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Melissa Baldauff — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:31:57 -0400

After months of historic division, job loss, criminal corruption and partisan power grabs, Tom Barrett will put Wisconsin first and end Scott Walker’s ideological civil war.

Getting to Know Your Candidates: Mahlon Mitchell, Lieutenant Governor

Steven Potter — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:25:40 -0400

As part of a new series called "Getting to Know Your Candidates," please find an introduction below from President of the Firefighters of Wisconsin Mahlon Mitchell, the lieutenant governor candidate endorsed by the Party and many others, who will soon replace Rebecca Kleefisch.

Rep. Peter Barca: "By Any Measure, Governor Walker Has Nation’s Worst Jobs Record"

Melissa Baldauff — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:17:03 -0400

Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca offered this week's Democratic Weekly Radio Address. The topic is Gov. Walker's terrible jobs record, including a
review of more than 20 years of federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) seasonally adjusted job data that shows Wisconsin has never led the nation in job loss as far back the current methodology accurately accounts.

Know The Real Democrats

John Hanson — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:24:07 -0400

Scott Walker and his Republican Party are up to their usual dirty tricks in a desperate attempt to cling to power and subvert the democratic process. Recently, the Government Accountability Board certified the names of Republicans – posing as Democrats – to appear on the ballot.

Every hour

Melissa Baldauff — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:18:33 -0400

Think about what you do in a typical 24 hours.

If you were Scott Walker, you’d kill 24 jobs - a job every single hour of every single day. Since Scott Walker took office, Wisconsin has led the nation in job loss for a total of 10,200 Wisconsin jobs lost – just about a job every hour.

Scott Walker's war on our environment, families, homes

Reps. Brett Hulsey, Sandy Pasch and Jon Richards — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:43:46 -0400

On Earth Day, let's reflect on what we can all do to protect our lakes, land and legacy. Sadly, Governor Walker and the GOP have taken us in the wrong direction-- against protecting clean jobs and drinking water while putting corporate donors ahead of public health. Their actions actually threatened jobs and will pollute our drinking water, which is so important to life itself.

La Crosse Tribune: "Our View: State GOP policies hurting women"

Melissa Baldauff — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:15:20 -0400

At the same time that Wisconsin is leading the nation in job loss under Scott Walker, his Republican Party has salted the earth for economic development and instead focused on enacting extreme social policy that has devastated programs critical to women and children’s health, interfered in the relationship between women and their doctors and stripped pay equity protections for women, veterans, seniors and disabled workers.

Our Strategy: Phase Two

Melissa Baldauff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:31:10 -0400

The grassroots effort to collect and turn in nearly two million signatures to recall Scott Walker, Rebecca Kleefisch and four extreme right-wing state Senators has already been the most successful and participated-in recall in the history of the United States. But that was just Phase One.

Letter: Scott Walker Showing Illinois "exactly how not to do things"

Steven Potter — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:00:14 -0400

As residents of Springfield, IL woke up this morning to news that Scott Walker was in town to wax on erroneously about his failed reforms and anti-family agenda, they may have also found a Letter to the Editor in their daily newspaper, The State Journal-Register, with a stern warning against Walker.

BREAKING: New Information Answers John Doe Question; Reveals Scott Walker Was Solely Responsible for Hire of Figures Charged In Corruption Probe

Melissa Baldauff — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:39:13 -0400

New research obtained by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin reveals that Scott Walker alone was responsible for the hire and promotion of Tim Russell and Kelly Rindfleisch, two key figures in the John Doe criminal corruption probe that has, to date, charged six close Walker aides and supporters with 15 felonies, resulted in two convictions and required Scott Walker himself to establish a criminal defense fund.