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Dave Cieslewicz: Can we stop describing the Upper Midwest as the Rust Belt?

The national news media used the term over and over again at the RNC in Milwaukee … Usually, when you’re trying to win someone over, common practice is not to address them with an insult. Democrats could do themselves a lot of good if they went on a rant against “Rust Belt” and started off by better understanding who we really are and where we really live.

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Zack Goodrow: The new, improved but very much the same GOP

I think the GOP’s new message was effective. It might not have been enough to justify four days of white dudes talking, but it did bring some new life to the convention. But while that’s true, don’t be fooled. The same old hateful Trump-rhetoric is still there under the surface and it really doesn’t take that much to find it. Hell, half of it comes out of his mouth.

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Dave Cieslewicz: GOP getting smarter

A strategic mistake the GOP has made is to largely cede the blue strongholds of Dane and Milwaukee counties to the Democrats. Their media buys there are relatively small and their organizing has been meager. Now, both things are changing.

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Dave Cieslewicz: Can we stop describing the Upper Midwest as the Rust Belt?

The national news media used the term over and over again at the RNC in Milwaukee … Usually, when you’re trying to win someone over, common practice is not to address them with an insult. Democrats could do themselves a lot of good if they went on a rant against “Rust Belt” and started off by better understanding who we really are and where we really live.

Read More »

Zack Goodrow: The new, improved but very much the same GOP

I think the GOP’s new message was effective. It might not have been enough to justify four days of white dudes talking, but it did bring some new life to the convention. But while that’s true, don’t be fooled. The same old hateful Trump-rhetoric is still there under the surface and it really doesn’t take that much to find it. Hell, half of it comes out of his mouth.

Read More »

Dave Cieslewicz: GOP getting smarter

A strategic mistake the GOP has made is to largely cede the blue strongholds of Dane and Milwaukee counties to the Democrats. Their media buys there are relatively small and their organizing has been meager. Now, both things are changing.

Read More »