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State Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, US Senate Candidate, Has PolitiFact Ratings Mainly False

October 13, 2011 by The Political E...

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(James Rowen)
We've come to expect ratings like this:

Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, State Assembly leader and US Senate candidate is just another GOP leader and fibber - - one true, two mostly false, one Pants on Fire rating so far - - earning him about the same false-to-true PolitiFact rating owned by Governor, Scott Walker.

There is a Wisconsin Republican struggle with truthiness, as I noted a couple of months ago:
Another day, another "False" rating from PolitiFact for a top Republican leader from Wisconsin.

This time, it's Reince Priebus, the Wisconsinite running the national GOP apparatus these days.

In a statement, Priebus was found to have doubled the amount of money public-employee union spent in the recall elections - - turning about $15 million into $30 million.

That's a pretty big goof, both in total dollars and in as a percentage of the true facts.

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October 13, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

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“Sometimes you don’t get what you prefer in politics and in that case I would have to think about it.”-- Dave Obey, saying he might have to run for governor if Herb  Kohl or Tom Barrett doesn't.  

Talk about not getting what you prefer in politics.   That would be it for sure.


Baldwin's campaign shows savvy, to set up in Milwaukee

October 13, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

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Tammy Baldwin has hired an experienced campaign manager with good national connections.

The best news in the Roll Call story may be this:

Karin Johanson is taking leave from her position as a principal at the Dewey Square Group and is headed to Milwaukee as soon as she lines up office space in the area.

That's a smart decision. Statewide campaigns based in Milwaukee have a different feel and different view of the state. For Democrats, it is where the votes and money are. For Madison-based Baldwin, setting up shop in the city is a good first step.

I ain't Art Kumbalek, but I told you so.

Don't Believe It When You Hear We Need Tolls To Close Road-Funding Shortfall

October 13, 2011 by The Political E...

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(James Rowen)
The road-builders and their friends were massaging the media a little while ago, fretting that Wisconsin didn't have enough money to deal with all the road work we are said to need.

The answer: tolls.

But wait.

Comes the Federal government - - the same entity regularly bashed by Republicans and other small-government (wink, wink) advocates - - telling us via the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office that every state in the Union now gets back from the feds more money in highway aid than it sends in through the gas tax.

We got back $1.27 for every dollar sent in fuel taxes to DC, so how, with this surplus, could the state be in a highway-funding shortfall?

That doesn't make us the richest "donee" state, but the data shows us doing better than plenty of other states, including every one of our neighbors, and plenty of their neighbors.

Why We Need The Millionaires' Tax

October 12, 2011 by The Political E...

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(James Rowen)
Because many of them pay relatively modest amounts in taxes now.

Data show.

The public supports it, Republicans oppose in favor of their wealthy constituents, and Democrats have a ready-made issue.

Run with it.

Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan Is Bad Pizza

October 12, 2011 by The Political E...

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(James Rowen)
It relies on taxing the poor and middle-class. Surprise!

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October 12, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

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History will tell whether Karl Rove is right or Mark Block is right. -- Wisconsinite Mark Block, Herman Cain's campaign manager, in Roll Call.

Tough to pick between two repulsive choices, but I'll have to go with Karl Rove.

Did I mention that Block was once banned from doing any political work in Wisconsin?


Glimmer Of Climate Change Hope

October 12, 2011 by The Political E...

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(James Rowen)
Australia, facing disaster, takes a step forward.
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