Tommy Thompson vs. Russ Feingold in WI senate race

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Thursday February 11, 2010 · 4:10 PM PST

2010/02/11 · 16:10

It looks like Thompson is getting very serious about making a senate run against Russ Feingold this fall. Rumors are shooting all over Wisconsin.

The latest arch piece is linked here:

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...

Given Thompson's deep roots in the state, he's got a lot of media pull, so the continous teaser articles are indicative that he's serious, and probably waiting on polling numbers to hit some threshold before he announces, IMHO.

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Does working for W. taint Thompson in Wisconsin?

126 votes Vote Now!

Does working for W. taint Thompson in Wisconsin?

Nope. It's a swing state. His long years as governor will carry the day.

45 votes

Yep. Bush's people can't be elected dogcatcher, even in Wisconsin.

28 votes

Don't know. Don't care

6 votes

Who cares? He's running against RUSS FREAKIN' FEINGOLD.

44 votes

Pie

3 votes

Michelle Obama on Iron Chef America--Wingnuts Go Crazy

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Thursday November 05, 2009 · 10:37 AM PST

2009/11/05 · 10:37

I'm a foodie. I watch The Food Network regularly. So when an article about an Iron Chef America cameo by Michelle Obama popped up on SlashFood, I checked it out.

It was a nice article about a cooking show that will pit the White House Chef against an Iron Chef in a cooking battle using ingredients from the White House Garden. Great idea. I made a note to watch it.

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Do the Obamas seek too much publicity?

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Do the Obamas seek too much publicity?

No. I could watch Obama speak and look at Michelle's arms forever.

59 votes

No. It's a President's job to communicate, and his spouse's duty to help. I wish they'd do more.

104 votes

No--though I wish there was less fluff and more substance. I want this to be the transparent presidency Obama promised.

60 votes

It's about right--I can find what I need to know.

22 votes

Less publicity, more action. That's my mantra.

11 votes

Keep them off the airwaves and their noses to the grindstone.

2 votes

I'm so tired of politics I don't even want to watch election results.

11 votes

Let the Iron Chefs make pie.

16 votes

Dick Cheney asks Obama for more protection

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Tuesday July 21, 2009 · 1:40 PM PDT

2009/07/21 · 13:40

It's a bit much to accuse Dick Cheney of appreciating irony, but even he's got to be feeling it today. He just asked President Obama, the man he's spent the last six months eviscerating in the press, to extend his Secret Service protection. According the the New York Daily News:

Normally, ex-veeps only get six months of protection at taxpayer expense. But Cheney asked for an extension, and President Obama - whom Cheney has excoriated in several interviews since leaving office - recently signed off.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano signed the order extending Cheney's security detail, her spokeswoman Sara Kuban confirmed Monday.

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Which federally funded force would you like to handle Dick Cheney ?

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Which federally funded force would you like to handle Dick Cheney ?

The Justice Department

9 votes

A special prosecutor

42 votes

A federal Super Max prison

44 votes

Abu Graib

23 votes

Guantanimo

15 votes

The inside of the man-sized safe Cheney installed in the vice-president's office

7 votes

A place where he can enjoy all the pie he wants, far, far, away from where we have to look at him.

5 votes

Did Bush and Cheney's Records get transferred?

denisegreenbay

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Thursday January 22, 2009 · 5:10 PM PST

2009/01/22 · 17:10

I've been using the Google and the Internets, but I can't find any news about whether the presidential records from the Bush administration, especially those of Vice President Cheney, were successfully transferred to safe public hands during the change in administrations.

There have been a string of legal challenges and lawsuits by CREW and by Thomas S. Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, among others. Cheney, in particular, did not want to turn over his records.

So does anybody know what finally was transferred to the public trust? I've been looking, and I can't seem to find out.

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What do think the archivists will find in the Bush records?

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What do think the archivists will find in the Bush records?

Everything, neatly organized, just as it should be.

2 votes

A collection of Bush's coloring books and a load of rocks from Cheney.

39 votes

A stunning indictment to bad government in the form of misspelled garbage.

9 votes

cobwebs and electronic static

37 votes

pie

6 votes

The Right's View of the Mn. Election

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Monday November 24, 2008 · 10:30 AM PST

2008/11/24 · 10:30

Republicans just can't let go of the 2008 elections. You'd think the shock would make them hungry to sit down and discuss new strategies. It's not happening, I think because they're fixated on the fact that the election was stolen by some vast left wing conspiracy. Exhibit A is Mark Helperin's analysis of election coverage, already extensively diaried. Exhibit B is the right wing coverage of the Minnesota senator's race. I was checking to see how the recount was going, and found this little gem linked to the front page on AOL.

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If Florida had had optical scan voting in 2000, today:

121 votes Vote Now!

If Florida had had optical scan voting in 2000, today:

the War in Iraq would be the one between Iran and Iraq.

4 votes

Afghanistan would be a Nato member.

0 votes

George Bush would be a retired Texas Governor clearing brush in Crawford.

26 votes

Dick Cheney would be in jail for shooting a lawyer on a quail hunt.

2 votes

Tom DeLay would still be in Congress.

0 votes

The Republicans would still be in control of both houses in Congress.

8 votes

Jeb Bush would have run for President in 2004.

8 votes

The stock market would be above 15,000

3 votes

the world would be a better place.

70 votes

John Boehner is out of his mind

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 1:57 PM PST

2008/11/07 · 13:57

I just read John Boehner's aticle in the Washington Post today. He's talking about the lessons he learned from the last election. Apparently, judging by the article, the main lesson he's learned is that he's right, and that the whole country, which agrees with him, merely got taken in by a slick-talking snake oil salesman.

All of which defies belief. Even for a Republican.

Here's a taste:

While Republicans are disappointed by Tuesday's results, we respect the American people's decision and pledge to work with President-elect Barack Obama when it is in the best interest of our nation. Some Democrats and pundits may want to read Tuesday's results as a repudiation of conservatism -- a sign that Republicans should give Democrats on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue a free ride. I don't see it that way, and neither should Republicans across the country.

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Is John Boehner crazy?

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Is John Boehner crazy?

Nope. He's just your average Republican.

94 votes

No. He merely rejects our reality and substitutes his own.

69 votes

Maybe he's just stuck in a 1994 time warp.

15 votes

He's nuttier than a Texas pecan pie.

43 votes

He's so crazy, there's not a rubber room big enough to hold him.

28 votes

The RNC Pulls out of Wisconsin

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Friday October 17, 2008 · 4:14 PM PDT

2008/10/17 · 16:14

Looks like the Republicans are finding the reality-based universe here in Wisconsin a bit unwelcoming:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican National Committee is halting presidential ads in Wisconsin and Maine, turning much of its attention to usually Republican states where GOP nominee John McCain shows signs of faltering.

The party's independent ad operation is doubling its budget to about $10 million and focusing on crucial states such as Colorado, Missouri, Indiana and Virginia where Democrat Barack Obama has established a foothold, according to a Republican strategist familiar with presidential ad placements.

Full article here:

RNC To Pull Out of Wisconsin, McCain Will Not

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 5:17 PM PDT

2008/10/13 · 17:17

Like George Lucas, of late I've been engaged in an epic battle on a planetary address far too close to home--my yard. And the bad guys just broke out the Death Star. And they are at it again!

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 3:52 PM PDT

2008/10/09 · 15:52

I'm from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and early voting is both allowed and easy in this state. So why not make it a media event?

The local Democratic Coordinated Campaign office did!

They organized a mass voting event for Obama today at lunchtime. The local Fox and CBS affiliates sent camera crews, the local paper sent a cameraperson and reporter, State Senator Dave Hansen gave an inspirational speech on the County Courthouse lawn, and about twenty of us, including a 2 month old baby (not voting, but attired in appropriate Obama gear) trooped into the county clerk's office wearing Obama badges. It's illegal to do anything political within 100 yards of the polling place, so we were a respectful and quiet crowd. But it was absolutely clear to the county clerks what was going on.

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Do you plan to vote early for Obama?

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Do you plan to vote early for Obama?

Yes, Wild horses couldn't hold me back.

92 votes

No. I prefer to make my point with the crowds on election day.

30 votes

My state won't allow it. Rats!

30 votes

Bring On The Empty Chair!

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 3:41 PM PDT

2008/09/24 · 15:41

So John McCain doesn't want to debate Friday night. I can understand that. He's having a pretty bad week. But we've already got a national precedent on how to handle that. Just like when Karl Rove refused to show up for his Congressional hearing, I suggest we have the debate as planned. We just put an empty chair in place where McCain was supposed to stand, and let Obama answer all the questions the time allows if John McCain doesn't show up to fill that seat.

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Which would you rather watch:

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Which would you rather watch:

Barack Obama and John McCain

34 votes

Barack Obama and a nice chair

93 votes

Barack Obama

27 votes

John McCain

1 vote

Just a chair

5 votes

Obama rocked the house in Green Bay yesterday

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 7:16 PM PDT

2008/09/23 · 19:16

We've had an unusual week here in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The same venue, the Resch Center, hosted Barack Obama this Monday at noon, and John McCain and Sarah Palin last Thursday at 6 PM. Add in Joe Biden's appearance here three weeks ago (at the KI Convention center), and this small city has seen the entire cast of this cycle's presidential candidates in less than a month.

As a witness to all of them (and a volunteer at the Democratic events), I can personally attest to the fact that the candidates couldn't be more different in style and in substance.

denisegreenbay

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 12:19 PM PDT

2008/09/19 · 12:19

It was quite something. The good news was that about 50% of what Palin and McCain said stuck to the truth. The bad news was that the untruths left me wanting to wear hip boots.

You can get a full view of the event last night from the local paper, including video, transcript, and photos:

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...

But I thought I'd like to add my two cents worth.

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