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• New group to focus on positive in Ashland council races

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  Proclaiming they want a more positive approach to city government, an Ashland citizens group is starting its efforts by wading into the upcoming council elections. Members of the group Ashland Moving Forward, which formed about one month ago, said recently they are not pushing a particular political agenda, nor would they [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  by The Admiral

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• Brunch Links

  —The Sconz

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  Cold as hell for October but just right for December. That white stuff is snow. Pizza Brutta. I’ve never had the pleasure. Have you? The picture won’t load. Too bad. Shocking story of a “coastie” joke gone way too far. Mary Lazich invokes her misunderstanding of history to defend Supreme Court elections: [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:12am EST
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• Voces annual meeting Saturday

  —News and Opinion

  Voces de la Frontera, the low -income worker and immigrant advocacy group, holds it annual membership meeting Saturday (Dec. 5) at 8;30 a.m. at South Division High School, 1515 W. Lapham St. The public is invited to attend. Elections for the board of direcrtors will also be held. [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 1:42pm EST
  

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• —This Just In...

  Jack Park tries to warn America about a judge we know every well in Wisconsin, Louis Butler. Tossed on his ear by statewide voters, Butler is still good enough for President Obama who has nominated “Loophole” for a lifetime position. Park writes: “Judicial elections provide voters with a way of holding judges [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:00pm EST
  

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• Liberal Incumbents Feign Fiscal Conservatism for Reelection

  —Wisconsin GOP Blog

  Incumbent politicians are revealing their re-election strategy for the 2010 elections: they will portray themselves as fiscal conservatives. From the unbelievable claims of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that the massive new federal health care program will save the country money, to the laughable articles by Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:51am EST
  

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• Ok. December 1 is the day. Just do it.

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  Calling all tea-partyers – and everybody else living in these environs! Local elections – county supervisors, city alderpersons, village trustees, town boards, school boards – are coming up in April. ... [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:00pm EST
  

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• Ok. Tomorrow is the day. Just do it.

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  Calling all tea-partyers – and everybody else living in these environs! Local elections – county supervisors, city alderpersons, village trustees, town boards, school boards – are co... [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 11:00pm EST
  

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• On 2010....

  —Dad29

  Those damned elections. Why don't the Dems simply legislate their victory?
  
  Two in five Democratic voters either consider themselves unlikely to vote [in 2010] at this point in time, or have already made the firm decision to remove themselves from the 2010 electorate pool. Indeed, Democrats were three times' [...]

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 3:07pm EST
  

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• Teabaggers Tussle

  —CAFFEINATED POLITICS

  Who could not see this coming? The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on such core questions as whether to focus their efforts on shaping policy debates or elections, work on a local, regional, state or national level or closely align themselves with the Republican Party, POLITICO found [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:09pm EST
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• WMC, Cohorts Return for Another Round of Deception

  —Paul Soglin: Waxing America

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  With the statewide elections less than twelve months away, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) returns touting misleading and deceptive studies. Citing a 'new study" WMC Urges Rejection of Global Warming Task Force Proposals In the wake of a new study citing massive job and personal income loss, Wisconsin Manufacturers &'" [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:22am EST
  by paul soglin

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• What's Going On With Elections?

  —Dad29

  Barone--a very astute observer:
  
  Sometimes a poll result slaps you in the face. That was the case for me when I saw Public Policy Polling’s results in the 2nd congressional district of Arkansas. PPP has the incumbent, Democrat Vic Snyder, leading three unknown Republicans (two-thirds to three-quarters [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:26am EST
  

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• Deep thought*

  —Brew City Brawler

  How does one square a) the assertion that Milwaukee is home to massive, election-swaying voter fraud and b) the fact that Scott Walker has consistently won low turnout (and thus easier to sway) elections in Milwaukee County?

  * With apologies to Jay Bullock, who's been riffing on this internet tradition of [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:54am EST
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• Blogging School Drop Out

  —Cognitive Dissidence

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  There are many examples of the right side being too busy eating their own to be very effective in upcoming elections.
  
  We have Sarah Palin going rogue (or is it rouge) in a race on the east coast, causing the Republican to drop out and endorse the Democrat. Meanwhile, [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:49am EST
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• John King Replaces Lou Dobbs

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  Minus Lou’s angry white man anti-immigrant rants………. Heading into the critical 2010 midterm elections, CNN will launch a new weekday political program that will be hosted by award winning correspondent John King. “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity, at this busy and consequential time, to have a platform to discuss and explore [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:49am EST
  by dekerivers

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• Go Ahead. Make Our Day. "Nationalize" the 2010s

  —Dad29

  Obama and his Trotskyite Brain Trust want to 'nationalize' the 2010 elections.
  
  Hooboy.
  
  For the first time, Republican Rob Portman is inching ahead of the two Democrats in the 2010 race for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Also for the first [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:58am EST
  

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• Democratic Polling Firm: GOP Disunity Overblown

  —Lakeshore Laments

  To get myself into the mindset of the modern politically-blogging liberal, I like to look back at my old posts from late 2005 and early 2006 when I was frankly cocky, over-confident on my political observations, and thought the 2004 elections meant the Democratic Party was waning and maybe we [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:00am EST
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• Who Would Run on a Tea Ticket in Wisconsin?

  —Eye on Wisconsin

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  National establishment-type Republicans have reportedly been worried for months that the Tea Bagging frenzy that they started may actually damage their plans for the 2010 midterm elections. If recent events are any indication, then they certainly have reason to fear such a development. In New York we now have a [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:24pm EST
  by Cory Liebmann

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• Meanwhile in Pennsylvania

  —illusory tenant

  A familiar scenario:Once again, judicial elections have left a bad taste in the mouths of Pennsylvania voters. It's as if we all watched from the sidelines as some celebrities threw an expensive party, got into a fistfight and traded barbs in the tabloids the morning after. We were entertained for' [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:27am EST
  

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• We should be proud of our Supreme Court

  —illusory tenant

  ... for its thoughtful consideration of this difficult issue.* The justices had to consider the First Amendment rights of individuals and organizations to participate in elections and the due process rights of litigants to receive a fair and impartial hearing before a court. These are both fundamental rights and weighing [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  

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• Elections mean something

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  The successful Stupak-Pitts amendment? Representative Steve Kagen voted for federally-funded abortions, voting against the amendment. Voting for Stupak-Pitts from the Wisconsin delegation were Represe... [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:00pm EST
  

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• Huh?

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  Posted in Cartoons Tagged: Barack Obama, Elections [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:58pm EST
  by The Admiral

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