Category: Governor’s race
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Normal human decency was Tony Evers’ secret weapon
Trump’s nastiness doomed Tim Michelswho rode Tim Ramthun’s dirty trick. One of America’s great legal minds, Jim Troupis (who retired as a Dane County circuit judge), would tell his clients that civil court juries have to like them first. The law and the facts can follow, but his litigants have to be liked to win.…
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We’re going to blame some of the people in this room
Like Vito Corleone at the Commission! Got to say it: Becky Kleefisch would have beaten Tony Evers. But she got snowed under in the Republican primary by Tim Michels’ millions and by Trump’s endorsement of Michels. As late as this summer Trump’s benediction moved mountains — but only among GOP hard-liners. That endorsement — it…
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Which side will riot after Tuesday’s elections?
Got plywood? After the Orkin man debugged Ol’ Sparky, our Eisenhower-era mainframe computer, the gray lab coats at Blaska Policy Werkes asked the rusty relic who will prevail in Tuesday’s mid-term elections. Sparky made the following prognostications — posted here in red. Our subscribers’ picks are highlighted yellow. 1) What percentage of vote will Tim…
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WI Republicans don’t trust elections
Especially the ones we lose! WI Assembly Speaker Robin Vos squeaked past his Republican primary opponent, Trump-backed Adam Steen, with 51% of the vote 08-09-22. Stolen Election un-truthers smell another rat! They hate Robin Vos because he knows the 2020 election cannot legally be decertified. Any election the un-truthers lose has got to be stolen.…
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We’re going to blow this yet!
Do not take Dane County for granted! The Republican primary election is nine days in the rear-view window, but Tim Michels and Rebecca Kleefisch have yet to sit down for their unity breakfast. Sad to say, there remain enough hard feelings to get TV’s Dr. Phil grinding his teeth. Becky K. is particularly pissed that…