Why would moderate Wisconsin Democratic Legislators vote for this budget now that their leadership has agreed to remove healthcare reform from the budget? One thing that moderate democrats typically fight for is ways to fix problems, not simply paying for band-aid approaches to governing. In this case, the Republicans said they would not vote for [...]

Democrat Dan Cody has announced he’s planning to take on entrenched incumbent Lynne DeBruin — one of the ideologically weakest members of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors who despite the fact that she poorly represents her district, has managed to hold onto a seat for over 15 years. It’s time for a change. The [...]

I recently heard that there was some speculation that County Supervisor John Weishan was running for County Exec and decided to look into where it came from. Then I heard who the reporter was — Steve Schulze. That was an “oh I see” moment. I’ve written on this site before about Schulze and have called [...]

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel published a segment of one of my recent blogs which takes the Republican Assembly to task for blocking the budget process. I found the reaction to it especially interesting. Some of you may recognize the name Mary Jo Baas who was a regular on the Sunday television show that Republican talk show [...]

We’re heading into the political season and that means those who blame taxes for every evil known to mankind will want their opinions heard. But do they have a point or are they just the kind of people who are inherently unhappy, miserable cretins? Let’s give that some thought. Sure, they call themselves fiscal conservatives [...]

So I’m considering the pluses and the minuses here for State Senator Lena Taylor’s announcement that she’s running against incumbent Scott Walker for the position of County Exec. At first thought about their similarities. Both were in the State Assembly. Both love to be the spotlight of attention. Both have been known to say some [...]