2010 Wisconsin Governor election
MMAC opens money laundry for members
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The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) has added a new service for its corporate members -- a laundry for political contributions.
MMAC, a fancier name for the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, has contributed heavily to the Republican Governors Assn.(RGA), which has been running vicious ads attacking Tom Barrett as a monster, a guy who's raised taxes even more than Jim Doyle. Horrors!
The RGA's latest report showed $115,000 in contributions from MMAC, and some hefty donations from MMAC board members as well -- $25,000 each from Ted Kellner of Fiduciary Management and Paul Jones of A.O. Smith, $20,000 from Jack McKeithan of Tamarack Patroleum and his wife Patty. Those individual donations are in addition to the $115,000 reported as being from MMAC -- except that the $115,000 really is from some MMAC members.
At least 38% know who he is
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Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle's approval rating has hit a new low.
The University of Wisconsin Survey Center's Badger Poll released on Friday shows the two-term governor's approval rating at just 38 percent. That is down from a high of 52 percent in June 2007. Just seven months ago his approval was at 46 percent.
Based on the Badger poll's other results, they probably found the other 62 per cent didn't have any opinion or had never heard of Doyle.
Worthless.
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Exposing Walker's shell game
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Why do we have to read the Milwaukee Biz Blog to find this out?
County Supervisor John Weishan explains how Scott Walker has diverted money from maintenance of capital projects, and what that has meant:
Milwaukee County currently has a 0.5-percent sales tax that, at its inception in 1991, was to be used to pay for debt service on capital projects or to pay cash for those capital projects.
In 2002, shortly after being elected County Executive, Scott Walker was successful in changing that county ordinance, enabling him to divert millions in sales tax revenue from the capital budget to the operating budget.
Over the last eight years, more than $112 million in sales tax revenue has been diverted from capital fund to the operating budget.
Desperate Wisc GOP Ineptly Reprises 1986 Gov Race
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Back in 1986 it was the dump "Tony the Taxer (Earl)" campaign [and the Thompson-pushed image of black welfare recipients in Milwaukee] that launched Tommy Thompson's entry into the governor's mansion and national prominence.
Now, a Wisconsin GOP Google ad reads:
Tom "the Taxer" Barret (sic)Sure, the GOP misspelled Barrett's name and the word "Cant", but that's not the only mistake the GOP will make this campaign season.
Higher Taxes, Fewer Jobs
Wisconsin Cant (sic) Afford
Tom the Taxer
www.wisgop.org
Tommy Thompson Run Unlikely
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And Thompson won't run for U.S. Senate—forget Jonathan Martin's Politico story that he's weighing it; the eventual GOP Senate nominee is toast and I want what David Blaska, Owen Robinson, and Chuck Todd are smoking.
Thompson is on a trip to the Far East for at least a week, and it's-my-turn-to-run Scott Walker and here's-a-$1 million Mark Neumann aren't dropping out.
A Thompson run for governor announced in February or March would cause catastrophic unpredictability in what the GOP already fears will be a divisive primary in this volatile environment, and in a state known for bucking the establishments of both major political parties.
Sure, Sen. Herb Kohl can parachute in the primary like he did in June 1988, refuse to debate other candidates, and win by air war.
That won't work for Thompson now as too many Republicans are vested in their chosen champion who will face a strong Democratic opponent in Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett.
Thompson is a great cultural fit for Wisconsin; but running now would just make too many enemies and confuse the already blurred political lines.
GOP Buys Up Ron Kind Net-Domain Names
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But they don't need him to take the low road.
Here's a sign of the campaign we should expect.
Apparently, the Republican Party of Wisconsin is buying up the Internet domain names to trip up a Congressman Ron Kind (D-La Crosse) run for Governor in 2010.
The Republican Party of Wisconsin's mob has reserved the following sites:
RonKindForGovernor.com (WhoIs.net)
KindForWisconsin.com (WhoIs.net)
KindForGovernor.com (WhoIs.net)
What do these guys think they are accomplishing by this cheap stunt?
Is the GOP really that afraid of a fair and open election? Pathetic.
Wisconsin political junkies need fix
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The GOP primary field looks set as Mark Neumann declared his intention to run. “While he'll file with the state, he plans to hold off on any formal announcements on his campaign until later this fall,” says WisPolitics.
Maybe that’s because the gubernatorial candidates can’t even begin to collect nomination signatures until June 1, 2010, or file nomination papers until July 13, 2010.
Seems like a long time.
The political site, Five-thirty-eight.com, ranks Jim Doyle at 45th among the 50 governors in political power.
Imprecise, but as the two major GOP candidates for governor are going to spend the next several months taking pot shots at Doyle, look for a very early gubernatorial campaign.
Doyle can’t just stand there and do nothing.
He has to fire back and declare his intentions early, and the fun begins fast.
"I held off as long as I could," Neumann said.
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