Press Releases

April 25, 2010

Republican Senate Candidates Offer Failed Record and Empty Slogans on Deficits (4/25/10)

MADISON — As Democratic Commerce Secretary Dick Leinenkugel officially enters the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, he joins a Republican Party field of candidates that spends more time sloganeering about spending and deficits without offering any real solutions.

April 23, 2010

Scottie-Come-Lately With Schoolboy Excuses

MADISON — For his entire career he hid from the heavy lifting on education, then provided a bizarre plan to disintegrate the Milwaukee Public School system and add new layers of bureaucracy, and today Scott Walker is opining on reform legislation that he never lifted a finger to change.

April 23, 2010

Medicare Enemy Paul Ryan:

MADISON — Janesville Republican Paul Ryan today released a deceptive statement about the funding of health care reform that also failed to highlight his plans to destroy Medicare.

April 23, 2010

WisDems Chair Tate Statement on Secretary Leinekugel (4/23/10)

MADISON — Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate released the following statement today in response to Commerce Secretary Richard Leinekugel’s expected announcement of his run for Senate.

April 22, 2010

Green Badger Pride: Statement of WisDems Chair Mike Tate on Earth Day 40th

MADISON – Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate released the following statement today in commemoration of the 40thanniversary of Earth Day, which was founded by Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Gaylord Nelson:

April 22, 2010

Thousands More: Costs for Scott Walker

MADISON — In yet another example of reckless budgeting, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker has asked for more than half a million dollars to continue his plan to saddle future generations with $400 million in pension liabilities.

April 22, 2010

National Republicans Spend on Duffy Like They Do On Bondage Clubs

MADISON — A ballyhooed attack ad by national Republicans on behalf of reality tee-vee star and 7th Congressional District candidate Sean Duffy this past week was supposed to cause a sensation.

April 21, 2010

Terrence Wall Calls Climate Change “Complete Hogwash” (4/21/10)

MADISON –Tomorrow, Wisconsin will celebrate Earth Day and honor the proud legacy of former Governor and U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson - who created Earth Day 40 years ago. American Heritage Magazine hailed the event as “one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of democracy.”

April 21, 2010

"Roll Out the Barrel!" (4/21/10)

MADISON – The GOP's hard-partying chairman, Michael Steele, brought his entourage to Milwaukee Wednesday, but apparently wasn't interested in the kind of nightclubbing that has made him a national laughingstock.

April 20, 2010

The Guy Who Doesn

MADISON - Havingfailed to properly budget for the golf season, Scott Walker now is cutting services to five Milwaukee County courses, continuing a diminishing of the once-proud network of links by the failed county executive.