Wisconsin Megathread

[Maxwell]

Looks like Grothman is going to win. Only candidate that could make the 6th competitive.

On a scale of 1 to Bachmann, how unelectable is he?

[Gass3268]

Looks like Grothman is going to win. Only candidate that could make the 6th competitive.

On a scale of 1 to Bachmann, how unelectable is he?

I'll let you decided.

I know that some of these are from left leaning sites, but I think it gets the point across.

Proposes Law That Declares Single Parenthood Child Abuse

"Women make less because ‘Money is more important for men"

Fights For A Seven-Day Workweek

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[Maxwell]

Looks like Grothman is going to win. Only candidate that could make the 6th competitive.

On a scale of 1 to Bachmann, how unelectable is he?

I'll let you decided.

I know that some of these are from left leaning sites, but I think it gets the point across.

Proposes Law That Declares Single Parenthood Child Abuse

"Women make less because ‘Money is more important for men"

Fights For A Seven-Day Workweek

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Jesus christ. We just got rid of Bachmann in Minnesota only to have her return in Wisconsin.

[TJ in Oregon]

In other bad news, Lisa Subeck defeated Mark Clear for Wisconsin Assembly District 78, adding another NARAL/Planned Parenthood abortion proponent to the Madison statehouse delegation.

[TJ in Oregon]

Looks like Grothman is going to win. Only candidate that could make the 6th competitive.

On a scale of 1 to Bachmann, how unelectable is he?

I'll let you decided.

I know that some of these are from left leaning sites, but I think it gets the point across.

Proposes Law That Declares Single Parenthood Child Abuse

"Women make less because ‘Money is more important for men"

Fights For A Seven-Day Workweek

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I must say Gass, I'm rather underwhelmed by your scare quotes from Grothman. A little inarticulate maybe, but a lot of what he said is not wrong.

[Gass3268]

Looks like Grothman is going to win. Only candidate that could make the 6th competitive.

On a scale of 1 to Bachmann, how unelectable is he?

I'll let you decided.

I know that some of these are from left leaning sites, but I think it gets the point across.

Proposes Law That Declares Single Parenthood Child Abuse

"Women make less because ‘Money is more important for men"

Fights For A Seven-Day Workweek

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I must say Gass, I'm rather underwhelmed by your scare quotes from Grothman. A little inarticulate maybe, but a lot of what he said is not wrong.

I would have to disagree and it appears that Maxy does as well!   Also I just read that Mark Harris, who as the Winnebago County Executive should be a formidable opponent, has barely raised any money. Maybe this will help him bring in some cash. I'd have to put this district at Lean R right now, but it could easily move to either Likely R/Safe R or Toss Up.   

[Gass3268]

Also this is from the Democratic Primary for the 17th Senate District:

Ernie Wittwer   Dem   3,828   50%
Pat Bomhack   Dem   3,826   50%


There was a really nasty primary here. This is good news for Howard Marklein in his efforts to replace Senator Shultz.

[Nhoj]

The republican candidate for SOS. Obviously im going to vote for him

[Gass3268]

Really bad editorial for Governor Walker from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel regarding the projected $1.8 billion deficient. MJS endorsed Walker in both 2010 and the 2012 recalls. 

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/if-theres-a-budget-mess-this-time-it-belongs-to-gov-scott-walker-b99348256z1-274616501.html

[Dixie Reborn]

Mary Burke praises Reagan in new ad.

I'd say this is the best ad so far in this race.

[Gass3268]

Mary Burke praises Reagan in new ad.

I'd say this is the best ad so far in this race.

Her ads have been excellent almost all cycle. A much better campaigner than Barrett ever was.

[IceSpear]

Mary Burke praises Reagan in new ad.

I'd say this is the best ad so far in this race.

I expected to cringe, but that was actually a great ad. Burke has definitely exceeded my expectations.

[Dixie Reborn]

Mary Burke praises Reagan in new ad.

I'd say this is the best ad so far in this race.

I expected to cringe, but that was actually a great ad. Burke has definitely exceeded my expectations.

Why did you expect to cringe?

[Flake]

Mary Burke praises Reagan in new ad.

I'd say this is the best ad so far in this race.

I expected to cringe, but that was actually a great ad. Burke has definitely exceeded my expectations.

She's been a wonderful campaigner and one can hope she will be as great serving as Governor.

[IceSpear]

Mary Burke praises Reagan in new ad.

I'd say this is the best ad so far in this race.

I expected to cringe, but that was actually a great ad. Burke has definitely exceeded my expectations.

Why did you expect to cringe?

I thought it was going to be a "Conservadem/Gotta attract Dem Raygun Democrats" type of praising Reagan.

[RogueBeaver]

Burke's jobs platform was plagiarized.

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

Burke's jobs platform was plagiarized.

Wow. Walsh, Wehby, and now Burke???

[IceSpear]

Burke's jobs platform was plagiarized.

Wow. Walsh, Wehby, and now Burke???

This is in no way comparable to Walsh's academic plagiarism. More comparable to when Republicans laughed at Mary Landrieu's website for copy and pasting stuff from Michelle Nunn's like a year ago. In other words, no impact whatsoever.

[Free Bird]

Burke's jobs platform was plagiarized.

BOOM

[KingSweden]

Burke's jobs platform was plagiarized.

Wow. Walsh, Wehby, and now Burke???

This is in no way comparable to Walsh's academic plagiarism. More comparable to when Republicans laughed at Mary Landrieu's website for copy and pasting stuff from Michelle Nunn's like a year ago. In other words, no impact whatsoever.

Agreed, not nearly as bad, but still not good by any means. Thankfully this is happening on September 19 and not October 19. This should be a non-issue by Nov, I'd imagine.

[Linus Van Pelt]

This is a dumb criticism. Her platform was "plagiarized"? Policymaking isn't a university course where you're getting some qualification that indicates your ability to do original work. If a policy from elsewhere is a good one, there's no reason not to adopt it.

[Mr. Smith]

Mhmmm we have a Senator in Kentucky who made up his credentials as an opthamalogist and had plenty of legitimate plagiarism.

If he got in,then so can Burke

[Miles]

EMILY's List goes on the air with $1.2M. Good for Burke, as GOP groups have outspent Democratic groups.

[Miles]

FLOTUS to Milwaukee for Burke:

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[nolesfan2011]

Not sure why people are shrugging off this mass website/platform copy and pasting with Burke, in a toss-up race this type of stuff puts her policy credentials in question, and that might be enough of a hole for Walker to exploit and develop an edge.

It's not her fault, but she should have paid more attention to it, and her staff is doing a TERRIBLE job at damage control and heading stuff off, they are reacting in panic and someone should have noticed this would get caught eventually.

Textbook example of highbrow consultants damaging campaigns with arrogance and blandness, it makes Burke come across as a copycat candidate, less genuine than before, consultants and handlers are hurting her, those people drive me crazy with their arrogance