Category: Election 2026
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Francesca Hong: ‘This was an execution’
In WI governor’s race, Defund Police is back in play. Here we go again. Another white cop, another dead black man. Cue The Resistance. How many days before a mural dedicated to the latest undeserving martyr is splattered on a Madison WI wall? How many more events disrupted like last night’s Concerts on the Square?…
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Wisconsin Democrats are approaching Graham Platner dysfunction
Weren’t we supposed to be on TV by now? Imagine you’re the Democrat(ic) party establishment’s favorite candidate for governor. Fresh off endorsements from two former rivals who have quit the race — one of them the sitting Milwaukee County executive. In a straw poll, you were the favorite among state convention delegates — the party…
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How do you like them now?
Kelda Roys called police ‘dragoons’! We’re reading Max Boot’s biography of Ronald Reagan. “He was always gracious, … always smiling,” a newsman remembered from Reagan’s days as governor of California. Max Boot comments: “Whether they admit it or not, journalists will pull their punches when writing about someone they like.” (Love the author’s name! Been…
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No country for pompous blowhards
Do WI Democrats have a middle ground? Admitting that we admire former governor Scott Walker triggers indignant glossolalia among Madison’s progressive elect, which is why we sing his hosannas every chance we get. The former governor and author of Act 10, which reined in government employee unions (but not enough), has this to say about biased…
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Reach out and touch someone
… who might not otherwise vote Republican! (The Head Groundskeeper broke into two blogges what we posted Sunday because the original was too long. But we added some stuff so it’s still too long. We can do that, you know.) Seeing Tommy Thompson is always a treat. Remember the governor asking us on our first…
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Tom Tiffany says ‘You betcha’
… that WI doesn’t want to become Minnesota! After the opening prayer, pledge of allegiance, and Star Spangled Banner sung at Spinal Tap’s volume 11, the Wisconsin Republican convention was ready to launch Saturday 5-16-26 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. (Would love to hear someone like Tom Waits or Leon Redbone perform the…