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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 12, 2011
Charles Krauthammer opines on the lessons of this week's Wisconsin recall elections.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 12, 2011
We'll talk debt, the markets, the economy... and politics. In the 9 a.m. hour, I'll be joined by GOP recall candidates Kim Simac and Jonathan Steitz, who are trying to oust two of the more notorious fleebaggers Tuesday.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 11, 2011
...have spawned a generation of amoral, uneducated, welfare dependent, brutalised youngsters. Must read from today's Daily Mail.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 10, 2011
Please. Just a quick refresher here:
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 10, 2011
We can endlessly debate the fairness and wisdom of Wisconsin's recall law. But here are some fascinating numbers: the two senators who lost Tuesday, received substantially MORE votes when they were first elected to a 4-year term than their opponents received in the recall. In other words, the recall allowed a smaller group of voters to negate the choice a much larger number of voters who cast ballots in a general election. In the case of Dan Kapanke, for example, 33,192 Tuesday votes were able to negate the votes of 45,154 voters who elected Kapanke to his current term. Here are the numbers:
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 10, 2011
... if you are a union boss who has dumped millions of dollars of dues money into a failed attempt to flip the Wisconsin State Senate.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 9, 2011
I'll be updating results tonight on Twitter... follow me here.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 9, 2011
More signs that The One may be losing the MSM. Dana Milbank's account yesterday's underwhelming press conference is brutal.. and dead on.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 8, 2011
BREAKING: despite prognostications of doom and apocalyptic predictions from Mayor Tom Barrett, it turns out that Walker's budget actually leaves Milwaukee better off. Shame! Recall them all!
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 5, 2011
...leaves nothing but debt. "Ten years and $8.35 trillion later, what do we have to show for this decade of deficit spending? A glut of unoccupied homes, unemployment exceeding 9 percent, a stalled economy and a huge mountain of debt."
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 5, 2011
Walker Derangement Syndrome hits a new low as union thugs shout down Scott Walker at Thursday's state fair... and at least one thug shouted " 'Sic semper tyrannis," the Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants." It was the phrase attributed to Brutus during the assassination of Julius Caesar and was later shouted by John Wilkes Booth while assassinating President Abraham Lincoln. Check out the video:
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 5, 2011
MacIver suggests that Milwaukee prosecutors may be dragging their feet.. (We'll see today.)
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 4, 2011
Good read: a brutal analysis of the president's political problems from Politico.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 4, 2011
Liberal blogger Greg Sargent is onto something here. The peculiar quality of the Democrat/Union campaign in Wisconsin is the lack of even the hint of a positive agenda; the recall campaigns carry not a whiff of moderation or centrism. Reflecting the fact that they are bankrolled by union bosses, Democrats are waging unabashed class warfare -- Us vs. Them: the Makers vs. the takers. If next Tuesday's recalls succeed, national Democrats are likely to be heavily influenced by the outcome going into 2012.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 3, 2011
..and according to the DailyKos, critics (including this "gabberjab") are not just trying to "suppress" votes... they are also "racist.' Of course. Note also the endorsement of illegal vote buying by at least one elected official.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 3, 2011
The emails, release under the Open Records law to Media Trackers, cast serious doubt on Sandy Pasch's denial of coordination between her office/campaign and the left-wing front group Citizen Action.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 3, 2011
Do we really want to go back? Senator Glenn Grothman compiles a useful list of the accomplishments of the governor and GOP legislature so far this year. The list comes to an abrupt end if the Dems flip the senate next week.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 3, 2011
Congressman Paul Ryan thinks it's time for the president to step up and do his job. From today's Wall Street Journal:
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 2, 2011
...and disenfranchises all of her constituents because she just couldn't get herself to the House floor on time to vote on the debt ceiling deal. (This is especially ironic given Moore's longstanding penchant for theatrics on the issue of voter suppression, etc.) Her spokesman says she intended to vote yes, but is he lying? Listener Bruce has a number of observations:
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Aug. 2, 2011
Actually, I kind of like this: the left-wing web site declares me one of the "suppressors," colorfully identifying me as "Charlie Sykes, local rightwing radio gabberjab." (I may adopt that.) The site says that I am "scandal mongering" the story over Ribs for Votes story and "insinuating 'vote bribery.'" Insinunating my a**. If it walks like a duck.... Enjoy the weird paranoid twists of this post:
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