The Progressive Midwesterner

After eight years of busting labor unions, mismanaging Wisconsin state government, and alienating some of his own former state cabinet members, it appears that Wisconsinites have finally had enough of Scott Walker's destruction of Wisconsin. It is my hope that this is the final time that I will write a blog post criticizing Walker. Unlike the failed 2012 recall attempt against Walker and the 2014 general election, this time feels a lot different in regards to Democratic prospects of defeating Walker. One reason why Walker is in bigger electoral trouble than in previous elections is because of the Democratic challenger who is running against Walker this year. Unlike past Democratic opponents against Walker, which included Tom Barrett and Mary Burke, Tony Evers is already well-established in Wisconsin politics as the state superintendent of public instruction, so he had an iron-clad electability argument that was one of numerous reasons why he was able to win the Democratic guber...

Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) has resorted to desperate measures in his re-election bid in Wisconsin. Actually, that's a major understatement. In a desperate attempt to smear Wisconsin State Superintendent and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tony Evers, Walker has resorted to airing ads on Wisconsin television stations that come very close to being child pornography: Three months ago, Gov. Scott Walker called his opponent "pathetic" for using the word "goddamn" in a speech to supporters. But now, the Republican incumbent is airing an ad that flashes the partially blurred words "blow job" and zooms in on a young girl's breasts. https://t.co/ze2cgd7Tte — Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) September 7, 2018 Make no mistake about it, Scott Walker is resorting to broadcasting sexually explicit content on Wisconsin television stations, without regard to either what programs the stations are airing at any given time or any standard of human decency. I ...

This is how the frontrunner in the crowded race for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Wisconsin is acting about his campaign: “I think it’s a one-person race,” Evers responded on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “When you have a 10-point lead, I’ve run statewide three times. There’s no other candidate that can say that. Last time I got 70 percent of the vote and won 70 of 72 counties, including Ozaukee County, which hardly ever has gone to a progressive. So no, I think it’s a one-person race,” he said. “I feel very confident that we’re going to win that primary and beat Scott Walker,” Evers said. For added context, UpFront is a Wisconsin adaptation of ABC's This Week political talk show that airs on the ABC affiliate in Milwaukee. Literally every poll I've seen of the Wisconsin gubernatorial Democratic primary has had Evers ahead of a very large field of candidates, largely because Evers is the only Democratic candidate who has w...