Politics - March 20, 2008
Wisconsin likely to be key to November election
Wisconsin will be among a handful of "purple" states that will decide the presidential election in November. That prediction was among several observations made by a panel of political experts at a Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon Wednesday.
Tags: election, milwaukee press club, jeff mayers, obama, john mccain, republican, democrat, hillary, graul, mike tate

Politics - Feb. 20, 2008
Feelings of abandonment
The Wisconsin primary is over and, just like that, the phone calls and e-mails from candidates stopped coming.
Tags: obama, clinton, mccain, huckabee, wisconsin primary, phone calls, e-mails

Politics - Feb. 17, 2008
If “superdelegates” ruin the election, dissolve the Democratic party
The party that claims to echo the will of the people can’t pick its leaders in back rooms and behind closed doors.
Tags: obama, clinton, mccain, election, superdelegate

Politics - Feb. 12, 2008
Don't bother moving up Wisconsin's primary
With the passing of Super Tuesday, we now can focus on our own Feb. 19 primary and the accompanying concerns of some that come down to this: Should state officials move the primary to an earlier date to grab more of the national spotlight and be politically more relevant?
Tags: presidential primary, obama, clinton, mccain

Politics - Feb. 8, 2008
A hard year's work?
State Rep. Leon Young isn't exactly known for his legislative writing prowess, but he certainly is known as the hardest-working Milwaukee-area legislator. (Just kidding.)
Tags: Republican, Democrat, State Senate, State Assembly, Teachers, McCain, Obama, Congressmen Paul Ryan and Jim Sensenbrenner, Vicki McKenna, J.B. Van Hollen, Mike Gableman, Scott Walker, Dan Vrakas, Sheriff David Clarke, Lena Taylor, Sheldon Wasserman, Pedro C

Politics - June 16, 2008
James T Harris
I offer a challenge.   I 'd like to see as many people possible contact James T Harris, who is a local radio station host, as ask what issues he supports in either of the presidental candidates. He is quoted as having love for Mr. Obama, however, indicates feels Mr. Obama does not ...
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Politics - May 6, 2008
Clinton's Electability pry bar... Obama machine rolls on...
This is The Primary. The one to remember, one for the books. For over a year, maybe two years now, America has followed politics like never before. From the inevitability of Hillary Clinton's early cinch to the inevitability of Obama's post-Iowa poll surge, entire encyclopedias have been written ...
Tags: Politics, Obama, Clinton, Primary