AlterNet: Buyer's Remorse: GOP House Majority in Jeopardy Already *March 23, 2011-* Buyer's remorse is setting in quickly, according to Democratic pollster Greenberg Quinlan Rosner. GQR polled 50 House districts currently held by Republicans which are expected to be major Democratic targets in 2012. The results ...
Think Progress: Conservatives On Wisconsin Supreme Court Let Corporate Lobbyists Write Judicial Ethics Rules *March 23, 2011-* Wisconsin elects its Supreme Court justices, but the court’s four conservative justices –including Gov. Scott Walker’s embattled ally Justice David Prosser — all voted to reject an ethics rule that would have prevented them from ...
Talking Points Memo: Maine Governor Orders Mural Depicting Labor History Removed From Labor Department *March 23, 2011-* It's Diego Rivera Redux in Maine, as Governor Paul LePage is taking down a mural in the state Department of Labor building depicting the history of the labor movement and changing the names of conference rooms that he deems too ...
River Falls Journal: Come back with those petition signatures! *March 22, 2011-* River Falls police were asked to track down and find a suspect who had made off with a batch of Sen. Sheila Harsdorf recall petition signatures late Sunday afternoon. The alleged theft occurred on the sidewalk near EconoFoods. The ...
Talking Points Memo: Poll: Percent Of Ohio Voters Who Disapprove Of New Gov. Doubles *March 23, 2011-* Ohio Gov. John Kasich's first term in office is off to a rocky start. A new Quinnipiac poll shows that less than one third of registered voters approve of his job performance. In the poll, just 30% of Ohio voters said they approved ...
Thom Hartmann: Steal from the poor -- give to the rich? WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Care2: Conservative Corporate Advocacy Group ALEC Behind Voter Disenfranchisement Efforts *March 23, 2011-* The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative organization linked to corporate and right-wing donors, including the billionaire Koch brothers, has drafted and distributed model legislation, obtained by Campus ...
Talking Points Memo: Buyer's Remorse: Polls Show 3 New GOP Gov's Losing In Do Overs *March 23, 2011-* Last year's midterms elections swept incumbents from office nationwide, as voters turned to newcomers -- often Republican newcomers -- for change. But just months after election day, three new Midwestern governors -- Wisconsin's ...
The Struggle in Wisconsin WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
The Tyee: The Kochs: Oil Sands Billionaires Bankrolling US Right They process about one in four barrels of US-bound Alberta bitumen, and pump millions of dollars into highly conservative, anti-green causes. Latest in a series. *March 22, 2011-* What do Tea Party rallies, Republican victories, climate change ...
