Wisconsin Megathread

[TJ in Oregon]

They still have "protesters" in the capitol.  I'm told they sing socialist songs in the rotunda everyday around noon...  in a manner that scares (and scars) school children on tours.   

'Scars'? You can't be serious.

Madison protests can be a very scarring experience

Anecdotally, I think of anything I've seen here the thing that bothered me the most was when there was a weed protest in on the street in front of my church and some people in the protest were smoking pot on the church steps. I know that isn't some kind of traumatizing event by any stretch of the imagination, but that bothered me more than anything else I've seen.

The anti-Walker stuff is really just funny since it's almost always so over the top because they've already exhausted the verbal hatred by now. From "Recall Walker" to "Impeach Walker" to "Jail Walker", where do you really go from there?

[AmericanNation]

They still have "protesters" in the capitol.  I'm told they sing socialist songs in the rotunda everyday around noon...  in a manner that scares (and scars) school children on tours.  

'Scars'? You can't be serious.

They kind of just ruin the mood.  I have a warm memory of visiting the capitol in grade school, it really is one of the most beautiful capitols in the country and one of the few 'fully - functioning - museum - landmark' ones.  It probably wouldn't be as warm a memory if I witnessed asylum patients chanting tongues.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZQl-WD2aWY
You can here them in the background as segway boy rides around babbling and chanting harassing nonsense and then lying about what he's saying.     Ryan repeatedly harassed Gwyn Guenther, reporter and daughter of the deceased longtime Capitol reporter Dick Wheeler, the founder of the Wheeler Report, a popular Capitol news service. Guenther has since moved her office from the Capitol to avoid hearing segway boys chant of "wheeler's dead" everyday.  
 
...on the other hand you did get this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uDihYmhsMA awesome spontaneous counter protest of the protesters from high school kids.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGJzhzGfqDI
To top it off Dekker hit a late 3 to win the title, those Sheboygan Lu kids have class.  

[Nhoj]

Can we end this pointless discussion? Its killing a perfectly good electoral thread.

[Gass3268]

Can we end this pointless discussion? Its killing a perfectly good electoral thread.

Thank you!

[AmericanNation]

Jeremy segway boy ryan is Paul Ryan's primary opponent.

[Dixie Reborn]

Grothman is the frontrunner only because I'm pretty sure he's the only one that's officially in. I may be wrong though.

Grothman is running, and there are four other Republicans also in the race. They are:
-State Senator Joe Leibham
-State Representative Duey Stroebel
-Some Dude Thom Denow
-Some Dude(tte) Nancy Olson

I predict a Grothman win in a plurality, as he will be supported by Social Conservatives and Tea Partiers, while Leibham and Stroebel will split the moderate/establishment vote. The vote shares of the some dude candidates will probably add up to 5 percent.

However, I could be very wrong, as there is no polling of the race. Hopefully, we'll have a clearer view once the polls start rolling out.

[Miles]

The New Republic did a really thorough profile of Walker and tied in much of Milwaukee's history.

[henster]

So if Walker runs for President and wins the nomination and resigns mid 2016 to free him from the campaign finance rules against Governors does Kleefisch remain Governor until 2018 or is a special election called?

[Gass3268]

So if Walker runs for President and wins the nomination and resigns mid 2016 to free him from the campaign finance rules against Governors does Kleefisch remain Governor until 2018 or is a special election called?

She'd remain governor.

[Miles]

Walker zings Johnson:

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[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Prosecutors allege Scott Walker was "at the center of a criminal scheme"

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/federal-judge-unseals-hundreds-of-documents-in-john-doe-probe-b99295017z1-263839791.html

Glorious news!

[TJ in Oregon]

Prosecutors allege Scott Walker was "at the center of a criminal scheme"

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/federal-judge-unseals-hundreds-of-documents-in-john-doe-probe-b99295017z1-263839791.html

Interestingly, the documents were unsealed at the request of the Wisconsin Club for Growth.

Glorious news!

Have you reached a sufficient level of political hackishness where you want Walker to be guilty of something (which hasn't happened and likely won't)?

[windjammer]

Well,
Wait and see for Walker.

[The Dowager Mod]

The slimy bastard might finally get caught.

[Miles]

Rothenberg moves the Gov race to Lean R from Likely R. Seems a bit late (as usual).

[Tender Branson]

Is anyone ever polling this race again ?

The last poll was done 2 months ago.

This is a really close race after all ...

[Miles]

Brutal anti-Walker ad using his own words.

[Lief 🗽]

Brutal anti-Walker ad using his own words.

Yeah, that's a great ad. Ads that use politicians' words against them are always my favorite.

[Tender Branson]

Brutal anti-Walker ad using his own words.

Burke is Walker's worst nightmare.

[KingSweden]

Brutal anti-Walker ad using his own words.

I would just run this ad every day until November, several times a day. There's no comeback to that.

[Gass3268]

Beautiful ad

[Miles]

Rothenberg cites that ad in moving WI from Lean R to Tossup.

[TJ in Oregon]

Wisconsin's Primaries are this Tuesday.

Here's a quick rundown on some of the races I'll be watching:

1. Republican Primary for WI-6, the seat of Jim Petri, who is retiring:

There are three candidates, State Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West BendCampbellsport), State Assemblyman Duey Stroebel (R-Cedarburg), and State Senator Joe Leibham (R-Sheboygan). Grothman is running as the Tea Party candidate though neither Leibham nor Stroebel is a RINO by any means. Grothman also didn't live in the district until earlier this year. While I don't live in WI-6 and obviously can't vote, I'm hoping Leibham wins because he best represents the district, I agree with him most ideologically, and I respect the work he's done to try and change Wisconsin's pathetic drunk driving laws. He's also the only candidate not from the Milwaukee metro area, which the majority of the district is not in. Regardless, I think any of the three can win in November and if I lived there would vote for any of the three.

2. Democratic Primary for Governor: I'm watching this, not because it will be close (it won't) but out of sheer amusement at how many votes State AssemblymanBrett Hulsey can get. Hulsey has raised some eyebrows over the years for knocking a random kid off an intertube at the beach, trying to make a backroom deal to switch parties, and handing out KKK hoods at the Republican State Convention, among other things. I see him all the time riding around town either in his car or by bike collecting signatures and shaking hands. I'm genuinely curious to see how much support an undefunded vocal anti-establishment left wing candidate can garner. Trek executive Mary Burke is obviously going to win.

3. Democratic Primary for WI 78th State Assembly District: In the district where I used to live up until a year ago, Madison City Aldermen Mark Clear and Lisa Subeck are vying to win the seat vacated by Brett Hulsey in is run for governor. Both are far, far to the left on pretty much every issue, though I'm rooting for Clear to win as although I agree with him on more or less nothing, he seems more amiable toward people with other views. That and Subeck was the Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin.

[Nhoj]

In the 75th AD there is a primary on the R side between ken mandley a pastor from turtle lake and romaine quinn the former mayor of rice lake. who is 23 and was mayor at 19. he was also a paulite back when he was mayor, I dont know if he still is. 

I will be voting quinn of course, and probably will vote for nutters on the rest of the gop ballot.

[Gass3268]

Looks like Grothman is going to win. Only candidate that could make the 6th competitive.