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MADISON - WisDems Daily Update Clips for Friday, May 11, 2012.
RECALL
Fond du Lac Reporter - 23 hours ago
Mike Tate, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, said the party was launching a get-out-the-vote blitz. Democrats announced multiple “statewide day ...
Chicago Tribune - 8 hours ago
Barrett predicted Walker would flood Wisconsin with out-of-state money over the next four weeks but said Walker's opponents have the people on their side. Mike Tate, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, said he thinks Barrett has "the ...
ABC News - 16 minutes ago
"People are pretty united, and that's what's scaring [Republicans]," said Democratic Party spokesman Graeme Zielinski, who spoke with Yahoo News as he ...
Slate Magazine (blog) - 21 hours ago
... the Milwaukee mayor defeated in 2010 by Scott Walker. He's looked at skeptically by labor. But because he polled a bit better, he overpowered the union-backed candidate Kathleen Falk -- a true product of Madison and the revolution.
Leader-Telegram - 8 hours ago
Tommy Thompson, a Republican. Cullen, of Janesville, won his election in 2010 with significant support from both parties, representing one of the state's ...
Chicago Tribune - 7 hours ago
Kathleen Vinehout, 3 percent for Secretary of State Doug La Follette and 1 percent for fake Democrat Gladys Huber. Falk topped Barrett in Buffalo and Clark …
Politico - 4 hours ago
The Obama campaign was quick to throw its weight behind Barrett after Tuesday's primary. Obama for America Wisconsin State Director Tripp Wellde issued a …
Chicago Tribune - 5 hours ago
MADISON — Republicans on Thursday called on Tom Barrett to tell voters how he would have budgeted differently than Gov. Scott Walker. The Milwaukee mayor has been sharply critical of Walker's cuts to schools and local governments as the two of them ...
NPR - 21 hours ago
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Democratic primary earlier this week, earning the chance to challenge Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at the polls. Barrett lost a race for the governor's seat to Walker in 2010. Host Michel Martin speaks with ...
Appleton Post Crescent - 31 minutes ago
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will face former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a recall election June 5th that was sparked by Walker's elimination of collective bargaining rights for government workers. Democrats and unions have made Walker a target ...
Green Bay Press Gazette - 4 hours ago
Molly Meyer of Green Bay hugs Wisconsin Democratic candidate Tom Barrett during one of the Democratic gubernatorial candidate's new “neighbor-to-neighbor” campaign stops Thursday in De Pere. The event took place outside the home of Gerry and Anne ...
Winona Daily News - 8 hours ago
Kathleen Vinehout pulled only 4 percent of the votes in Tuesday's Wisconsin Democratic primary, but the state senator from Alma said on Thursday she ...
Examiner.com - 14 hours ago
Rob Zerban is the Democratic candidate for Congress in Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Rob Zerban is challenging Congressman Paul Ryan, ...
WALKER
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 12 hours ago
Scott Walker talking to Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks, who has since given $510000 to the governor's campaign - making her Walker's single-largest donor and the largest known donor to a candidate in state history. By Jason Stein and Patrick Marley ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 11 hours ago
Scott Walker and Diane Hendricks, co-founder of ABC Supply, on Jan. 18, 2011. The conversation was captured by documentary filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein, who was on site to videotape a meeting of the economic development group Rock County 5.0.
La Crosse Tribune - 14 minutes ago
Scott Walker explains a "divide and conquer" strategy against unions to campaign donor Diane Hendricks. Video shot by a filmmaker captures Gov. Scott Walker explaining a "divide and conquer" strategy against unions to a top campaign donor.
Green Bay Press Gazette - 1 hour ago
Walker will face Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a recall election on June 5. (AP Photo/The Waukesha Freeman, Charles Auer) Associated Press MADISON — Video shot by a filmmaker captures Gov. Scott Wal The video shows Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks ...
ABC7Chicago.com - 1 hour ago
Scott Walker explaining a "divide and conquer" strategy against unions to a top campaign donor. The video shows Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks asking Walker in January 2011 whether he could make Wisconsin a "completely red state, and work on these ...
WISN Milwaukee - 1 hour ago
Scott Walker discussing his plan to deal with public employee unions before the collective bargaining battle began. Brad Lichtenstein is producing a documentary on the closing of the Janesville General Motors plant. In January 2011, when Walker stopped ...
WTAQ - 26 minutes ago
UNDATED (WSAU) A month before he introduced his public union bargaining limits, Governor Scott Walker told a Beloit businesswoman he would use a “divide and conquer” strategy against those unions. Documentary producer Brad Lichtenstein released video ...
TPM - 9 hours ago
Scott Walker shown telling a wealthy supporter in January 2011 — before he introduced his legislation to roll back collective bargaining for public employees — that it was part of a “divide and conquer” strategy to take down organized labor, ...
Isthmus Daily Page - 8 minutes ago
Scott Walker tells his largest donor that he intends to pursue a “divide and conquer” strategy as the first step in diffusing union power. Barrett's fundraising plea begins: "We all know Scott Walker didn't tell the truth to the people of Wisconsin ...
The Nation. (blog) - 9 hours ago
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has long denied that he has a secret strategy to destroy public sector unions as part of a long-term plan to make Wisconsin a "right-to-work" state where unions are dramatically weakened. But, with the recall election ...
msnbc.com (blog) - 28 minutes ago
Scott Walker saying he would use "divide and conquer" as a strategy against unions. Walker made the comments to Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks, who has since given $510000 to the governor's campaign - making her Walker's single-largest donor and ...
WMTV - 1 hour ago
(AP) -- Video shot by a filmmaker captures Governor Scott Walker explaining a "divide and conquer" strategy against unions to a top campaign donor. The video shows Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks asking Walker whether he could make Wisconsin a ...
WPXI Pittsburgh - 39 minutes ago
Scott Walker explaining a "divide and conquer" strategy against unions to a top campaign donor. The video shows Beloit billionaire Diane Hendricks asking …
Huffington Post - 50 minutes ago
Scott Walker -- now facing an unprecedented recall election June 5 -- launched nothing less than a war against the state's public employees in early 2011.
Appleton Post Crescent - 4 hours ago
Scott Walker and I wonder what's going on in these people's minds. Evidently, these supporters are proud of the fact that Wisconsin under Walker in the last …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 9 hours ago
Scott Walker is a Milwaukee attorney with Democratic ties who specializes in procurement. David Halbrooks' links to the secret John Doe investigation remained unclear Thursday, a day after he was given immunity. Since January, Halbrooks has been the ...
WTAQ - 3 hours ago
But Democratic Assembly leader Peter Barca said the timing of the news is quote, “highly suspect” with Walker's recall election just 25 days away.
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - 4 hours ago
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, issued a statement calling the announcement a political gambit. "The timing of this announcement from Gov. Walker's partisan budget office is highly suspect given the fact that the governor is in the ...
US SENATE
TPM - 22 hours ago
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), the presumptive Democratic nominee for US Senate, appeared Thursday morning on MSNBC's the Daily Rundown, to discuss issues including …
National Journal - 18 hours ago
Tammy Baldwin, one of the few openly gay members of Congress, is running for the Senate. If elected, she'd be the first openly gay senator in the nation's ...
Capital Times - 17 hours ago
Political newcomer Eric Hovde claims he is within striking distance of former Gov. Tommy Thompson in the race for the GOP nomination for US Senate.
Hudson Star Observer - 16 hours ago
Mark Neumann, a Republican candidate for the US Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Herb Kohl, visited Hudson last week to tell his message to area voters. Mark Neumann and his wife, Sue, visited Hudson last week, drumming up support for his run at a ...
Richmond-News - 22 hours ago
The former member of the US House of Representatives is running to become Wisconsin's next US senator, replacing retiring Herb Kohl. Neumann said his campaign has been going very well of late. He's pleased with recent endorsements from conservatives ...
Esquire (blog) - 14 hours ago
As it happens, there are three candidates running in the Republican primary to replace retiring Senator Herb Kohl, a Democrat. (The Democratic candidate, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, is running unopposed.) One of them is Tommy Thompson, a former governor, ...
1st CD
BusinessWeek - 14 hours ago
On May 4, US Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin told his constituents: “If you're a bank and you want to operate like some nonbank entity like a hedge ...
2nd CD
Philadelphia Inquirer - 3 hours ago
Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.), who, in 1992, became the first openly lesbian member of that state's assembly. "She says if you're not in the room, you're being talked about. If you're in the room, you're part of the conversation.
5th CD
Politico - 9 hours ago
Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin and Dana Rohrabacher of California. All of the decisions will be made by the Steering Committee, which comprises party …
8th CD
Green Bay Press Gazette - 23 hours ago
Reid Ribbl...: Protesters gathered at US Rep. Reid Ribble's, R-Lawrence, office on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in Appleton. The protesters expressed their ...
STATE ASSEMBLY
Baraboo News Republic - 12 hours ago
Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, would take place July 25 in Baraboo. Other locations include Monroe (June 28), Middleton (June 27), Darlington (July 11), ...
RPW
Wisconsin Radio Network - 10 hours ago
They'll also vote to endorse a candidate in the US Senate race — they'll choose from Tommy Thompson, Eric Hovde, Mark Neumann, and Jeff Fitzgerald. Courtney explains Republicans have a tremendous infrastructure in place, with 23 victory centers around ...
Wausau Daily Herald - 3 hours ago
"We always do double or triple the size of the Republican convention," said state Democratic Party spokesman Graeme Zielinski. "Given the historic recall, the upcoming presidential election and an open Senate seat, we're going to have a heck of a ...
Wausau Daily Herald - 3 hours ago
Reid Ribble, and an evening banquet honoring county chairmen. A Sunday morning prayer breakfast is set to honor mothers and will feature Ribble and first ...
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Steven Potter
Communications Assistant
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
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