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Six Things To Watch In Wisconsin
(Reporting from Wisconsin) – Now that each party has picked its nominee, Wisconsin is about to strap itself in for one of the shortest election campaigns on record. There is less than a month to go before voters decide to allow Governor Scott Walker(R) to complete his term, or whether he will replaced – before [...]
It Really Is About Turnout
(Reporting from Wisconsin) – If you look at the Wisconsin recall election conventionally, as many are, all the advantages are with Governor Scott Walker(R). This is one recall movement that may fail. He has the money, he is the incumbent, he has a cohesive machine up and running. The opposition only has four weeks to [...]
And Now…Project Sunburst
(Tallahassee, FL) – You have to hand it to Florida Governor Rick Scott(R). He just keeps trying. When faced with criticism, he listens, thinks about and usually finds some way to respond. The latest response comes more than a year after the initial criticism, but it certainly puts Scott in a league of his own [...]
The Martyr Card
(Reporting from Madison, WI) – Even in his own neighborhood there are lawn signs supporting Governor Scott Walker’s(R) recall from office. Setting aside the deep feelings held by his most hateful opponents, it’s easy to see life has been difficult for the Walker family for the last sixteen months. Once he decided to take Wisconsin [...]
Badger One
(Oak Creek, WI) – As observers outside Wisconsin look at the recall election against Governor Scott Walker(R) and try to predict the outcome, they point most often to his huge fundraising advantage, but in all the anti-collective bargaining hoopla surrounding the governor in this campaign, an under estimated advantage is the power of the office [...]
Civil Doug LaFollette
(Reporting from Madison, WI) – Doug LaFollette(D) has been Wisconsin’s secretary of state for thirty years. Winning the office every four years since 1983. In between he has run and lost races for lieutenant governor, Congress and the U.S. Senate. So he knows something about winning and losing elections in America’s Dairyland. He is related [...]
Collective Bargaining Conundrum
(Milwaukee, WI) – There has been an uneasy alliance between Democrats and their natural union allies throughout the campaign to recall Governor Scott Walker(R). From the beginning, while national Democrats viewed Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett(D) as the most logical candidate to put up against Walker, labor was uneasy with the choice and for the most [...]
Coal Fired Controversy
(Salem, OR) – The current political and economic environment in the United States favors energy development as a means to make the country more energy independent and to create jobs. But in the northwestern United States environmental concerns may outweigh economic opportunity when it comes to the race to export coal overseas. March statistics from [...]
Inversion Theory
(Book Review) – It is not unusual for governors – at some point in their term of office – to turn towards the problems and challenges of the urban centers of their states. Since it is where the most people are, it’s often where the biggest challenges are. In some of the nation’s once industrial [...]
Historic Recall
By Amy Zacks ~ On June 5, 2012, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker(R) will face a recall election, the first governor in his state’s history to do so. If the recall succeeds, he will become the third U.S. governor to be removed from office through this process. Shortly after taking office in January 2011, Walker proposed [...]
