Democratic visibility: a dairy breakfast in Wisconsin, with pictures
Democrats, get to those punkin doin's, those summer festivals, those parades. Go as Democrats. Don't let up. I have bragged up my local county party many times here at Daily Kos. We have a high...
View ArticleKossack on Wisconsin Public Radio today: health care reform
Daily Kos' own Fredb (a.k.a. Fred Bannister, M.D.) will be speaking on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ben Merens' show this afternoon from 5-6 p.m. Central. Those unable to hear it live on the air can hear...
View ArticleTales from the Wisconsin Dem Convention: Feingold, Doyle
All the cool kids may be hanging out at Yearly Kos, but a couple of them came to La Crosse, Wisconsin, for the DPW convention this evening, including Russ Feingold, who gave a speech that set the crowd...
View ArticleDear Senator Feingold--why the copout?
This open letter to Senator Russell Feingold comes from Kossack fredb, author of Health Security America and director of the Coalition for a Health-Secure America. The letter stems from the...
View ArticleWisc. GOP State Senator in big trouble
I've written before about the Wisconsin State Senate 23rd District race. The seat is occupied by an 18-year Harley-riding incumbent who may well be the archetype for everyone's arch-conservative...
View ArticleDoyle, Kohl and Falk draw big northern Wisconsin crowd
RICE LAKE October 21, 2006--Despite the damp chill, over 500 people turned out to greet Governor Jim Doyle, Senator Herb Kohl, Attorney General candidate Kathleen Falk, and many other candidates at the...
View ArticleUpdate: Wisconsin Elections open thread
This is just an opportunity for Wisconsinites to talk about today's elections. Will Linda Clifford wipe out WMC tool Annette Ziegler?With 28% reporting, the gulf is narrowing:Supreme Court Wisconsin...
View ArticleImpeachment not so Smart?
First of all, I don't care if we impeach the bastard 5 minutes before noon on 1-20-09, I think it is imperative. If we don't impeach now, let's get rid of impeachment.But I awoke to find this in my...
View ArticleTales from the Wisconsin Democratic Convention
From the fourteenth floor of the Milwaukee Hilton, I bring you a few of the highlights of tonight's speakers, including Russ Feingold, Tammy Baldwin, Governor Doyle, and a Daily Kos poster from this...
View ArticleAl Gore told me to Step it up Again
Yup, I got an e-mail from Al Gore:The power of a single individual to create change has always inspired me. Earlier this year, my friend Bill McKibben decided he was going to establish a day of action...
View ArticleEau Claire, WI: Obama, talk of the town (updated)
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, February 16, 2008--Barack Obama made a campaign stop in Sawdust City this morning. He filled the arena of my alma mater, UW-Eau Claire, with over 3 thousand people. Several...
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Wooed Wisconsin super delegate makes his decision (updated)
Remember Jason Rae? He's the youngest DNC member, or one of them, I believe. His home base is my county party. I had just joined my local party during the '04 general election when he ran a...
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Olbermann's show inspired my little boy
Friday's Countdown, with its puppet show rendition of last week's Obama-Clinton meeting, inspired my child to make his own Obama and Clinton puppets and stage his own summit.No, this isn't much of a...
View ArticleWhy I'm donating to Obama again (update)
Last night, doing fair duty for the local Dems in northwestern Wisconsin, I met the local Obama field officer, Kevin, from the San Antonio, Texas, area. Friendly, enterprising, looking for people to...
View ArticleFugue state--but before I go
How about a round of haiku expressing our multilayered disdain for our horndog du jour, for the people complicit with him, for naked ambition, for the state of our culture that enables this orgy of...
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"You're Freaks": rally day at the fairgrounds
RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN--September 6, 2008. Every couple of years my local party roasts a pig or two, invites some speakers, and throws a party to elect Democrats. We always have a terrific turnout, take...
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"They play dirty. I'm sick of it!"
That's my dad with his '49 Chevy DeLuxe. He comes from a family of rock-ribbed Republicans and found his way to the Democrats because of his union. He's been a successful small businessman and...
View ArticleWorld to Obama on global warming: don't blow it
This is a short one, with apologies if it has been done already. Bill McKibben and 350.org exhort us to invite Obama to go to the Poland climate summit and start leading.First sign to watch for: Does...
View ArticleFor those in WI-7 who want a public option: call Dave Obey
To those interested in keeping the public option in the health care plan:The heart of President Obama's health-care reform plan—the public health insurance option—is under attack. And your...
View ArticleMy energy cooperative sucks, and here's why
It's not the crappy keychains and plastic coffee cups they give away at their annual meeting. Not really. It's the slick, glossy check-box forms they sent my husband and me to urge senators Feingold...
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