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If the timid men who control our Legislature — for now — are allowed to attack the infrastructure of democracy in Wisconsin, the liberty of the people to choose their leaders and their judges will be every bit as threatened as Jefferson feared.
Evers may be the governor-elect, but he will only control one part of state government. That has consequences, too.
On November 6, Wisconsin voters chose change. Wisconsin Republicans lost every statewide office on the ballot. However, Wisconsin GOP politicians have decided to disrespect voters.
There are special circumstances in Wisconsin that led to this deformed legislative effort to reduce or reverse the results of the 2018 election. But perhaps we are a prelude – and a warning – of what the GOP really intends everywhere beneath the surface. Rather than looking for ways to get things done for this country, too many are seeking to retain control or force their opinions about poverty and wealthy income on the unsuspecting public.
Sore losers and lame ducks are about to try to steal a Supreme Court seat, restrict voting in Wisconsin and subvert the will of the people expressed in the elections of Governor-elect Tony Evers and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul.
They’re not just changing the rules in the middle of the game; they’re tossing the rules – – even the concepts of rules or reasonable permanence and tradition – – after they lost the game to allow themselves a tighter grip on the privileges of winning.
This week is going to be one of those very stark contrasts between the America we are recalling as we pay tribute to the life of former President George Herbert Walker Bush, and the one in which we now find ourselves.
As GOP lawmakers prepare for a lame-duck session, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, draw on their own experiences in divided government. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Cramer, author of “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness and the Rise of Scott Walker,” is undertaking a new project.
Attorneys may sue, but urge Evers and Kaul to pursue a suit to overturn contract.
The fact is Wisconsin’s economy is thriving and the best evidence of this is our increased tax revenues despite tax cuts for individuals and businesses.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on changes Republicans might make during the lame-duck legislative session before Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office.
With trade protection and corporate incentives, politicians could lose the firm footing of their free-market principles.
Questions about what exactly happened at the prom shoot in Baraboo and what it all means remain unresolved. But toxic social media reaction has not helped matters.
WEDC needs to change, but eliminating the organization and returning the functions to the even more bureaucratic departments of Commerce and Administration would be a mistake.
Tony Evers’ election as governor will provide a shot-in-the-arm for the school choice movement.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on how Wisconsin Republicans’ lame-duck maneuvers could affect Gov.-elect Tony Evers.
Killing city’s restaurant rating system could increase food-borne illness in Milwaukee.
Elected officials should begin by working on a series of issues in desperate need of reform. These include criminal justice reform, transportation reform, and energy reform. Not only are these worth pursuing on policy grounds, they will provide political dividends.
Somebody has to reject the tribalism that has come to define our politics and start trying again to define a common, unifying vision for what it means to be an American or a Wisconsinite. Ironically, rebuilding the center is the only way for progressives to make progress.
If the timid men who control our Legislature — for now — are allowed to attack the infrastructure of democracy in Wisconsin, the liberty of the people to choose their leaders and their judges will be every bit as threatened as Jefferson feared.
Evers may be the governor-elect, but he will only control one part of state government. That has consequences, too.
On November 6, Wisconsin voters chose change. Wisconsin Republicans lost every statewide office on the ballot. However, Wisconsin GOP politicians have decided to disrespect voters.
There are special circumstances in Wisconsin that led to this deformed legislative effort to reduce or reverse the results of the 2018 election. But perhaps we are a prelude – and a warning – of what the GOP really intends everywhere beneath the surface. Rather than looking for ways to get things done for this country, too many are seeking to retain control or force their opinions about poverty and wealthy income on the unsuspecting public.
Sore losers and lame ducks are about to try to steal a Supreme Court seat, restrict voting in Wisconsin and subvert the will of the people expressed in the elections of Governor-elect Tony Evers and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul.
They’re not just changing the rules in the middle of the game; they’re tossing the rules – – even the concepts of rules or reasonable permanence and tradition – – after they lost the game to allow themselves a tighter grip on the privileges of winning.
This week is going to be one of those very stark contrasts between the America we are recalling as we pay tribute to the life of former President George Herbert Walker Bush, and the one in which we now find ourselves.
As GOP lawmakers prepare for a lame-duck session, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, draw on their own experiences in divided government. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Cramer, author of “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness and the Rise of Scott Walker,” is undertaking a new project.
Attorneys may sue, but urge Evers and Kaul to pursue a suit to overturn contract.
The fact is Wisconsin’s economy is thriving and the best evidence of this is our increased tax revenues despite tax cuts for individuals and businesses.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on changes Republicans might make during the lame-duck legislative session before Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office.
With trade protection and corporate incentives, politicians could lose the firm footing of their free-market principles.
Questions about what exactly happened at the prom shoot in Baraboo and what it all means remain unresolved. But toxic social media reaction has not helped matters.
WEDC needs to change, but eliminating the organization and returning the functions to the even more bureaucratic departments of Commerce and Administration would be a mistake.
Tony Evers’ election as governor will provide a shot-in-the-arm for the school choice movement.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on how Wisconsin Republicans’ lame-duck maneuvers could affect Gov.-elect Tony Evers.
Killing city’s restaurant rating system could increase food-borne illness in Milwaukee.
Elected officials should begin by working on a series of issues in desperate need of reform. These include criminal justice reform, transportation reform, and energy reform. Not only are these worth pursuing on policy grounds, they will provide political dividends.
Somebody has to reject the tribalism that has come to define our politics and start trying again to define a common, unifying vision for what it means to be an American or a Wisconsinite. Ironically, rebuilding the center is the only way for progressives to make progress.
