Tag: Eric Hovde
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Sharon Hovde strikes back at Tammy
Candidate’s wife shames the Democrat incumbent! The Werkes has postulated that likability is the secret sauce of successful political campaigns. (Blaska’s limited success being the exception that proves the rule.) On that score, Tammy Baldwin scores high up in Betty White territory. But her campaign for election to a third term in the U.S. Senate…
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Tammy Baldwin is running on stupid
No root causes for this Democrat! If we can put up with bathrobes at WalMart, we can live with a dash of demagoguery in our politics. Every candidate panders to a certain extent. Rather than telling us what we need to hear, as a leader might, they tell us what we want to hear. But…
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‘My opponent hates dairy farmers’
no time for nuance in a 30-second attack ad! Blaska’s political advice sells about as well as zucchini squash at the farmers market these hot and humid dog days of August 2024. And worth what you pay for it, given the Head Groundskeeper’s track record of mismanaging political campaigns at the state and local level.…
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Tuesday’s elections offer a lesson
We just don’t know what it is! What can we learn from Tuesday’s election results here in Dane County and throughout Wisconsin? We can’t say because Ol’ Sparky, our Eisenhower-era mainframe computer, is still grinding its gears. We know that voters did approve the two state constitutional amendments banning private money and personnel in the…
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Asking for a friend
Anyone predict burning tires in our future? Eric Hovde promises to donate his salary if elected Senator. Why advertise that you are Daddy Warbucks? Chuck Schumer is telling Israelis to change leaders? How would Democrats like it if Bibi Netanyahu told American Jews to vote Trump? (Bonus question: How about we protect our own goddamn…
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This time — like last time — fair maps
All politics is loco A progressive putsch? The previous installment of your favorite Blogge reported that Madison is redrawing its aldermanic districts to conform with the 2020 Census. Now the context: The maps throw council moderates Gary Halverson, Sheri Carter, and Barbara Harrington McKinney against Woke progressive incumbents. This correspondence references Halverson’s district. → UPDATE:…