2/13/2008
McCain in Oshkosh, Gableman under the mat
Town Hall meeting, Friday, 11:30, EAA Eagle Hanger, Oshkosh.
From Michelle Litjens, former Winnebago County GOP Chair:
Senator McCain will stop in 3 cities this Friday and Oshkosh happens to be his first stop.
… we need to show the local and national Democrats (there will be a press core there of 60) that Republicans in the Valley won’t lay idle so Obama and Clinton take Wisconsin without a fight.
Please help pass the word. We need to fill the house. That means hundreds.
EAA Eagle Hanger
Friday
Doors open at 10:30
Town Hall meeting 11:30-12:30
Michelle says she’s been told Senator McCain will shake every hand and take every picture until he is forced to leave the venue. Be there and bring your friends, family and countrymen!!!
More campaign events, Wisconsin
From the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Call 608-257-4765 with questions.
John McCain, Friday February 15
3 p.m., Radisson, La Crosse, Town Hall meeting
7 p.m., Serb Hall, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Reagan Day Dinner
Mike Huckabee, Today, Wednesday, February 13
6:30 p.m., Country Inn, Pewaukee
Mike Huckabee, Thursday, February 14 (updated 2/13, 7 p.m.)
10:30 a.m., Concourse Hotel, Madison
2:00 p.m., La Crosse Convention Center
5:00 p.m., Stony Creek Inn, Rothschild (Wausau area)
7:30 p.m., Radisson Airport Hotel, Green Bay
Mike Huckabee, Friday, February 15
7:00 a.m., Original Pancake House, Brookfield
The Clinton Campaign
Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson (of Valerie Plame fame), representing the Clinton campaign, Today
12 noon, UW-Oshkosh Reeve Memorial Union. 651-245-7333 with questions
Hillary Clinton, Saturday, February 16
Evening, Dem. founder’s Day Gala, Milwaukee
Bill Clinton, Thursday, February 14
TBA Milwaukee
TBA Madison
TBA La Crosse
Representatives from Sen. Clinton’s and Sen. Obama’s campaigns will be at the County Party’s monthly meeting, today, February 13.
7:00 p.m., Delta Family Restaurant, 515 N. Sawyer St., Oshkosh
Barack Obama, Today, February 13
10:30 a.m., GM plant, Janesville
11:30 a.m., Waukesha Co. Exposition Center, Waukesha
5:20 p.m., Memorial hall, Racine
Michelle Obama, Today, February 13, 2008
12 noon, Ma Fisher’s, Milwaukee
2:55 p.m., Hops Haven Brew, Sheboygan
5:40 p.m., St. Norbert College, De Pere
Barack Obama, Friday, February 15
12 noon, remarks at 2:00 p.m., Kohl’s Sports Center, UW-Oshiosh. 202-487-9467 with questions
TBA UWGB, Green Bay
Barack Obama, Saturday, February 16
Evening, Dem. founder’s Day Gala, Milwaukee
Out to get Gableman
We’ve said it before. The Justice race this time around is critical. Really, really critical. Jerry Bader writes about another case of the trial lawyers throwing their weight around to support Justice Butler, being opposed for his first election by Judge Mike Gableman.
A bunch of trial lawyers are accusing Former Lieutenant Governor Margaret Farrow of being misleading. Margaret Farrow misleading? What?
It’s the Wisconsin Association for Justice (formerly the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers) whining to the self-proclaimed “Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee.” Geez. GMAB.
Read the documents yourself:
Margaret Farrow’s Gableman support letter
WI Association for Justice (Trial Lawyers) whining letter
WI Association for Justice (Trial Lawyers) Press release (press release - what?)
COMMENTS
Although I would hold my nose and vote for McCain if he is the nominee, I do not believe he is electable for a number of reasons.
For starters, the war will be the chief plank of his candidacy, and polls indicate that the economy is what's now on the minds of most Americans. Whether you are for or against the war(I support it), most Americans are tired of it largely due to its gross mismanagement, and McCain's saying that we will be in Iraq for 100 years certainly isn't a prescription for victory in November. Look to the failed Giuliani campaign as to how the war is playing with the voting public. It isn't.
The economy is clearly in crisis and yet McCain is self-admittedly not comfortable with economic issues. He didn't even cast a vote for the recent economic stimulus package.
Since January McCain has missed 1 in 3 Senate votes.
Finally, McCain's age and health have to be major considerations. Mike Huckabee on the other hand is a vibrant campaigner with a great sense of humor(goes a long way in getting crossovers) who speaks for MAIN STREET and not WALL STREET, which is largely responsible for the economic mess we're now in(Personally I'd like to see a Huckabee-Lou Dobbs ticket. Dobbs has a degree in economics and is an economic nationalist).
Finally, the recent Potomac primary results were misleading. They should have been called the "Beltway primaries." The District of Columbia is funded and governed by Congress so clearly the D.C. GOP didn't want to offend McCain. Likewise, heavily populated northeastern Virgina and Maryland are largely D.C. "bedroom communities." Both Virginia and Maryland get a lot more back in federal spending than what their residents/businesses pay in federal taxes. This is not the case with Wisconsin though.
Bottom line--I believe Mike Huckabee is the only ELECTABLE Republican.
Eric, will you be attending a Huckabee (tomorrow night in GB) or McCain (Friday, 11:30, EAA Oshkosh) event this week? Jo E.
Eric Reinhardt (Wed Feb 13 17:23:35 2008)
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