Update: See Dane County couldn’t save Feingold this time
Here's a report from what is typically a relatively low-turnout district in Fitchburg, a city adjacent to Madison in Dane County.
Same-day registrants, with a high teen-20s presence, kept three election registers busy the moment the doors opened up through mid-afternoon, with a crush expected after 5:00.
If this district is at all representative of the turn-out in Madison-centered Dane County, the Republicans are in some serious trouble.
The youth vote is alive and well.
Word is Madison and Fitchburg are expected to exceed 80-plus turn-out.
With long voting lines reported in Milwaukee, when you're watching the results pour in tonight at WTMJ, be advised that Madison wards report in last and late in Dane County.
Showing posts with label 2010 Wisconsin Senate election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010 Wisconsin Senate election. Show all posts
Oct 28, 2010
Millionaire Insiders Hide Behind Group Attacking Feingold
- Rightwing Multi-Millionaires Seek Take-over of Congress -
By Lisa Graves and Brendan Fischer at the Center for Media and Democracy
An activist group called SpeechNow.Org is running ads against Senator Russ Feingold. It blames him for the deficit and claims that clean election laws he spearheaded are “attacking free speech.” But who’s really behind SpeechNow’s folksy, cartoon attack ads?
The Money Bags: One funder is multi-millionaire Fred Young, the heir of the Young Radiator fortune in Racine. He sold his Wisconsin company for over $70 million in 1998 to a group that quickly merged with Wabtec Corporation, a multinational with a history of outsourcing jobs to make goods in China and elsewhere. But even before Young sold the company, he worked to ship well-paying Wisconsin jobs out of state. Back in 1991, Young Radiator closed its Racine plant and fired 120 Wisconsin workers in order to boost his profits by outsourcing work to Iowa and Tennessee plants that did not give union-negotiated benefits. Young donated over $100,000 last month to fund attacks against Feingold, constituting the bulk of the funding. With millions in profits from helping to sell out Wisconsin’s industrial base and time on his hands, Young has become involved in Washington, D.C.-based groups, like SpeechNow.
The Political Operative: SpeechNow is spearheaded by David Keating, who formed SpeechNow with other millionaires to fight campaign finance reforms. He's an old nemesis of Senator Feingold's efforts to ban soft money and bring a little democracy to our democracy. SpeechNow has brought lawsuits against the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reforms, and recently won a ruling lifting the prior $5,000 limit on the amount individuals could donate to a group’s electioneering efforts. That ruling stems from the Supreme Court’s January decision in Citizens United to allow corporations to spend unlimited money influencing elections. SpeechNow’s litigation paved the way for Young to give $100,000 to the group last month alone to fund attack ads in this election, and also paved the way for corporate spending to fund new groups running election ads like the American Action Network, which has spent almost $1 million dollars in ads against Feingold in this race.
The Web of Money: Keating emphasizes SpeechNow does not accept corporate donations and the group also does not pay him; instead, the D.C.-based “Club for Growth” pays him almost $200,000 a year to serve full-time as its executive director. Club for Growth also paid Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey almost $680,000 last year to act as its president and it does not reveal its major donors, although donors to its PAC are required to be disclosed. The Club for Growth opposes limits on trade that would protect American workers and is desperate to put social security trust funds into Wall Street’s hands. The Club for Growth has been called so out of touch on economic policy that conservative former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (now a Fox News commentator) dubbed it the “Club for Greed.” The Club for Growth has become a big player in many close races, spending almost $200,000 in the Wisconsin Senate race so far and millions nationwide.
The Attack: SpeechNow’s attack on Feingold accuses him of creating the federal deficit. The attack is grossly misleading. Feingold has received numerous awards from non-partisan watchdog groups, like Taxpayers for Common Sense, the Concord Coalition and others for battling pork and excessive spending. Feingold worked to balance the federal budget in the late 1990s, a successful effort which allowed Republican President George W. Bush to begin his first term with a $230 billion budget surplus that Bush turned into a trillion dollar deficit. Even in this hyper-partisan moment, Feingold works with conservative Senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma]] on eliminating earmarks, and with Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) on a bill to create a federal line-item veto. Feingold also voted against the $780 billion TARP bailout bill and has pushed to use excess TARP funds to pay down the deficit. SpeechNow’s misleading attack echoes deficit claims by other Feingold opponents, like the American Action Network, which is supported by Wall Street elites like the Goldman Sachs executive who led the failed Wachovia bank, which became part of the Wall Street bailout.
CMD does not endorse political candidates, but we work to protect the public's right to know about front groups and corporate PR campaigns, as part of our core mission. And, we believe Wisconsinites have a right to know who’s behind misleading attacks like SpeechNow’s -- who’s footing the bill and who stands to gain.
By Lisa Graves and Brendan Fischer at the Center for Media and Democracy
An activist group called SpeechNow.Org is running ads against Senator Russ Feingold. It blames him for the deficit and claims that clean election laws he spearheaded are “attacking free speech.” But who’s really behind SpeechNow’s folksy, cartoon attack ads?
The Money Bags: One funder is multi-millionaire Fred Young, the heir of the Young Radiator fortune in Racine. He sold his Wisconsin company for over $70 million in 1998 to a group that quickly merged with Wabtec Corporation, a multinational with a history of outsourcing jobs to make goods in China and elsewhere. But even before Young sold the company, he worked to ship well-paying Wisconsin jobs out of state. Back in 1991, Young Radiator closed its Racine plant and fired 120 Wisconsin workers in order to boost his profits by outsourcing work to Iowa and Tennessee plants that did not give union-negotiated benefits. Young donated over $100,000 last month to fund attacks against Feingold, constituting the bulk of the funding. With millions in profits from helping to sell out Wisconsin’s industrial base and time on his hands, Young has become involved in Washington, D.C.-based groups, like SpeechNow.
The Political Operative: SpeechNow is spearheaded by David Keating, who formed SpeechNow with other millionaires to fight campaign finance reforms. He's an old nemesis of Senator Feingold's efforts to ban soft money and bring a little democracy to our democracy. SpeechNow has brought lawsuits against the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reforms, and recently won a ruling lifting the prior $5,000 limit on the amount individuals could donate to a group’s electioneering efforts. That ruling stems from the Supreme Court’s January decision in Citizens United to allow corporations to spend unlimited money influencing elections. SpeechNow’s litigation paved the way for Young to give $100,000 to the group last month alone to fund attack ads in this election, and also paved the way for corporate spending to fund new groups running election ads like the American Action Network, which has spent almost $1 million dollars in ads against Feingold in this race.
The Web of Money: Keating emphasizes SpeechNow does not accept corporate donations and the group also does not pay him; instead, the D.C.-based “Club for Growth” pays him almost $200,000 a year to serve full-time as its executive director. Club for Growth also paid Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey almost $680,000 last year to act as its president and it does not reveal its major donors, although donors to its PAC are required to be disclosed. The Club for Growth opposes limits on trade that would protect American workers and is desperate to put social security trust funds into Wall Street’s hands. The Club for Growth has been called so out of touch on economic policy that conservative former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (now a Fox News commentator) dubbed it the “Club for Greed.” The Club for Growth has become a big player in many close races, spending almost $200,000 in the Wisconsin Senate race so far and millions nationwide.
The Attack: SpeechNow’s attack on Feingold accuses him of creating the federal deficit. The attack is grossly misleading. Feingold has received numerous awards from non-partisan watchdog groups, like Taxpayers for Common Sense, the Concord Coalition and others for battling pork and excessive spending. Feingold worked to balance the federal budget in the late 1990s, a successful effort which allowed Republican President George W. Bush to begin his first term with a $230 billion budget surplus that Bush turned into a trillion dollar deficit. Even in this hyper-partisan moment, Feingold works with conservative Senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma]] on eliminating earmarks, and with Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) on a bill to create a federal line-item veto. Feingold also voted against the $780 billion TARP bailout bill and has pushed to use excess TARP funds to pay down the deficit. SpeechNow’s misleading attack echoes deficit claims by other Feingold opponents, like the American Action Network, which is supported by Wall Street elites like the Goldman Sachs executive who led the failed Wachovia bank, which became part of the Wall Street bailout.
CMD does not endorse political candidates, but we work to protect the public's right to know about front groups and corporate PR campaigns, as part of our core mission. And, we believe Wisconsinites have a right to know who’s behind misleading attacks like SpeechNow’s -- who’s footing the bill and who stands to gain.
Sep 28, 2010
President Obama Is Pitch-Perfect
- "Stakes could not be higher," said President Obama as Democrats Mayor Tom Barrett and Sen. Russ Feingold address 1,000s in Madison belying an alleged political enthusiasm gap.
[Check out MJS's photo slide show by Benny Sieu—killer shots.]
From The Obama Mamas:
Think about it, when I arrived in Washington 20 months ago, my hope and my expectation was that we could pull together, all of us as Americans - Democrats and Republicans and independents - to confront the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. I hoped and expected that we could get beyond some of the old political divides between Democrats and Republicans, blue states and red states, that had prevented us from making progress for so long because although we are proud to be Democrats, we are prouder to be Americans. (Applause.)
And this country was confronting a crisis. Instead, what we found when we arrived in Washington was the rawest kind of politics. What we confronted was an opposition party that was still stuck on the same failed policies of the past, whose leaders in Congress were determined from the start to let us deal with the mess that they had done so much to create.
Because their calculation was as simple as it was cynical - they knew that it was going to take a long time to solve the economic challenges we face. They saw the data. They were talking to the economists. They realized that Obama was walking in and we had just lost 4 million jobs in the six months before I was sworn in; 750,000 jobs the month I was sworn in; 600,000 jobs the month after that; 600,000 jobs that month after that. So before our economic policies could even be put into place, we’d already lost most of the 8-million jobs we would lose.
And they knew that people would be frustrated. And they figured, if we just sit on the sidelines and just say no and just throw bombs and let Obama and the Democrats deal with everything, they figured they might be able to prosper at the polls.
And that’s what they’ve done for the last 20 months. They have said no to just about every idea and policy I’ve proposed - even ideas that historically, traditionally, they agreed with. So now the pundits are saying that the base of the Republican Party is mobilized. The prediction among the pundits is this is going to be a bloodletting for Democrats. That’s what they’re saying in Washington. ...
So what the other side - you know what the other side is counting on this time around? They’re counting on you staying home. They’re counting on your silence. They’re counting on amnesia. They’re betting on your apathy, especially because a lot of you are young folks.
So Madison, you’ve got to prove them wrong. (Applause.) Let’s show Washington one more time, change doesn’t come from the top. It doesn’t come from millions of dollars of special interest-funded attack ads. Change happens from the bottom up. Change happens because of you. (Applause.) Change happens because of you. Change happens because of you. (Applause.)
[Check out MJS's photo slide show by Benny Sieu—killer shots.]
From The Obama Mamas:
Think about it, when I arrived in Washington 20 months ago, my hope and my expectation was that we could pull together, all of us as Americans - Democrats and Republicans and independents - to confront the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. I hoped and expected that we could get beyond some of the old political divides between Democrats and Republicans, blue states and red states, that had prevented us from making progress for so long because although we are proud to be Democrats, we are prouder to be Americans. (Applause.)
And this country was confronting a crisis. Instead, what we found when we arrived in Washington was the rawest kind of politics. What we confronted was an opposition party that was still stuck on the same failed policies of the past, whose leaders in Congress were determined from the start to let us deal with the mess that they had done so much to create.
Because their calculation was as simple as it was cynical - they knew that it was going to take a long time to solve the economic challenges we face. They saw the data. They were talking to the economists. They realized that Obama was walking in and we had just lost 4 million jobs in the six months before I was sworn in; 750,000 jobs the month I was sworn in; 600,000 jobs the month after that; 600,000 jobs that month after that. So before our economic policies could even be put into place, we’d already lost most of the 8-million jobs we would lose.
And they knew that people would be frustrated. And they figured, if we just sit on the sidelines and just say no and just throw bombs and let Obama and the Democrats deal with everything, they figured they might be able to prosper at the polls.
And that’s what they’ve done for the last 20 months. They have said no to just about every idea and policy I’ve proposed - even ideas that historically, traditionally, they agreed with. So now the pundits are saying that the base of the Republican Party is mobilized. The prediction among the pundits is this is going to be a bloodletting for Democrats. That’s what they’re saying in Washington. ...
So what the other side - you know what the other side is counting on this time around? They’re counting on you staying home. They’re counting on your silence. They’re counting on amnesia. They’re betting on your apathy, especially because a lot of you are young folks.
So Madison, you’ve got to prove them wrong. (Applause.) Let’s show Washington one more time, change doesn’t come from the top. It doesn’t come from millions of dollars of special interest-funded attack ads. Change happens from the bottom up. Change happens because of you. (Applause.) Change happens because of you. Change happens because of you. (Applause.)
Sep 23, 2010
Advice to Russ Feingold: Ron Johnson Is a Republican
Unless I am missing it, I do not see Sen. Russ Feingold mentioning that the brand, party and mission of Ron Johnson is: Republican.Russ is defining himself well in his TV spots.
But he needs to define his opponent Ron Johnson as a Republican's Republican. Associations with the Republican brand follow. As in:
- We cannot go back to eight years of Bush-Cheney-Republican Corruption and Waste
- We cannot hand control of Congress to big-money Republicans
Every ad should have a visual GOP lede-in:
- There's a reason Ron Johnon is running as a Republican ...
- Republican Ron Johnson ...
- My Republican opponent ...
Jul 13, 2010
BP Associations Will Kill GOP's Ron Johnson in Wisconsin
Ron Johnson: On Great Lakes oil drilling: "I think we have to, get the oil where it is." ... Oil Drilling Is a "Wedge Issue," not an environmental issue.Madison, Wisconsin—This writer has taken Sen. Russ Feingold to task in the past, but now it appears that Feingold's likely general election opponent, U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson, wants to be the head cheerleader for Big Oil.
That's bad.
If this were not bad enough, Johnson wants to open the Great Lakes to Big Oil, a position he denied yesterday after Feingold announced his new commercial hitting Johnson on Big Oil, which Johnson says is just a "wedge issue."
ThinkPorogress reports, "Last month, when asked if he would support drilling for oil in the Great Lakes, Johnson — who owns more than $100,000 in BP stock — replied, 'I think we have to, get the oil where it is.'"
If you don't live in a Great Lakes state, I'll spell it out: This is a crazy idea, especially from a guy who has more money invested in Big Oil than what most people make in 10 years.
One hopes all political candidates in any of the Great Lakes states are held to account for their positions on Big Oil exploiting a tremendous natural resource.
Yesterday, Johnson released a statement saying he now opposes Great Lakes drilling: "I would not support any efforts to overturn the provision which outlaws drilling in the Great Lakes as Wisconsin’s next U.S. Senator. Let me repeat: I would reject any and all efforts to drill in the Great Lakes.”
But the Wisconsin Democratic Party is keeping the heat on the guy with over $400,000 invested in Big Oil:
U.S. Senate Candidate Ron Johnson delayed the release of personal investments in the oil industry for a month while he defended Big Oil and British Petroleum after the worst oil spill in American history.Feingold is hitting Johnson hard on the issue now, and good for him and us:
Johnson’s personal financial stake in Big Oil includes up to $315,000 in BP stock. Johnson also has as much as $100,000 in Exxon stock and $50,000 in Occidental Petroleum stock, as well as, various funds that contain additional BP and Big Oil investments.
Yet Johnson kept his Big Oil investments a secret while he repeatedly defended Big Oil and BP after the Gulf oil spill, telling national right-wing talk radio host Ed Morrissey: “This is not the time to be beating up on those guys, quite honestly.” [In the interview with Morrissey, Johnson responds to questions on government regulations of off-shore and on-shore oil drilling, asked his "gut-level reaction" to the BP disaster, Johnson says at the 46-minute mark: “This is not the time to be beating up on those guys, quite honestly.” ]
Johnson also announced his support for drilling in national wildlife areas and his opposition to more caution before undertaking new oil-drilling projects in the wake of the BP oil spill in the Gulf.
Jun 23, 2010
Sen. Feingold Blowing Away Challenger on Veterans
Once upon a time, Republicans got giddy thinking out loud about their prospects of winning Wisconsin's seat held by Sen. Russ Feingold as they dreamed of taking over the U.S. Senate.
Forget about it. Feingold is killing his presumed challenger with a key constituency: Veterans and advocates.
Feingold's challenger, multi-millionaire Ron Johnson, does not even mention veterans on his campaign website. That's a political-moral mistake with a few wars going on, and troops and Marines still feeling the effects of war decades ago.
From the Friends of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs:
Forget about it. Feingold is killing his presumed challenger with a key constituency: Veterans and advocates.
Feingold's challenger, multi-millionaire Ron Johnson, does not even mention veterans on his campaign website. That's a political-moral mistake with a few wars going on, and troops and Marines still feeling the effects of war decades ago.
From the Friends of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs:
On June 4, 2010, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) sent his annual update letter to hundreds of members of Wisconsin’s veterans community on his extensive, most recent efforts on issues related to veterans.
Those efforts included:
- Veterans health care;
- Vet Centers;
- Iraq Burn Pits;
- Veterans Outreach;
- Veterans Jobs/Employment;
- Gulf War Illness Research;
- WWII, Civil War veterans, Alonzo Cushing.
See the full text of the letter, which has been uploaded to the Friends of WDVA document archiveon ScribD (as of today, the archive’s documents have had 3,448 reads).
Among the issues Feingold details is his work on outreach to veterans, a key WDVA-CVSO-Feingold joint initiative that has seen much progress in the last several years.
Feingold’s government website provides more details of his accomplishments for veterans, including his successful championing of two new Vet Centers for Wisconsin, in Green Bay and La Crosse.
Similarly, Feingold’s Senate campaign website has a full page of his efforts and accomplishments for veterans.
Feingold’s opponent in this year’s election, multi-millionaire Ron Johnson, has chosen not to mention or prioritize veterans -- a key constituency -- in his campaign or on his campaign website.
Feb 3, 2010
Tommy Thompson Joins Capital Fund Firm as Adviser, Office Run Unlikely
Situation clarifies that a Tommy Thompson run is unlikely.
Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson was announced as the newest advisor to a Peak Ridge Capital Group venture capital fund.
Thompson will be relied upon at Peak Ridge for his expertise in agriculture and agribusiness. The firm is currently investing its agricultural technology fund, having announced its first investment from the vehicle. Rapid Diagnostek is a Wisconsin-based company developing a hand-held device to test for illness or disease in 60 seconds. The fund is designed to invest in agricultural technology companies providing solutions for food supply, lowering the cost of production and improving efficiencies in the supply chain. The fund also invests in clean technologies, as well as chemicals, systems and biofuels processes.
Rush: Bin Laden Tape Is "Democrat Talking Points," Sounds Like "Russ Feingold"
Seems Rush Limbaugh, de facto head of the GOP, can't tell the difference between Osama Bin Laden and Democrats; and Rush singled out Sen. Russ Feingold.
Specifically, Limbaugh said the al Qaeda leader's most recent audio tape: "sounds like this could easily be [said by] Russ Feingold, the Senator from Wisconsin."
Wonder how Wisconsin Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, Terrence Wall and Dave Westlake, feel about this. Will they condemn this trash?
Sen. Feingold writes to supporters: "This isn't the first time Limbaugh has crossed the line and it won't be the last, but this is the sort of slash and burn politics that we are up against. Extremists and corporate special interests are going to do everything they can do to attack Russ's character."
Specifically, Limbaugh said the al Qaeda leader's most recent audio tape: "sounds like this could easily be [said by] Russ Feingold, the Senator from Wisconsin."
Wonder how Wisconsin Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, Terrence Wall and Dave Westlake, feel about this. Will they condemn this trash?
Sen. Feingold writes to supporters: "This isn't the first time Limbaugh has crossed the line and it won't be the last, but this is the sort of slash and burn politics that we are up against. Extremists and corporate special interests are going to do everything they can do to attack Russ's character."
Jan 30, 2010
Thompson Announcement Expected in February
Tommy Thompson is expected to be back in Wisconsin next week from an overseas trip. An announcement of sorts shortly thereafter is anticipated in response to all the political gossip and communications asking Thompson to run in this volatile campaign season as a weak field of GOP candidates is slated in the 2010 Wisconsin governor/U.S. Senate elections.
Here's betting Thompson's answer is: 'No, thank you;' and 'no, thank you.'
Here's betting Thompson's answer is: 'No, thank you;' and 'no, thank you.'
Jan 28, 2010
Rasmussen Says Tommy Thompson Edges Feingold
Rasmussen Reports: Wisconsin Senate: Thompson 47%, Feingold 43%, and only four percent not sure.
Pass the salt.
The survey reads:
Pass the salt.
The survey reads:
4* I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.
Wisconsin Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted January 26, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
Thompson
18% - Very Favorable
38% - Somewhat Favorable
20% - Somewhat Unfavorable
19% - Very Unfavorable
5% - Not sure
Feingold
26% - Very Favorable
21% - Somewhat Favorable
18% - Somewhat Unfavorable
30% - Very Unfavorable
5% - Not sure
Jan 23, 2010
Tommy Thompson Run Looks Improbable Now
A Tommy Thompson run for governor now appears unlikely.
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.
Thompson's like Chinese food, you're ready for him again but not when other entrées are prepared and ready to serve.
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.
Thompson's like Chinese food, you're ready for him again but not when other entrées are prepared and ready to serve.
State Journal Buries GOP Senate Candidate Tax Scandal
Update: Rightwing radio pans Terrence Wall.
"Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terrence Wall has not paid personal state income taxes in nine of the last 10 years (because Wall had no tax liability), according to state Department of Revenue figures obtained from the liberal group One Wisconsin Now (OWN) (last week)." (Wisconsin State Journal, Jan 23, 2010; Mary Spicuzza)
But the editors of the State Journal placed the story on the bottom of page three of the Local section in the hard copy of this morning's (Saturday) newspaper. WisPolitics ran the story on Jan 16 and an online Politics Blog report by Spicuzza ran on Jan. 18, last Monday.
Let's hope for some more prominent campaign coverage in the State Journal even if the coverage puts leading GOP candidates in an unfavorable light.
OWN's campaign exclusive last week comes as the GOP aggressively tries to redefine Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Middleton) from maverick to publicity seeker and Democratic Party lackey.
Here are the pieces the State Journal editors front-page today instead of the politically damaging Wall scandal:
- L'Etoile restaurant will move and broaden its menu
- Middleton developer wants a 10-foot-high sculpture in corporate park, complete with two pictures, including an 8 1/2"- 5" shot, and some 129 words in three cutlines (picture captions)
- And a legit front-page story about a possible uptick in heroin use among Wisconsin youth
"Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terrence Wall has not paid personal state income taxes in nine of the last 10 years (because Wall had no tax liability), according to state Department of Revenue figures obtained from the liberal group One Wisconsin Now (OWN) (last week)." (Wisconsin State Journal, Jan 23, 2010; Mary Spicuzza)
But the editors of the State Journal placed the story on the bottom of page three of the Local section in the hard copy of this morning's (Saturday) newspaper. WisPolitics ran the story on Jan 16 and an online Politics Blog report by Spicuzza ran on Jan. 18, last Monday.
Let's hope for some more prominent campaign coverage in the State Journal even if the coverage puts leading GOP candidates in an unfavorable light.
OWN's campaign exclusive last week comes as the GOP aggressively tries to redefine Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Middleton) from maverick to publicity seeker and Democratic Party lackey.
Here are the pieces the State Journal editors front-page today instead of the politically damaging Wall scandal:
- L'Etoile restaurant will move and broaden its menu
- Middleton developer wants a 10-foot-high sculpture in corporate park, complete with two pictures, including an 8 1/2"- 5" shot, and some 129 words in three cutlines (picture captions)
- And a legit front-page story about a possible uptick in heroin use among Wisconsin youth
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