, 11:12am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Not Wallet

    Number of comments: 2
    Well done, Josh. Well done. [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2008, 6:18pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • More Liberal Hypocrisy

    Al Gore. He’s full of hot air. He’s also full of crap. Gore gorges on energy. In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. “A man’s commitment to his beliefs [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2008, 9:34am EDT
    by Fraley

  • WisOpinion: The Show Floods, Breske, Obama, Oh My!

    This week’s episode of WisOpinion: The Show is now up over at captimes.com. Nichols and I discuss the recent UW pay hikes, Obama’s attempt to woo the Hillary Clinton voters, and the Wisconsin Democratic Party’s weekend convention in Stevens Point. For those of you who would rather miss out on Jeff [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2008, 9:04am EDT
    by Fraley

  • We’ve seen this movie before…

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    Posted: June 10, 2008, 9:22am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Dem Party of Wisconsin

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    I wonder how long this list will be accurate? UPDATE… Not long. Here’s the first change. [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2008, 1:29pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Traditional Media Slow on the Online Uptake

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    What’s missing from this post? [...]
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    Posted: June 06, 2008, 11:15am EDT
    by Fraley

  • WisOpinion: The Show Wisconsin?s Economy, Presidential Race, and More

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    This week, current Democratic Party chair Joe Wineke and I face off and discuss the economy here and in the United States, the prospects for unity in his party (watch your back, Joe, your convention is coming up), and the importance of a strong dollar. For those of you who don’t [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2008, 9:02am EDT
    by Fraley

  • The End of RiverSplash as we know it?

    Number of comments: 2
    Was this past weekend’s RiverSplash in Milwaukee the last time the event will be held as a free, open street festival? Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting at the RiverSplash festival in downtown. An 18-year-old man was shot in the foot near Third Street and Highland Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2008, 11:51am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Ouch McCellan gets dose of own medicine

    A colleague of disgruntled former press secretary Scott McClellan fires back. Was it the truth or a lie when you told me, during a series of personal discussions in your West Wing office in late 2005 and early 2006 (at the apex of what you now call your period of “disillusionment” [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2008, 10:58am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Why blogging has been light

    Visit The Wisconsin Institute for Leadership’s Forum [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2008, 2:14pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • WisOpinion: The Show Doyle, Decker, Van Hollen and More

    Back in the saddle again, and back on WisOpinion: The Show For those of you who aren’t interested in the Stock Report and Jeff Mayers’ interview with AFT-Wisconsin’s Bryan Kennedy, here’s the new opening “Two Minute Drill” segment. We’re continuing to tweak the format, based on viewer response, so keep letting us [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2008, 9:53am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Soglin: Conservatives worse than domestic terrorists

    Number of comments: 6
    Paul Soglin, the lefty former gazillion-term Mayor of Madison is on a crusade to silence WMC. Today, he rants about differences of opinion within the Republican Party during the budget adjustment debate to proclaim: [T]he extreme right wing of the Republican Party is so disconnected from reality that they make the [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2008, 11:37am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Breaking News: Doyle Gives Job to Dem Senator Breskes Retirement a Blow to Decker

    Number of comments: 11
    Gee, think there is tension between Governor Doyle and Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker? Governor Jim Doyle today announced the appointment of State Senator Roger Breske as the new Commissioner of Railroads. Breske’s term will begin June 4, 2008 and expire on March 1, 2011. “Roger Breske has been a fine public [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2008, 12:29pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Will resume blog shortly but right now

    View my page on The Wisconsin Institute for Leadership’s Forum [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2008, 9:33pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Back online Wednesday evening

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    Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:15pm EDT
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  • Dane County Exec Falk Not at 911 Public Hearing

    Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk once tried to become  the CEO of State Government. Then, she tired to become the state’s top cop. While she failed miserably in both pursuits, she does have a job running the second largest county in the State of Wisconsin. It is a county with a [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2008, 1:17pm EDT
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  • Friday News Snippets

    Political hire costs taxpayers $346,000 GE possible wellspring of innovation for state Rising fuel prices put squeeze on Mitchell Disgraced former UW lecturer turns attention to race for Congress Falk appointed besieged 911chief despite lack of experience matching job description Dane County 911 chief gives victims’ families another apology, no answers [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2008, 12:01am EDT
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  • Thursday News Snippets

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    Union official backs 911 operator in Madison murder call snafu Gas prices rise dramatically overnight Union official backs snow plow drivers who didn’t report to work during major snow storm Congressman Kagen adds three to taxpayer-financed staff as campaign nears Rising cost of living to eat up most of ‘rebate’ payments Lacrosse [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2008, 8:11am EDT
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  • WisOpinion: The Show IN & NC Afermath, the State Budget and the Economy

    Number of comments: 4
    This week’s edition of WisOpinion: The Show, Presented by the Capital Times is now up. John Nichols and I bookend an interesting Jeff Mayers interview of Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Senator Mark Miller (D-Monona). Miller gives us a peek into efforts to solve the state’s fiscal crisis. Nichols made it the whole [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2008, 10:17pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Wednesday News Snippets

    State breaks demolition contract, leaving UW campus dorm half razed Q and A with liberal Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson The more we find out about Madison 911 snafu, the worse it gets Assembly Democrats want to raid segregated transportation fund fill hole in Doyle budget Brown County Supervisor Krueger’s emails face scrutiny Congressman Paul Ryan [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2008, 7:30am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Caption This

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    Posted: May 07, 2008, 11:46pm EDT
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  • Whither the Tiebreaker?

    Barack Obama sees himself with a disadvantage in Pennsylvania and with an advantage in North Carolina “So Indiana may end up being the tiebreaker,” he said Estimates are that the better-funded Obama outspent Clinton 4 to 1 in the Hoosier state. [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2008, 8:03pm EDT
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  • Fighting another tax hike in Wisconsin

    Steve Baas has a great column in the Journal Sentinel. They call it the Law of Unintended Consequences. It’s when policies designed to address an issue in one area end up having disastrous side effects in another. The most recent example of this phenomenon is the proposal to tax telephone use [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2008, 3:36pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Tuesday News Snippets

    Backbencher Wisconsin Member of Congress travels to 11 states for Obama campaign Dane County Exec: Sorry 911 center didn’t do it’s job, no one will be disciplined, but here’s a letter GM shift elimination costs more jobs Beloit paper calls for state spending cuts GAB rules lobbyists can’t contribute to fundraiser for nonpartisan state [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2008, 11:21am EDT
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  • Caption This

    Number of comments: 6
    My take: Now we know why Obama doesn’t wear a flag on his lapel. He’s afraid Bill Ayers will stand on his chest. [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2008, 4:26pm EDT
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  • Monday News Snippets

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    Was politics a factor in Boston Store Clerk State Treasurer’s hiring decisions? Illegal alien felon fights deportation order American TV sponsors anti-Christian bigot’s Milwaukee appearance Falk finally admits Dane County 911 system failed in murder case Shameless Milwaukee County Board Chair says tax hikes for buses are possibility [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2008, 9:06am EDT
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  • Another New Tax for Milwaukee County

    This is a bad idea. A $10-a-car countywide vehicle registration fee could be one of the best options for keeping the financially troubled Milwaukee County Transit System intact, the Public Policy Forum says in a report to be released Monday. But the vehicle fee, also known as a “wheel tax,” would [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2008, 11:29am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Eye on the Wisconsin Economy

    Wisconsin employers, including venerable manufacturers like GM and Harley Davidson, have announced job reductions exceeding 6,000 since the start of the year. Bad times are not only ahead for the Wisconsin economy, they are here. Yet, let’s end the week with some good news, shall we? Harley unveils new marketing slogan State specialty [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2008, 11:55am EDT
    by Fraley

  • UN Food Program a Mess

    Yet another in a long litany of incompetence and abuses at the United Nations. Just weeks before it announced the onset of a global food crisis and the urgent need for donors to provide at least $775 million in additional funding, the World Food Program was sitting on a cash and [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2008, 1:16pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Brewers Send Turnbow Packing

    Finally. The Milwaukee Brewers have designated Derrick Turnbow for assignment, opening up a roster spot while they decide what to do with the struggling relief pitcher. Turnbow, an All-Star closer in 2006, is 0-1 with a 15.63 ERA in eight games this season. He gave up six runs in two-thirds of an [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2008, 11:25am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Is 911 a Joke in Madison?

    Number of comments: 4
    Troubling reports from Madison, Wisconsin: 2008 Isthmus Publishing Co. Madison police believe Brittany Zimmermann called 911 before she was stabbed and beaten to death inside her Doty Street apartment, but the 911 Center failed to send help after erroneously concluding the call was a mistake. The 21-year-old UW-Madison student’s body, with multiple [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2008, 11:08am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Teacher Appreciation Week

    The public schools we have today are the result of the investments, ingenuity and commitment of our parents and grandparents. It takes teamwork: students, parents, schools and communities working together for a brighter future. Todays teachers and education support professionals build on that legacy of excellence with the outstanding work [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 10:14am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Hillarys in for at Least a Month

    Number of comments: 1
    Jay Cost says that Hillary won’t drop out next week even if she loses both contests next Tuesday. …Clinton will not drop out next week, even if she loses Indiana. West Virginia comes the week after, and Kentucky the week after that. She’s bound to win both, and candidates do not [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 9:29am EDT
    by Fraley

  • NYC Pays Teachers Not to Work

    Number of comments: 1
    In New York City, $81 Million has been spent in the last two years to pay teachers not to teach. Short-term, the thought was it was actually better to pay these people not to teach than ’saddle’ principals with teachers they did not want. No one foresaw that teachers would take [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 9:06am EDT
    by Fraley

  • Rich Lowry on Obama

    National Review‘s Rich Lowry nails it: What’s been most disturbing about this entire episode is how dishonest Obama has been, from his pretense that he didn’t know about Wright’s radicalism to his excuse now that Wright has somehow become a different person. How insulting that he thinks we’d buy any of [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2008, 2:40pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Obama Trying to Get it Wright

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    Barack Obama now realizes he has a problem with his recently retired pastor. Obama voluntarily attended his church and voluntarily listened to his sermons for twenty years. Obama chose to have him officiate his wedding and christen his children. Obama has financially contributed to his ministry. Now, as he runs for President, Barack Obama [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2008, 1:54pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • JSOnline Timestamps

    I just noticed that the Journal Sentinel’s JSOnline site is now indicating when stories are posted or updated if the content is new since the paper was published. Many bloggers have used this format for years. Better late than never. It’s a smart move and should increase the frequency of their visitors. The [...]
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    Posted: April 28, 2008, 9:53pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Wigderson on Kagen

    Wigdy has a good point. Putting Kagen on the campaign trail against a well-funded opponent should be great entertainment. Reporters, get your tape recorders ready. We’re in for some fun quotes. [...]
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    Posted: April 28, 2008, 7:03pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Madison, Wisconsins Liberal Attitudes Toward Homelessness: What do you expect?

    Number of comments: 4
    Madison is trying to solve a series of murders that may be related and may involve homeless vagrants who flock to our Capital City. Before reading this post, check out Dave Blaska’s blog, where he has been all over this issue. This post is especially good. It’s an interview with Lt. Joe [...]
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    Posted: April 28, 2008, 4:03pm EDT
    by Fraley

  • Voter ID Law Constitutional

    Number of comments: 4
    Good news from the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws. In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld Indiana’s strict photo ID requirement, which Democrats and civil rights [...]
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    Posted: April 28, 2008, 11:41am EDT
    by Fraley
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