Posted on Saturday, 23rd October 2010 by Patrick Dorwin
We are just over a week out from the mid-term election, there are many fascinating races here in Wisconsin. It’s impossible for us to cover them all, so let’s throw this open to you guys to tell us who you will be voting for, and why.
If any candidates would like to add to the discussion, feel free. Links to your candidates websites are also welcome and helpful.
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October 23rd, 2010 at 9:09 pm
I’m sure I’ll catch hell for this, but the only two Democrats I’ll be voting for are Tim Carpenter and Peggy Krusick. Tim has always been responsive to my concerns and has demonstrated to me that he has an independent streak and will deviate from the Party line on issues. That was also evidenced when he was removed from a couple of Committees by the Democrat Nazi leadership for his refusal to “Zieg Heil” to them on their issues. He also told us at one of his meetings that Jim Doyle doesn’t like him. Need anymore reason than that? Peggy hasn’t been as strong as Tim but has been responsive enough that I also see her as moderate.
I could go into alot of reasons why I’m voting for Scott Walker and Ron Johnson, but I’ll condense it here. #1) Tom Barrett; #2) Russ Feingold. If there were no other reasons, that would be enough for me. Republican ticket the rest of the way for me because there simply is no other reasonable choice.
October 23rd, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Hey Glenn, I know Tim Carpenter isn’t the worst lib out there, but he does have a Conservative challenger. Annette Miller Krznarich is a pretty sharp lady, very conservative and a strong Christian. I have met her and was very impressed.
Personally, the only Demoncrat I am voting for is David Clarke.
For those of you in the 12th State Assembly District, you have a great option to the crook, Red Fred Kessler, vote for Sam Hagedorn! Sam is a friend, but even if he wasn’t, he is the clear choice against the corruption of the Kessler’s.
For those of us that have suffered through the representation of Gwen Moore, another easy choice is to vote for Dan Sebring. I have met Dan a few times, he is a former Naval Intelligence Officer and small businessman, he is clearly more qualified than Ms. Poop To Power.
October 23rd, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Like Glenn, I could also run through the obvious votes, I think it’s safe to say that most readers here will be voting for Scott Walker / Rebecca Kleefisch and Ron Johnson. I think it could be interesting to get some thoughts on some of the down ticket and out of the metro Milwaukee area.
Personally, I think Sean Duffy is going to win big, and he has the potential to be a force in D.C. for many years to come.
October 23rd, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I will also be voting for Pastor David King for Secretary of State.
October 24th, 2010 at 2:04 am
Oops! I forgot Dave Clarke. He gets my vote too.
October 24th, 2010 at 8:20 am
For Governor I will be voting for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s pick; Scott Walker!
No, they have not decided to become more conservative in order to save their skin. Tom Barrett is just too bad a pick!
Of course Johnson, Kleefisch, and Vukmir are my other picks.
I went to that Vukmir rally in Elm Grove last week and couldn’t believe the huge crowd. Got to meet James T. Harris which was icing on the cake.
October 25th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Walker/Kleefisch
Johnson
Kurt Schuller(State Treasurer)
Steve Nass (WI 31st Assm.)
Neal Kedzie (WI 11th Senate)
..and Rush Goldberg.
October 25th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I keep seeing that Russ Feingold add with the veterans talking about how great Russ Russ is. It’s quite obvious that they are using a script.
Can I do an ad for Ron Johnson talking about how bad Russ Russ is? I’ll use the talking points that show how he is bad for veterans.
My wife’s response to seeing that ad was, “Do they even know he voted against the Patriot Act?”
October 25th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
I’m really getting annoyed by the ad that says Scott Walker is too extreme for Wisconsin. Apparently, if you disagree with someone on abortion, you are “extreme.”
I’m sick and tired of people who try to make us believe that if you are against embryonic stem cell research, you are a mean person. They try to mislead us into thinking that the only stem cell research involves embryonic stem cells, and try to ignore adult stem cells. They also want us to ignore where these embryonic stem cells come from.
If you favor killing a baby if it survives an abortion, like Russ Feingold does, are you extreme?
October 25th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Yeah, I wonder if the younger vets in the Feingold ad saw the debates where he said Obama should be invading Pakistan? I know there’s hard-line Islamic factions over there aiding terror organizations, but officially they’re an ally and a nuclear power. And Obama’s a lousy commander.
October 25th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I copied this story from my daily Bioscience Newsletter:
Governor’s race echoes 2006
By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press Writer - Associated PressMonday, October 25, 2010
It’s deja vu all over again in the race for Wisconsin governor.
Democratic candidate Tom Barrett has used similar campaign ads, attacks and even exact phrases against his Republican opponent Scott Walker that were central to the 2006 race.
But unlike four years ago, when the economy was humming and unemployment was nearly half what it is now, the strategy isn’t lifting Barrett over Walker, according to several polls.
Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle made hot-button social issues like abortion and embryonic stem cell research central parts of his successful re-election campaign against Republican Mark Green. But four years later, with Wisconsin struggling to crawl out of a two-year recession, voters and the candidates say the economy is most important.
Still, that hasn’t stopped Barrett from trying to reuse Doyle’s winning formula.
In the 2006 race, Doyle effectively branded Green as being too extreme for Wisconsin in his second ad of the campaign which aired in July, two weeks before Green put up his first spot. In the Doyle ad, a mother whose 4-year-old daughter has juvenile diabetes said Green was “too extreme” because he opposed embryonic stem cell research.
Walker also opposes the research. Like Doyle, Barrett has run an ad featuring the mother of a child with juvenile diabetes talking about the promise that stem cell research brings for a cure.
Unlike this year, stem cell research was a national issue in 2006, finding its way into campaigns across the country. Actor Michael J. Fox cut television ads for numerous candidates, including Doyle, talking about the work as a possible cure for Parkinson’s disease. Fox even flew into Milwaukee to campaign for Doyle the weekend before the election.
In addition to stem cells, Barrett has run a similar ad to one Doyle did about abortion.
The Doyle spot featured a rape victim who referenced Green opposition to abortion and said that decision should be the woman’s choice, not a politician’s. Barrett’s ad uses the parents of a rape victim saying that Walker is “too extreme” for Wisconsin because he opposes abortion even in the cases of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is at risk.
The ad clearly touched a nerve with Walker. Two days after it started airing, Walker’s campaign countered with a spot, featuring Walker’s wife Tonette, talking about how Barrett was the one who was extreme because he supported taxpayer funding for abortion and he once voted against banning a form of late-term abortions.
That’s a much more aggressive approach than the one Green took four years ago when Doyle called him extreme. Green’s first ad of the 2006 campaign tried to make light of it, joking with his family that he was “extremely” good at basketball and other activities.
Green told The Associated Press that voters are “focused like a laser beam” on jobs and economic growth and won’t be distracted by other issues, as they were in 2006. He said Barrett’s approach “smacks of desperation.”
“I think these core issues will trump the others,” said Green, who is backing Walker.
The Barrett campaign remains focused on his plan for creating jobs and turning the economy around, spokesman Phil Walzak said. But Barrett also feels it’s important to talk about the divisive social issues.
The trouble for Barrett is that the political climate is much different this year than in 2006.
A poll by the St. Norbert College Survey Center released earlier this month showed the economy, jobs and taxes were the most important issues with 36 percent of likely voters, compared with just 25 percent in the same poll just before the 2006 race.
Exit polls following the 2006 campaign showed that most voters believed the state’s economy was excellent or good and even those who thought it was in bad shape voted more often for Doyle than Green.
During Doyle’s first term, 170,000 jobs were created. An equal amount were lost during the recession which hit in his second term.
In 2006, statewide unemployment headed into Election Day was 4.1 percent. This year it’s 7.8 percent.
On top of this year’s high unemployment, Wisconsin also faces a $2.7 billion budget shortfall.
Barrett has tried to distance himself from the unpopular Doyle, but Republican ads have labeled him as like Doyle “only worse.” Walker campaign manager Keith Gilkes said Barrett was running the same type of campaign Doyle would have had he sought a third term.
October 26th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Read the comments to this article http://www.wauwatosanow.com/news/105738453.html?page=1 and guess which are the most likely to have Feingold and Barrett signs on their lawns and cars, but there is one particular commenter who most certainly STILL also proudly displays her Obama lawn sign and bumper sticker on her car.