Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Party leaders and delegates offer up some advice for U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan on what will be the biggest speech of his life.
TAMPA, FL -- All eyes will be on U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan on Wednesday night as the Wisconsin congressman formally accepts his vice presidential nomination in a prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention here. Patch chatted with Wisconsin delegates and other party leaders in Tampa about Ryan's acceptance speech and asked them what they thought he needs to do to introduce himself to America. __________________________________ Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch: "Paul Ryan just needs to go and be himself. Paul Ryan is loved in Wisconsin. Paul Ryan is a hero not just to the GOP in Wisconsin, but to all of us who share his values, who share his love of the outdoors, his love of family and his Midwestern virtues that he is going to bring to …
Friday, August 3, 2012
Patch conducted its second Red Wisconsin survey, and a resounding majority of Wisconsin Republicans insiders said Mitt Romney has no reason to release more than his 2010 and 2011 tax returns.
Tax returns may be serious business for the Internal Revenue Service, but in the realm of politics they’re irrelevant to political discourse — so long as there is no wrongdoing. That's the overwhelming consensus of Wisconsin Republican insiders who took part in Patch's latest "Red Wisconsin" Survey. More than 80 percent of party leaders and activists surveyed made it clear that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has no reason to release more of his personal income tax returns than he already has. Democrats — and even some members of the Republican Party — have demanded that Romney release additional years of tax returns beyond 2010 and 2011 that he already has made public. (Copies of his returns are attached to this article) Adding to…
Thursday, April 12, 2012
In an unsurprising move, Jeremy Levinson, attorney for the state Democratic Party, has filed a formal complaint with the state Government Accountability Board over the GOP's "protest" candidates.
Well, it's officially a complaint now. The Associated Press is reporting that Jeremy Levinson, attorney for the Democratic Party of Wisconin, has filed a formal complaint with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board over the state GOP running "protest" candidates in the upcoming recall elections. Levinson wants the six candidates — four in the state Senate recalls as well as governor and lieutenant governor contests — removed from the ballot because he claims they're committing election fraud for claiming they're Democrats when they really aren't. The "protest" candidates include: Levinson says the "protest" candidates are just a way for the Republicans to manipulate the elections. Republicans say they're running the "fake Democrats…
Bernard Forand
6:03 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
@ WEACHATER also commented on For GOP Insiders, Romney's Tax Returns Aren't a Taxing Issue. "Very interesting that you are a prominent posted here as well as for the metro San Francisco market as well. So who exactly are you, a mouth piece for this liberal rag called Patch of maybe some DNC plant?" Bernie replies; Long time no hear what are you doing here? Chased you out of town again? Hate to … more ›