Scott Walker has Failed Wisconsin…Part 2

Two readers of Scott Walker has Failed Wisconsin…Part1 (“CG in WI”, and “Melissa”) suggested two topics with tremendous potential impact on this and future generations – and can be connected in one blog…The Environment, and Privatization of State Power Plants.  Unbelievably, from the land of Aldo Leopold, Gaylord Nelson, and a little bit of John Muir, [...]

Scott Walker has Failed Wisconsin…part 1

Seven months into Scott Walker’s term as Governor, and there is one perfectly clear fact – he has failed Wisconsin. Despite the Walker machine spin doctors, whose script the media follows as it were carved in stone; Walker’s programs will do more to set back Progressive Wisconsin in his first year than anyone thought possible. [...]

Dane County Sheriff’s Investigation Report confirms Prosser’s politicization, conflict, arrogance

The seventy page incident report released by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office today did not lead to Criminal Charges being filed, but the interviews conducted paint a clear picture of David Prosser’s behavior in Chambers. And it is not a pretty picture. What is clear upon reading the manuscripts of the investigation (which will not be [...]

November and the Walker Recall

As Autumn draws near, there are groups such as “Recalls United Wisconsin” (not to be confused with “United Wisconsin”), and individuals demanding the recall effort for Scott Walker begin on the earliest possible date in November. As posted August 18 in a previous Badger Democracy blog, there are four strategic areas that need to be addressed and [...]

The Walker Recall – are you ready…are we ready…?

As of today, only eleven weeks until Scott Walker is eligible for recall. After a successful (by most objective observations) season of Senatorial recalls, declining popularity of Scott Walker, and people feeling the impact of the Collective Bargaining changes and Walker’s budget – passions are running high for the Governor’s recall. All one needs to do [...]

Prosser Arrogance in Plain Sight on Refusal to Recuse

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will soon be hearing a case involving the Government Accountability Board and its authority to oversee campaign funds coming from, you guessed it, Corporate interests and PACs. Arguing for corporate interests wanting to continue the practice of non-reporting of soft money is Attorney James Troupis. The same attorney who represented the GOP in [...]

Breaking – Risser clarification of Secretary of State statement

A statement just released from State Senator Fred Risser clarifies any rumor that Risser would support a Constitutional Amendment eliminating the Office of Secretary of State, or further weakening said office.  A portion of the statement reads: “To suggest that I am leading the movement to do away with the office is misleading and simply [...]

Holperin, Wirch Victories shift momentum…Walker hears footsteps

Jim Holperin and Bob Wirch held their seats in overwhelming fashion Tuesday night. The unofficial results from tonight’s recall election, combined with the unofficial results of the recall on the 9th, send a clear signal to Scott Walker and the GOP – the people will govern, not corporate interests or political greed. It is a message [...]

Wisconsin Recalls and Barack Obama – a letter to the President

On the final day of recall elections, where Democrats are poised to defend a near split in the State Senate, along with winning a majority of the recall elections, Badger Democracy submitted the following letter to President Obama. The President has been on a Midwestern bus tour of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois – noticeably avoiding [...]

New Poll : Holperin, Wirch in lead v. Simac, Sietz and “Blogging in Black”

A new poll from Daily Kos and Public Policy Forum show both Democratic Senators Jim Holperin and Bob Wirch with double-digit leads going into the final days before the election. In the 22nd, Bob Wirch leads Jonathan Steitz 55%-42%, 3% undecided, with a margin of error of 2.9%. In the 12th, Jim Holperin leads Kim [...]