Tag Archives: Wisconsin

That’s Just So Mean! (Hillary Clinton Edition III)

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

From BuzzFeed: Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton Planned To Get Emotional To Evade Questions “I think she just decided before she was going to describe emotionally the four dead Americans, the heroes, and use that as her trump card,” the senator … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Buzzfeed, Hillary Clinton, Ron Johnson, Wisconsin | 4 Comments

Female Sportswriters (Finally) Get A Face At The Wall Street Journal

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal was Rachel Bachman’s cotillion as the first featured female sportswriter at the paper. Start out with her front-page A-Hed: Who’s No. 1 in College Football Is a Contested Issue Conflicting Title Claims Abound, Some of Them … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Ten Conference, Crimson Tide, dot sketch portrait, national championship, Northwestern, Rachel Bachman, Rose Bowl, Stanford, University of Alabama, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Mitt Romney Is More Tin-Eared Than Jack Haley

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (via Politico’s Morning Score): Talking by conference call with thousands of Wisconsin voters Wednesday, Mitt Romney told them he had a humorous connection to their state. But it didn’t take long for “funny anecdote” to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged George Romney, Jack Haley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Mitt Romney, Morning Score, Politico, Restore Our Future (And Screw Everyone Else's), Rick Santorum, tin-eared, unemployment rate, Wisconsin | 2 Comments

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Twofer Edition)

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The Geezerati are always in season during an election year, and this one is no exception. Especially spry is AARP, which has launched yet another ad campaign to tell politicians, Don’t make us stop this car: Transcript (via Kaiser … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AARP, ABC The Note, Geezerati, House Majority PAC, Kaiser Health News, Sean Duffy, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Rachel Maddow Gets The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was fairly bustin’ her buttons Tuesday night when she introduced a segment tagged “Search Me,” which detailed Freedom Of Information Act requests that targeted labor studies professors at state universities in Michigan. The FOIA rumpus came … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Daniel Schorr, FOIA, Mackinac Center, Michigan, Nixon's enemies list, Rachel Maddow, Scott Walker, Talking Points Memo, Wisconsin | 1 Comment

WGBH=Workers Get Big Hatin’

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The Wisconsin public employee unions may have felt the love during the Cheeseheads Held Hostage standoff, but it’s quite the opposite for the WGBH union (Association of Employees of the Educational Foundation, Communications Workers of America, Local 1300) that has resoundingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AEEF, Cheeseheads Held Hostage, CWA, public employee unions, WGBH, Wisconsin | 2 Comments

Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (Karl Rove Edition)

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Just before the Banana Republic of Wisconsin eliminated both collective bargaining rights and voting rights, deep-pockets political action committee Crossroads GPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of America’s billionaires and America’s bilious Karl Rove, launched a reported $750,000 ad campaign “taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC's The Note, Crossroads GPS, Gallup Poll, Karl Rove, Wisconsin | 2 Comments

Peggy Noodnik Gets It Right

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Peggy Noonan routinely misfires in her Wall Street Journal column, but this week she’s entirely on target in her piece about the public-union rumpus currently raging from Wisconsin to New Jersey. Here’s what she says about the latter: If the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged New Jersey, Peggy Noonan, Printers Union, public unions, teachers unions, Teamsters, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin | 11 Comments

Rachel Maddow Realizes A Lifelong Dream

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show Monday night featured an interview with Wisconsin state Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-umb). Yes, Erpenbach actually said “off the record” on live television (around 7:42 of the clip). Maddow: Sen. Erpenbach, are there any Republicans who … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Jon Erpenbach, MSNBC, off the record, Rachel Maddow, Wisconsin | 2 Comments

Public/Private Sector Compensation Bakeoff (NYT ‘Dunno’ Edition)

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

More grist for the salary mill, via Saturday’s New York Times: In Battle Over State Payrolls, Data Show a Mixed Picture The janitors who buff floors and empty wastebaskets for the State of California earn a median wage of a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gov. Scott Walker, Harry S. Truman, one-handed New York Times, public sector compensation, state payrolls, Wisconsin | Leave a comment