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On Sunday’s “State of the Union” on CNN, Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz addressed her party’s prospects of reclaiming the Wisconsin governor’s mansion, calling the battle to recall Gov. Scott Walker a “dry run” for the November election. Current polls show Walker with a commanding lead over his opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. But that’s not deterring Wasserman Schultz from promoting her party’s prospects in the contest. “I think that he [Barrett] has a real opportunity to win,” Wasserman Schultz said. “We have put our considerable grassroots resources behind him. All of the Obama for America and state...

Restoring our founding values to make Wisconsin great again! Mission To make Wisconsin better than it was yesterday! Description "We, the people of Wisconsin, have every right to reclaim our rightful place in history. We will make this a Wisconsin we can believe in. More than 162 years ago, our ancestors believed in the power of hard work and determination. They envisioned a new state with limitless potential. Now, it is our time to once again seize that potential. We will do so at this turning point in our history by restoring limited government that fosters prosperity for today and...

Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett won Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary by a wide margin setting up a rematch of the 2010 Wisconsin governor's race. Barrett will face Governor Scott Walker in a recall election June 5. Barrett held 57% of the vote over next closest competitor former Dane County Commissioner Kathleen Falk's 35%. WPR programming note: Tom Barrett joins Kathleen Dunn on the Ideas Network Wednesday at 9:30 am. Madison firefigher and union leader Mahlon Mitchell won in the Democratic Lt. Gov. race to challenge incumbent Republican Rebecca Kleefisch. State senate recall candidates Kristen Dexter, Lori Compas and Donna Seidel survived...

In a wide ranging interview with Milwaukee Story, Eric Hovde answered a variety of questions primarily regarding the US and world economies.

The state elections board voted Tuesday morning to allow six Republicans to run as Democrats in upcoming recall elections against Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, and four Republican senators. The Government Accountability Board said that the six candidates could not be blocked from running under Wisconsin law. The vote followed a board staff recommendation in a memo Monday that elections officials did not have the legal authority to keep the six fake Democrats, or "protest candidates," from the ballot. The Republican Party of Wisconsin recruited six candidates — Gladys Huber, Isaac Weix, Gary Ellerman, Tamra Lyn Varebrook, James...

Just a Facebook page started to give conservative women an opportunity to express their support for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.

Don’t be surprised if the county-by-county map of today’s Republican primary for President looks exactly like the one for the GOP primary for governor two years ago. Mark Neumann, who is also running for the U.S. Senate this year, won 42 of the state’s 72 counties. Just judging by visual appearances, Neumann did quite well. But of course, those maps only mean something if deer and trees could vote. Since they don’t, the only thing that matters is votes of real people. And in the Republican Party, most of those persons live in southeastern Wisconsin, specifically the three-counties of Waukesha,...

Poll along the right hand side of the page:Poll Will the John Doe investigation become a major factor in whether Scott Walker wins or loses the (assumed) recall election? Yes. He will be held accountable and will lose because of it. 38% Yes. But he will still win for many other reasons. 6% No. The investigation will show Walker did nothing wrong and he will win. 21% No. He will lose no matter what the investigation finds. 36% Total Votes: 11667

On Sunday, the Green Bay Press-Gazette put a link on its Facebook page to an Associated Press story detailing state aid cuts to organizations that help victims of sexual abuse. After that story was posted, a reader left a comment expressing outrage that the state would cut such aid and asserted that perhaps Governor Scott Walker’s wife or children should become victims of sexual assault so the governor could see the how devastating the state aid cuts really are.

"My Governor's a Jedi, Wisconsin for the Win!" Video: Star Wars Parody in support of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

Progressives are on the move once more. Wisconsin lit the spark, as workers, students, teachers and farmers occupied the state’s capitol in February and launched recall elections that sobered conservative Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his legislative allies. Occupy Wall Street turned that spark into a conflagration that swept the nation. Last week, in Ohio and Maine and even Mississippi, voters overwhelmingly rejected efforts to trample worker rights, constrict the right to vote and roll back women’s rights. These electoral victories have led pundits to wonder whether Occupy Wall Street will imitate the Tea Party and stand candidates for office....

Regan Cowan Rather than recall him... Can we kill him instead? Just curious.

Republican recall candidates are getting help on the campaign trail these days from Tommy Thompson. But the real question; Is Tommy running for U.S. Senate? There appears to be little doubt that Tommy Thompson will run for the Senate. He tells TODAY'S TMJ4's Charles Benson he has regretted every day not running in 2010 and he's sure sounding like a candidate in 2012. When asked if he is going to run, Thompson said "As I've told everybody, I'm very serious about it." If you are wondering if Tommy Thompson is really serious this time about running, here are two reasons...

Controversial Film about Governor Sarah Palin Premiered Last Week to Enthusiastic Sold-Out Crowds Film highlights Gov. Palin’s Wisconsin Challenge to Obama: “Mr. President, Game On!” Director Steve Bannon to Personally Attend Milwaukee Screenings and Meet Audience Members. The Wisconsin Chapter of Organize4Palin (O4P) today announced the greater Milwaukee area premiere of "The Undefeated" on Friday, July 22nd at the AMC Theater in Wauwatosa. This limited engagement premiere will run through Thursday July 28. The recently released film about Governor Sarah Palin's rise from obscurity to national prominence opened to a successful debut in ten selected markets nationwide last weekend. The...

Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker. Go, Scott! GO!

Wisconsin Republicans have now put forward a ringer Democratic candidate to force a primary in the recall against GOP state Sen. Dan Kapanke, as part of the state GOP's strategy to combat the recalls. The candidate: James Smith, a 25-year old hospital technician who has served on the La Crosse County Republican executive committee, and who will now challenge the official Democratic candidate, state Rep. Jennifer Shilling. The La Crosse Tribune reports: Smith, a regular fixture at local labor protests this spring where he held signs touting his support for Gov. Scott Walker, said he resigned his party leadership position...

After speaking at a Madison, Wisconsin, rally on April 16 in support of Governor Scott Walker's controversial public union policies Sarah Palin grabbed national headlines...but apparently not enough to satisfy the former Governor's sizable appetite for attention. In the hours following the rally, Palin's all around social media maven Rebecca Mansour took to the twitternets to scold the lamestream media she felt had unfairly ignored Palin's speech. Slate's David Weigel has a rundown of Mansour's complaints which we won't go over here, but suffice it to say Mansour would really like to know "what gives?" But according to research by...

Wisconsin unions have every right to go after Gov. Scott Walker and oppose his agenda to strip most collective bargaining rights from public sector unions. But, because Walker just took office in January, they'll have to bide their time and wait until late next fall before they can start collecting signatures on recall petitions. We saw the crowds outside the state Capitol last month and witnessed some of the heartfelt anger over Walker's plans. And we saw counterprotests, too, with heartfelt support for the hefty changes that Walker says are needed to balance the state's fiscal books both now and...

Impeach Scott Walker? Recall Rick Scott? Although it’s highly unlikely either first-year governor will be booted from office anytime soon, both are among a list of tea party-backed Republican state leaders who are facing significant public backlash after less than four months on the job. Online petitions to impeach the governors or redo their elections are common. Polls show that Mr. Walker, of Wisconsin, and Mr. Scott, of Florida, along with freshman GOP governors in several other states, would lose to their 2010 Democratic rivals in a do-over of the Nov. 2 elections. “They’re all trying to govern ideologically, and...

Little did I know that throughout my entire speech, an immature, grown man, was shouting profanities at me, nor that I was getting booed and yelled at by many other opposers. The leftists, you see, were just getting warmed up, and had not yet made their big push to try to completely drown out the speakers. The next couple speakers spoke, and it wasn’t until they spoke, that I began to actually hear the union protesters and their annoying shouting. I also saw a heckler come to the front of the crowd and yell throughout the majority of the speeches....