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Less a matter of timing than it is numbers
The Democrats and Milwaukee Tom Barrett need Wisconsin to be in bad shape in order to win, so any good news that comes will be labeled suspect. They’ll do their best to cast doubt in the voters’ minds even though they know the numbers are likely to be true. Take for instance the recent news that the state budget is headed towards a surplus again. As I wrote this week for the MacIver Institute,... [Read more]
Happy Mothers Day
Columns are like children. Once you’ve written them, you’re not supposed to have favorites. I wrote this column in 2007 and it is one of my favorites. -JW It’s her day, but … Mom should have plenty of reservations about this ‘treat’ By JAMES WIGDERSON Thursday, May 10 2007 Consider this my public service announcement to the male of the species. This Sunday is Mother’s Day.... [Read more]
No endorsement, but winners and losers
At the Republican Party of Wisconsin state convention Saturday, no candidate for Senate was able to get the support of 60% of delegates necessary to get the endorsement of the Republican Party. Despite the big push by former Congressman Mark Neumann to get extra supporters to the convention, Neumann came up short. He took an early lead in the delegate count on the first ballot but could never get above... [Read more]
Delegate slugfest in Green Bay
Delegates gathering in Green Bay this weekend for the Republican Party of Wisconsin state convention probably will have Governor Scott Walker and the remarkable turnout in Tuesday’s recall primary on the mind more than the US Senate race. However, behind the scenes the candidates for the Senate, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, businessman Eric Hovde... [Read more]
An election without a Kathy Nickolaus story is impossible
So the other night when I was at the Waukesha County Courthouse getting the election results from County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus, Twitter followers from both the left and the right really only had one question, “What is she doing there?” Milwaukee radio talk show host Charlie Sykes even wondered why Nickolaus wasn’t in a witness protection program. Turns out, Waukesha County Executive... [Read more]
No more do-overs
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:May 10, 2012; Section:Opinion; Page Number:8A No more do-overs Defeating Barrett will end the recalls We’re in do-over territory now, a rematch of the 2010 election for governor. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is being challenged by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the winner of Tuesday night’s Democratic primary. You remember do-overs from your childhood,... [Read more]
Let’s run through some numbers from Tuesday
There were 614,511 ballots cast in the Republican primary for governor in 2010. That was a contested race between then Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former Congressman Mark Neumann. Walker, running nearly unopposed in Tuesday’s recall, received 626,538 votes. That’s nearly a 2% increase in Republican voters from 2010 despite just token opposition for Walker, and does not include... [Read more]
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