James Rowen

EPA Administrator Jackson Delivers Powerful Talk At UW-Madison

November 15, 2011 by The Political E...

This is why we need to elect Democrats, as Republicans, from Walker on down are hell-bent to dirty up the environment and hand over the best public resources to private interests.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson delivered a dynamite environmental lecture in Madison, channeling Gaylord Nelson, defending the Clean Air and Water Acts, and explaining what public interest regulation is really all about.

Video here, and full text, below:

Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Remarks to the University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Recall Case, In 35 Words, And From Walker Backers

November 15, 2011 by The Political E...

Three simple lines from a March, 2011 Journal Sentinel editorial - - and remember, that editorial board endorsed Walker for Governor - - underscored the basic truth that sucker-punching the electorate is wrong:

Walker never campaigned on disenfranchising public-employee unions. If he had, he would not have been elected. He got a spare 52% of the vote - hardly a mandate for what he is trying to do.

Peace Of Mind In Wisconsin

November 15, 2011 by The Political E...

There's a political dust-up over recall protestors marching near or in front of Scott Walker's Wauwatosa home.

My take: One march makes the point.

Which includes the fact that the marchers gave Walker notice that they were coming, while when Walker disrupted public employees and citizens' peace of mind, it was a sucker punch.

Walker hid his core policy intention during the 2010 campaign - - to demolish public employee collective bargaining - - as the Journal Sentinel, the state's largest newspaper and which had given Walker its endorsement has subsequently acknowledged:

Walker never campaigned on disenfranchising public-employee unions. If he had, he would not have been elected. He got a spare 52% of the vote - hardly a mandate for what he is trying to do.

Notice That Walker Can Set Election Rules That Effect Him Personally

November 15, 2011 by The Political E...

And this guy had the gall this morning on Charlie Sykes' radio to complain about the recall he is likely to face as a power move even as he is set to rule with newly-acquired powers on election procedures that will help determine the number of votes cast in state elections - - beginning with that very same recall election he is likely this spring.

The Government Accountability Board, which runs state elections, determined in September that technical college IDs could not be used under the state's new voter ID law, but reversed itself this month and said they could be.

But on Tuesday, Republicans who control the Legislature's Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules raised concerns about allowing those IDs and ordered the accountability board to write administrative rules on its policy.

The committee's vote was 6-4, along party lines.

I Have The Answer About Herman Cain!

November 15, 2011 by The Political E...

Is he really prepared for or serve as President of The United States?

His videotaped appearance at the Journal Sentinel board Monday clears that up:

Nein, nein, nein.