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WISen: AFL-CIO lobbyist and staffer appear in "plain folks" Feingold ad
Published on 2010-08-23 21:42:00
Blogging from Minden, Iowa.One Wisconsin post deserves another. On New Year's Day Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) looked like a shoe-in for reelection. But now he's essentially tied with his Republican challenger, businessman Ron Johnson, who is making his first run for public office.In this Feingold ad, "On Our Side," a bunch of presumably ordinary Wisconsinites testify that the liberal senator "was more concerned about protecting regular people," but one of the "plain folks" is Joanne Ricca, an AFL-
Wisconsin 8th: Steve "Big Pill" Kagen and the missing stimulus
Published on 2010-08-23 20:46:00
Blogging from Minden, Iowa.Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI), according to Politico, is promoting tax cuts and job creation in his campaign literature. What's missing in his brochures is that Kagen voted for the failed $862 billion stimulus. This is the same Kagen who in early March said that the ObamaCare bill shouldn't be passed as "a big pill," but cut into smaller pieces. Later that month Kagen voted for the big pill known as ObamaCare.Northeastern Wisconsin voters should issue a product recall on Kag
White House went ahead with drilling ban even though it would cost 23,000 jobs
Published on 2010-08-23 13:26:00
What happened to the Obama Administration's laser-focus on jobs?It's a laser alright, as I've remarked before: a death star laser.The Wall Street Journal reports on the latest atrocity.Senior Obama administration officials concluded the federal moratorium on deepwater oil drilling would cost roughly 23,000 jobs, but went ahead with the ban because they didn't trust the industry's safety equipment and the government's own inspection process, according to previously undisclosed documents.Critics o
