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Category: Elections
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All signs at this date in late June point to a blow-out victory in November for Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden. Major polls gave Biden a vote-total victory averaging nine points and a New York Times-Siena College Poll gave him 12-point national win and a 9-point win averaged across six key battleground states – all…
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Rather than being content to sit back and cry in their beer over the 2016 election losses, some 200 or more activists gathered in Stevens Point on a cool summer weekend to see if they could fashion a way to restore Wisconsin to its former place as a beacon of progressivism. For the most part,…
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For the first time since Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale in Wisconsin in the 1984 Presidential election, the state went red. How could that happen? It’s simple arithmetic: lack of voter turnout. Hillary Clinton could have easily won the Badger State if those voters who could be expected to favor her had turned out. She…
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This election campaign focused tightly on one candidate’s apparent sexual adventures and the other candidate’s emails. How important are both of these issues to the future welfare of our nation, and for that matter, the world? Think about it. Donald Trump’s apparently boorish, sexist behavior certainly makes him a distasteful person, but would it make…
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Governor Scott Walker’s “Victory Speech” Tuesday night was appalling. First, he claimed wrongly that his opponent was the puppet of “special interests” and, secondly, he made the scary pledge to weaken the safety net that is needed by many citizens for their basic needs. Repeatedly he claimed Mary Burke’s campaign was directed from Washington while his…
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There’s one simple reason to vote for Mary Burke: she’s the best hope for restoring some semblance of balance to our state. Governor Walker in a 2012 visit to Janesville (as recorded in the documentary, “As Goes Janesville”) promised a wealthy donor to “divide and conquer.” By and large, he has succeeded in that promise.…
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My sleep-deprived brain is just racing with thoughts on this cloudy November morning in Milwaukee. Most Promising Moment for the Future: The rights of women were advanced, as they now will hold nearly 20 seats in the 100-seat U.S. Senate. Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin became the first female U. S. Senator from our state and…
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You know what’s a crime? It’s when one group seeks to block other citizens from voting. Yet, that has been the goal of the Republican Party in the current election. They’ve made no bones about setting up barrier after barrier to make it difficult for people to vote, particularly low-income persons and minorities. The most…
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