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Politicians spin. They tell the best version of the story they can. That’s pretty normal, and reasonably healthy. What we’ve been seeing lately from many Republicans, however, is a sort of casual, sloppy dishonesty that just seems indifferent to, well,...
John quotes Seth Masket’s claim that it didn’t matter that the Republican outspent the Democrat by 7-1 in the recent governor recall election in Wisconsin. Masket writes: Walker and Barrett faced each other less than two years ago. Walker beat...
Over at Post Partisan, I argue that Wisconsin -- assuming the state senate result holds up and Democrats have gained a majority there -- is a mixed result. That's not what you're going to get from the coverage, however, which...
In the new Marquette Law School poll, there is this finding regarding the gubernatorial recall election: Walker holds a 51 percent favorable to 46 percent unfavorable image among voters, with just 3 percent unable to give an opinion. Walker’s job...
On Friday, Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) announced he would retire at the end of his current term, leading to immediate and copious speculation over who would replace him. For Republicans, both Rep. Paul Ryan and Fmr. Governor (and current lobbying...