A few remarks on the recall elections: There are thousands of happy and thousands of disappointed Wisconsinites today. A third-party voter looks at elections differently, because in many cases he or she doesn’t have a partisan candidate in the race; one votes for or against the candidates of other parties. This places a certain distance…
Elections
City, Elections, Liberty, Wisconsin
The Secular Call
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Law, Wisconsin
Wisconsin General Recall Election Voting Rights
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Politics, Recall
The Fitzgerald-Compas Debate in the 13th Senate District
by JOHN ADAMS •
One typically expects that a longtime incumbent will easily manage a newcomer-challenger. Those conventional expectations were upset last week. Lori Compas matched Scott Fitzgerald in last Wednesday’s candidate debate between the incumbent majority leader and his recall challenger for the 13th Senate District. A libertarian on the ballot, Dr. Terry Virgil, was sadly not invited…
Campaign Ads, Elections, Recall
Sen. Fitzgerald’s foolish contention that recall challenger Lori Compas isn’t running her own campaign
by JOHN ADAMS •
In the 13th district recall battle between Sen. Majority Leader Fitzgerald and challenger Lori Compas, Fitzgerald recently expressed his doubts about Compas’s control of her own campaign: For the record, Fitzgerald said he doesn’t buy Compas’ Pollyanna image. He knows some people are painting the race as a David-vs.-Goliath contest. But Fitzgerald said he thinks…
Beautiful Whitewater, City, Elections, Law, Liberty
Beautiful Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Politics, Recall
Video for the Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
I posted earlier about the Democrats’ recall forum on 4.25.12 at UW-Whitewater. I’m not a Democrat, but it was an event well-worth attending. All four Democratic candidates for governor, and other office-seekers, were there. For my posts on the evening, see The Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater and The Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater (Compas…
Elections, Politics, Recall
The Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater (Compas and Jorgensen edition)
by JOHN ADAMS •
I wrote yesterday about the Democrats’ recall forum, focusing on the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. (See, The Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater. ) Below is a summary of two other candidates’ presentations: Lori Compas, running in the 13th Senate District against Sen. Maj. Leader Scott Fitzgerald, and Rep. Andy Jorgensen, now representing the…
Elections, Recall
The Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Below are remarks originally published on 4.30.12 at Daily Adams. I’ll post separately with remarks on other candidates who attended, but are not seeking statewide office. On Wednesday night, 4.25.12, Wisconsin’s Democratic candidates for governor and lieutenant governor (and a few other Democratic candidates) attended a forum at UW-Whitewater, in Whitewater, Wisconsin. I’m a resident…
Elections, Recall, Unions
The Wisconsin Unions’ Doomed Primary Pick
by JOHN ADAMS •
Kathleen Falk, the choice of every Big Labor board in Wisconsin, received fewer than half the votes in a Democrats’ straw poll in her home base of Dane County. It’s hard to overestimate how telling this is: union leaders are sure she’s the best candidate to take on Walker, but even Democrats she knows aren’t…
Daily Adams, Elections, Recall
Are Kathleen Falk’s union backers the best thing that ever happened to rival Tom Barrett?
by JOHN ADAMS •
In the Wisconsin recall battle, could Tom Barrett have any better asset than the unions who favor Kathleen Falk over him? Nietzsche would say no: Any union criticism of theirs that doesn’t kill him actually makes him stronger. Falk trails the late-entering Barrett for the race to challenge Scott Walker, and she’s desperately willing to…
City, Elections, Hip & Prosperous, Politics
Hip & Prosperous through Political Clarity
by JOHN ADAMS •
Most people don’t think about a contest for a single council district when they’re thinking about ways to make Whitewater hip and prosperous. In fact, political races — and how we describe them — make a big difference. Not just a race, but the way we describe it (or any other contest), matters. It’s the…
City, Elections, Uncategorized
Political Recap: The Whitewater Council Races
by JOHN ADAMS •
The spring primary for Whitewater’s Common Council ended about as one might have thought. The at-large seat broke for Kidd, Abbott won comfortably in her district, and the Binnie-Hartmann District 4 race was very close (probably closer than one would have guessed). One would expect an incumbent or establishment candidate to prevail in Whitewater, and…
Elections
Whitewater League of Women Voters’ Candidates Forum
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s a recording — still timely — of the Whitewater League of Women Voters’ Candidates Forum from March — originally posted here on March 19th at noon. League of Women Voters: Candidates Debate 3/10/2012 from Whitewater Community TV on Vimeo. Embedded above is a recording of the March 10th candidate forum among candidates…