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Comparing Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, through the lens of Gerald Ford’s decency, Abraham Lincoln’s empathy, Dwight Eisenhower’s grasp of international relations, and Richard Nixon’s continuing education through reading books.
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.
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.
Specialized docket wins bipartisan support but faces a changed Supreme Court
With billions of your hard-earned dollars on the line, shouldn’t you have some idea where they are being spent? Shouldn’t you have a voice in your state government that can influence how those dollars are allocated?
These amendments are designed to trick voters into eliminating checks and balances in our government, giving the same Republican politicians who have obstructed child care funding in Madison sole control over the federal funding that has helped keep the doors open at Wisconsin child care centers.
President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the Democratic ticket and endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris felt like one of the most promising days in recent political history. Reports that it is the one scenario Donald Trump did not want makes it all the sweeter.
When selfless and truly inspiring acts on behalf of the nation are compiled, this letter from Joe Biden will long register as a shining example of exemplary leadership. It ranks alongside the gracious and powerful concession speech from Albert Gore, Jr. in 2000.
I’m not convinced Harris is the best candidate for the Democrats. However, Biden stepping aside gives the Democrats a chance to put their best step forward. Or, in the case of Harris, at least a better step forward.
Now that Joe Biden has — at long last — dropped out of the race, the Democrats should not rush to select his replacement on the ticket. They’ve got almost four weeks before their convention and they should take that time to get it right.
How Republicans are connecting with disaffected swing-state voters.
The selection of Sen. J.D. Vance as former President Donald Trump’s running mate was set when they visited the site of the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
There was the usual vilification of unauthorized immigrants, a demand that all criminal cases against Trump be dropped and the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Same old Trump, despite a callow youthful running mate, first term Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance.
If you were hoping for a more compassionate and civil Trump, that lasted only about 20 minutes.
In the aftermath of the police-involved shooting of Samuel Sharpe, by visiting Columbus, Ohio, police, body camera footage was made available to the public within hours. Surprisingly, the Milwaukee Police Association did an “about face” and dropped their lawsuit blocking the body-worn camera policy.
Dissecting the underwhelming activity around Milwaukee and the overwhelming positivity about Milwaukee of the week of the RNC.
The Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, examine President Joe Biden’s status as the Dem nominee and how that affects Tammy Baldwin’s campaign for reelection to the U.S. Senate. Recorded on July 11. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Today’s theme is that stuff changes. For two nights the Republicans did a fair job of lowering the temperature on their rhetoric. I doubted they could keep it up. They didn’t.
In my lifetime, and of course, decades before that in the rearview mirror too, the spouses of the candidates and nominees were front and center each night of the convention.
Comparing Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, through the lens of Gerald Ford’s decency, Abraham Lincoln’s empathy, Dwight Eisenhower’s grasp of international relations, and Richard Nixon’s continuing education through reading books.
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.
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.
Specialized docket wins bipartisan support but faces a changed Supreme Court
With billions of your hard-earned dollars on the line, shouldn’t you have some idea where they are being spent? Shouldn’t you have a voice in your state government that can influence how those dollars are allocated?
These amendments are designed to trick voters into eliminating checks and balances in our government, giving the same Republican politicians who have obstructed child care funding in Madison sole control over the federal funding that has helped keep the doors open at Wisconsin child care centers.
President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the Democratic ticket and endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris felt like one of the most promising days in recent political history. Reports that it is the one scenario Donald Trump did not want makes it all the sweeter.
When selfless and truly inspiring acts on behalf of the nation are compiled, this letter from Joe Biden will long register as a shining example of exemplary leadership. It ranks alongside the gracious and powerful concession speech from Albert Gore, Jr. in 2000.
I’m not convinced Harris is the best candidate for the Democrats. However, Biden stepping aside gives the Democrats a chance to put their best step forward. Or, in the case of Harris, at least a better step forward.
Now that Joe Biden has — at long last — dropped out of the race, the Democrats should not rush to select his replacement on the ticket. They’ve got almost four weeks before their convention and they should take that time to get it right.
How Republicans are connecting with disaffected swing-state voters.
The selection of Sen. J.D. Vance as former President Donald Trump’s running mate was set when they visited the site of the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
There was the usual vilification of unauthorized immigrants, a demand that all criminal cases against Trump be dropped and the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Same old Trump, despite a callow youthful running mate, first term Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance.
If you were hoping for a more compassionate and civil Trump, that lasted only about 20 minutes.
In the aftermath of the police-involved shooting of Samuel Sharpe, by visiting Columbus, Ohio, police, body camera footage was made available to the public within hours. Surprisingly, the Milwaukee Police Association did an “about face” and dropped their lawsuit blocking the body-worn camera policy.
Dissecting the underwhelming activity around Milwaukee and the overwhelming positivity about Milwaukee of the week of the RNC.
The Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, examine President Joe Biden’s status as the Dem nominee and how that affects Tammy Baldwin’s campaign for reelection to the U.S. Senate. Recorded on July 11. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Today’s theme is that stuff changes. For two nights the Republicans did a fair job of lowering the temperature on their rhetoric. I doubted they could keep it up. They didn’t.
In my lifetime, and of course, decades before that in the rearview mirror too, the spouses of the candidates and nominees were front and center each night of the convention.
