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March 31, 2008

McCain Can Try to Reinvent Himself, But Wisconsinites Aren

This morning, John McCain launches his effort to reinvent himself for the general election with a week of speeches. After running as a so-called "maverick" and "outsider" in his failed 2000 campaign, John McCain cast aside his principles and morphed into a Bush Republican for this year's primaries.

Now, after embracing the President's budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy, abandoning his own immigration reform plan to cozy up to the right wing of his party, and turning his back on the campaign finance and lobbying reforms he once championed, McCain is trying to reinvent himself yet again.

March 27, 2008

Wisconsinites Want to Know: What

For the second day in a row, John McCain delivered what was billed as a “major policy speech” yesterday, but included no new policies, proposals or ideas. After telling us what he would NOT do to address the mortgage crisis ravaging families and communities in Wisconsin and fix our struggling economy, McCain delivered a foreign policy speech that not only offered no plan for a way forward in Iraq, but seemed to repackage the same tired rhetoric.

March 26, 2008

John McCain Has No Plan to Help Wisconsin Families Hit By the Mortgage Crisis

On the same day one leading indicator showed home values dropping 11 percent in January compared to a year before, Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain gave a speech yesterday addressing the housing crisis. But failing to offer any new proposals to help families and communities struggling in the wake of the crisis, McCain’s speech fell far short of what Wisconsinites need. [New York Times, 3/25/08]

March 24, 2008

McCain "Debates" Confirm Wisconsinites Can't Trust John McCain

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Joe Wineke today welcomed a new series of debates featuring Senator John McCain, launched by the Democratic National Committee and to be broadcast on www.mccaindebates.com. The debates, which show Senator McCain debating himself on the vital issues confronting the American people, make it clear that even John McCain disagrees with John McCain. As the two McCains square off, voters in Wisconsin will have the opportunity to hear the old McCain vs. the 2008 McCain – the third-Bush-termer and pandering politician who will say or do anything to win.

March 19, 2008

Five Years Too Many in Iraq, John McCain Would Make it 100

Today is the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.

“Today marks the solemn anniversary of an ill-conceived and mismanaged war – one that has taken the lives of too many American soldiers and too many Iraqi citizens,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Joe Wineke said. “As of today, we’ve spent five years too many in Iraq, and even though the American people are ready to end this war, John McCain would make it 100 more.”

March 14, 2008

John McCain Chooses Campaign Cash Over Wisconsin

Today on the campaign trail, John McCain promised to help law enforcement officials combat crime, help retrain displaced workers, and end the long lines at the Veterans Administration facilities. But as is so often the case with John McCain, his rhetoric doesn’t match his record.

Just last night when he had the opportunity to vote on those very issues in the Senate, John McCain once again put his campaign ahead of Wisconsin’s families for his own political gain.

March 13, 2008

DPW Chairman Joe Wineke Statement on Compassionate Care Bill

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Joe Wineke released the following statement today, after Governor Doyle signed the Compassionate Care Bill into law.

March 11, 2008

John McCain: Standing up For Lobbyist Friends Instead of Wisconsin's Families

Washington DC - While Democrats in Congress fight for a budget that will help American families in this struggling economy and help displaced workers find new jobs, John McCain put his lobbyist buddies and campaign advisors ahead of the American people. Despite claiming lobbyists don't have any influence on him, John McCain helped a European company win a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract – a company that many of his top campaign advisors lobbied for. With John McCain’s help, the European company beat out an American company that would have kept these jobs here at home. [U.S. House of Representative's Committee on the Budget, 2/4/08; Associated Press, 3/7/08; Associated Press, 3/11/08]

March 06, 2008

John McCain Promises Wisconsin Families a Third Bush Term on the Economy

Washington, DC –Hours after clinching his Party’s nomination this week, the one-time “maverick” completed his transformation into a full-fledged Bush Republican by heading to the White House this afternoon to receive President Bush’s formal endorsement. Never before has it been this clear: John McCain offers nothing but a third Bush term.

Press Releases

McCain Can Try to Reinvent Himself, But Wisconsinites Aren

Wisconsinites Want to Know: What

John McCain Has No Plan to Help Wisconsin Families Hit By the Mortgage Crisis

McCain "Debates" Confirm Wisconsinites Can't Trust John McCain

Five Years Too Many in Iraq, John McCain Would Make it 100

John McCain Chooses Campaign Cash Over Wisconsin

DPW Chairman Joe Wineke Statement on Compassionate Care Bill

John McCain: Standing up For Lobbyist Friends Instead of Wisconsin's Families

John McCain Promises Wisconsin Families a Third Bush Term on the Economy

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