If union members are upset that the millions union bosses have dumped into defeating Gov. Walker in tomorrow’s recall election appear not to be working, they may be furious when they learn the details of a new investigation by the
This race was always going to tighten, and it looks as though it finally has: it is well within the poll’s 2.8% margin of error: PPP’s final poll on the Wisconsin recall finds Scott Walker ahead, but also a race
In 1975, Congress created the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) to provide a vehicle for state legislatures to jointly lobby Congress. Ideally, it could serve as a bulwark against further federal encroachment on state government. Like any organization that
MADISON, Wis., June 2 (UPI) —A local official says thousands of requests for absentee ballots suggest the turnout will be high in Tuesday’s recall election for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Appleton City Clerk Charlene Petersen told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For such a blue state, Illinois has some rather good Republicans in Congress, but on one issue many of them consistently fail. That is their unfortunate support for Big Labor. The issue of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) is a perfect
An FBI undercover investigation led to the arrest on Wednesday of Robert Braddock, Jr., the finance director for Connecticut State House Speaker Christopher Donovan’s congressional campaign. Braddock has been charged with conspiring to hide campaign contributions of approximately $20,000 associated
I’ve said it before: the recall election June 5th in Wisconsin is the most important state election this year, second only to the presidential election. Why? Because Governor Scott Walker leads the first generation of reform governors. Together with his
Ben Jealous, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), recently repeated the ridiculous and scurrilous claim that voter identification (ID) is tantamount to Jim Crow and a poll tax. While there is no support
Tuesday’s recall election in Wisconsin is the culmination of a long political campaign waged by the left to reverse the results of the watershed 2010 election, and to prevent reforms that might be imitated elsewhere. These included: tax cuts for
It’s one of the greatest scams in the history of left-wing scams, and it goes a little something like this: taxpayers of all political stripes pay the salaries of public employees, public employees are forced to join public unions, public
As part of the week of protests against NATO in Chicago, the National Nurses United union staged its own demonstration in Daley Plaza, centered around a message of wealth redistribution and class warfare. Their protest was part of a series
Conservatives aren’t supposed to be funny. According to the elites, we can’t be, what with our brains so full of racism, misogyny, and greed. Thankfully, no one told this to author Bob Smiley, whose debut novel Don’t Mess with Travis is one of the year’s best, and
(AP) Wisconsin’s Walker raises $31M in face of recallBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.Republican Gov. Scott Walker has raised about $31 million since he took office 17 months ago, including a remarkable $5.9 million in the last five weeks reported to
With all eyes on the Wisconsin recall election, most of the attention and resources have gone towards the main event: Republican Governor Scott Walker’s bid to fight off challenger Tom Barrett. Between the polls and the pulling back of last
While media attention is understandably focused on the recall effort aimed against Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin, free market advocates should not lose sight of the pressure tactics applied against Gov. Bobby Jindal in Louisiana. This coming weekend “RecallBobbyJindal” will be holding
Wisconsin’s recall elections are but days away, and most of the coverage has surrounded Scott Walker’s gubernatorial battle. It’s an important battle, one of the most important elections of 2012. There’s another battle raging, however–that of his second-in-command, his Lieutenant
Labor’s gubernatorial challenger to Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, has resorted to campaigning with notorious anti-speech Democrat Russ Feingold. It was former senator Feingold who, along with John McCain, criminalized speech for a class of Americans in their campaign finance witch
The National Education Association (NEA) has enlisted 10,000 of its three million members to help reelect Barack Obama, says NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. “Theenthusiasm is there,” Mr. Roekel told Reuters. Last Wednesday, Mitt Romney took aim at teachers unions
Supporters of government reform have been buoyed recently by a slew of polls showing Gov. Scott Walker with a solid, growing lead in June’s recall election. His blowout performance in the GOP primary showed that GOP voters were more energized
Misguided emotions, union misbehavior, and government intervention on behalf of Big Labor are collectively combining to threaten jobs and are putting in danger any potential deal between American Airlines and U.S. Airways which might serve to save American. This most
(Reuters) – Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker and his challenger Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett drew sharp ideological differences on Friday during the first of two debates before a special election to recall the governor on June 5. Walker faces a
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said in 1993, one month before he retired, “I don’t want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.” Powell is now getting $100,000- 200,000 a speech, and has decided to speak out once again. This
While most of the attention surrounding the June 5 recall election in my beloved home state of Wisconsin rightfully swirls around that state’s governor and rising GOP star, Scott Walker, it’s important to remember that there are five other Republican
JANESVILLE, Wis. – Education officials in a rural Wisconsin school district find it “disturbing” and “upsetting” that someone had the nerve to spread public information to the public. A flier distributed last weekend reportedly contained salary figures for hundreds of teachers in
Tom Barrett isn’t just Wisconsin’s worst jobs mayor, he’s apparently the worst on crimes, as well. So bad, in fact, that he’s resorted to campaigning on what seem to be cooked crime statistics. In his February 2012 State of the City
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), the liberal Senate candidate challenging Senator Dean Heller (R-NV), is an ardent friend to Big Labor. At least that’s a centerpiece of her campaign against Heller – and with good reason, since Nevada is heavily unionized.
The California media is abuzz with reports that for the first time, more California voters view Gov. Jerry Brown (D) unfavorably (43%) than favorably (42%). The news comes on the heels of Brown’s recent announcement that the state’s budget shortfall
In a piece that must be read to be believed, the radical publication Adbusters, which first suggested the tactic of occupying Wall Street, has now officially endorsed the Black Bloc anarchists as the next phase of the now-flaccid Occupy movement.
Wisconsin is a critical state in Obama’s strategy to win reelection. HE won it handily against McCain in 2008, but recent polling there is consistent with other swing states; the race between Obama and Romney is very tight. It is
Breitbart News has received an exclusive first-look at a poll to be released tomorrow morning by Reason. The Reason-Rupe Poll, conducted May 14-18, shows Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker moving into a commanding lead in his recall race. Walker now leads
One chief reason Big Labor pushed for an immediate recall of Governor Scott Walker was a fear that, by the time of the next regular election in 2014, voters would have had time to see the benefits of Walker’s budget
SAN DIEGO – By the end of June, one in five San Diego public school teachers might be out of a job. That grim reality has educators scared for their economic futures. That explains why the San Diego teachers union voted in March to
Desperate to find a message that will stick in the final weeks of the recall campaign, Wisconsin Democrats have resorted to politicizing a legal probe into the actions of former Milwaukee County government employees who worked for then-county executive Scott
Last week, I discussed how taxpayer funds are being granted, through ObamaCare, to construct “School-Based Health Centers.” Now, let’s take a look at ObamaCare’s “CO-OP’s.” CO-OP’s, or Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans, are the new, non-profit face of ObamaCare in the states’
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) speaks with Breitbart News’ Larry O’Connor about the Obama Administration’s National Labor Relations Board and their latest ruling allowing unions to organize a “Micro-Union” in just one shoe department of a New York department store.
Time Magazine recently wrote on the sputtering and splintering “recall Walker” labor movement in Wisconsin but left out the reason why the recall movement has lost steam: you can’t protest success that saved teacher jobs. … the campaign to recall
LOS ANGELES – When it comes to education reform, California has become the land of litigation. That’s because state lawmakers and local school board members are often financed and controlled by powerful teachers unions, which selfishly oppose logical reform efforts. If union
Ron Barber, Democrat candidate for the special election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District next month, seems to be basing his campaign on an old political adage from Harry Truman, “If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” He’s hoping to confuse
An interactive and searchable database of White House visitor logs is turning up some interesting findings and reveals a “steady stream of lobbyists” visiting the Obama White House, reports the Washington Post. For example, AFL-CIO lobbyist Bill Samuel visited the
The Journal Sentinel is obviously not part of the “vast right-wing conspiracy.” It is a generally respected paper with the standard liberal bias of any newspaper. It has had many disagreements with Scott Walker, but this weekend it throws its