Rumor: McCain To Pull Ads From Wisconsin

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 12:50 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 12:50

I hate posting information that cannot be confirmed, but I thought I'd put this information into the Internet ether to see if anyone else has heard similar info: there is word in Wisconsin that the McCain campaign is about to pull its advertising in the state.

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 9:39 AM PDT

2008/09/04 · 09:39

Now we are beginning to see the Obama campaign response to Gov. Palin's speech Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention. That reponse? That Palin was, more or less, lying:

"This is what politicians do when they don’t have a record to run on," Obama’s chief strategist says aboard the campaign plane Thursday.

Of Palin’s address: "There wasn’t one thing that she said about Obama or what he’s proposing that’s true."

Yes, the title of the diary is a paraphrase of what Axelrod said, but the gist of it is true.

The Page link

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Thursday July 03, 2008 · 1:05 PM PDT

2008/07/03 · 13:05

Yet another Republican has gone Democratic: the District Attorney for my home county of Eau Claire County in Wisconsin. Rich White, DA in Eau Claire County since 2000, has switched and will run as a Democrat on the fall ballot.

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram story

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Friday May 30, 2008 · 6:51 PM PDT

2008/05/30 · 18:51

Today, the 4th edition of the lifetime vote ratings of all members of Congress. Today, it's the conservative end of the House of Representatives. Again, my methodology: to get an idea of the ideological balance of Congress, I take the yearly vote ratings from two organzations: one liberal (Americans for Democratic Action, or the ADA) and one conservative (the American Conservative Union, or the ACU). I use these two for the sake of historical comparison: the ADA has taken vote ratings since the late 40s, and the ACU since 1971. That way, I can compare the ideology of today's members of Congress against those from past decades, all evaluated using the same rating methodology. It's also a good way to compare how a current member of Congress voted 2-3 decades ago vs. today.

I average the ratings from the ADA & ACU to come up with what I think is an appropriate average number of where a Senator or Representative is on a scale of 0-100, 0 being most conservative, 100 most liberal. These are lifetime ratings, updated with votes from 2007.

Here's where I got my figures:

ADA
ACU

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Thursday May 29, 2008 · 3:24 PM PDT

2008/05/29 · 15:24

Today, the 3rd edition of the lifetime vote ratings of all members of Congress. Today, it's the middle part of the House of Representatives. Again, my methodology: to get an idea of the ideological balance of Congress, I take the yearly vote ratings from two organzations: one liberal (Americans for Democratic Action, or the ADA) and one conservative (the American Conservative Union, or the ACU). I use these two for the sake of historical comparison: the ADA has taken vote ratings since the late 40s, and the ACU since 1971. That way, I can compare the ideology of today's members of Congress against those from past decades, all evaluated using the same rating methodology. It's also a good way to compare how a current member of Congress voted 2-3 decades ago vs. today.

Here's where I got my figures:

ADA
ACU

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Wednesday May 28, 2008 · 2:25 PM PDT

2008/05/28 · 14:25

Today, the next edition of the lifetime vote ratings of all members of Congress. Today, it's the liberal end of the House of Representatives. Again, my methodology: to get an idea of the ideological balance of Congress, I take the yearly vote ratings from two organzations: one liberal (Americans for Democratic Action, or the ADA) and one conservative (the American Conservative Union, or the ACU). I use these two for the sake of historical comparison: the ADA has taken vote ratings since the late 40s, and the ACU since 1971. That way, I can compare the ideology of today's members of Congress against those from past decades, all evaluated using the same rating methodology. It's also a good way to compare how a current member of Congress voted 2-3 decades ago vs. today.

Here's where I got my figures:

ADA
ACU

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Tuesday May 27, 2008 · 3:11 PM PDT

2008/05/27 · 15:11

Back again, the lifetime vote ratings of all members of Congress. To get an idea of the ideological balance of Congress, I take the yearly vote ratings from two organzations: one liberal (Americans for Democratic Action, or the ADA) and one conservative (the American Conservative Union, or the ACU). I use these two for the sake of historical comparison: the ADA has taken vote ratings since the late 40s, and the ACU since 1971. That way, I can compare the ideology of today's members of Congress against those from past decades, all evaluated using the same rating methodology. It's also a good way to compare how a current member of Congress voted 2-3 decades ago vs. today.

Here's where I got my figures:

ADA
ACU

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Thursday April 24, 2008 · 2:32 PM PDT

2008/04/24 · 14:32

Here we go again: Rush Limbaugh has called for rioting at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, under his "Operation Chaos":

Denver Channel Story

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Monday February 18, 2008 · 10:48 AM PST

2008/02/18 · 10:48

Here's a brief update on what's going on today in Eau Claire, WI, for those who care about the major western population center of Wisconsin:

-- a visit by Mike Huckabee
-- canvassing by Obama campaign
-- a surprise visit by Hillary Clinton?

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Friday December 14, 2007 · 12:03 PM PST

2007/12/14 · 12:03

News just breaking now that Paul Morrison, the Kansas Attorney General, will resign.

http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/...

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Thursday August 09, 2007 · 9:27 AM PDT

2007/08/09 · 09:27

It took a mere 8 days for President Bush to put his personal ideology ahead of figuring out how to deal with the issue of infrastructure. You may know that Rep. Jim Oberstar, head of the House Transportation Committee, and of course, a Representative from Minnesota, has proposed a 5-cent federal gas tax increase for a trust fund to help maintain or replace bridges across the country. Yesterday, we heard criticism from the ranking Republican on the committee. Today President Bush took it a step further and decided it was time to use this as his latest opportunity to take a swipe at Congress...while not considering the merits of such a proposal, or the likely support a proposal would have in affected states like, oh, Minnesota.

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Monday April 30, 2007 · 9:46 AM PDT

2007/04/30 · 09:46

We knew about Mark Halperin's departure from ABC News' "The Note". Now, news about where he's going next (while still analyzing for ABC): Time magazine, as editor-at-large and senior political analyst. Meanwhile, in the past few days comes word that Rick Klein of the Boston Globe is taking over The Note and also becomes ABC News senior political reporter.

TV Newser Halperin story
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