Chicago Cubs were MLB’s biggest 2012 political giver

By   /  April 3, 2013  /  2012 General Election, Business, Elections, News, U.S. House of Represenatives, U.S. Senate, Virginia  /  No Comments

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By Carten Cordell │ Watchdog.org, Virginia Bureau
ALEXANDRIA — Major League Baseball’s 2013 season may be under way, but the Chicago Cubs have already claimed one championship: biggest political spender.
Chicago’s North side baseball franchise dropped $13.9 million in political contributions during the 2012 election season, the bulk of which came from owner Joe Ricketts.
The Cubs’ political [...]

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National GOP boss: Message isn’t broken, but delivery needs some work

By   /  March 25, 2013  /  2012 General Election, Featured, National, New Mexico, News, Politics, Politics & Elections  /  No Comments

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The message isn’t broken, said Reince Preibus, but there are problems with how it’s being delivered.

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Walker building a case for a 2016 presidential run

By   /  February 14, 2013  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Featured, Federal Government, Governor, Health Care, Medicaid, News, Politics, Wisconsin  /  3 Comments

Gov. Scott Walker makes conservative stand, but is he making a pitch for a presidential run, too?

By M.D. Kittle|Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – You already know this about Scott Walker: Most liberals hate him, most conservatives love him.
That’s a political fact as immutable as any you will find in Wisconsin or national politics.
And Walker’s rejection of a boatload of federal Medicaid money on Wednesday didn’t win him any love from the left this [...]

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Wisconsin’s conservative stars still shining

By   /  January 31, 2013  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Featured, Federal Government, Governor, National, News, Politics, State Government, Wisconsin  /  3 Comments

Dairyland power brokers. Reince Priebus, Scott Walker, and Paul Ryan will have much to say in national politics even as the Republican Party rebuilds, a political expert says.

The Badger State is back, baby. Let’s face it, Wisconsin never really left the national political spotlight.

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Jindal, Johnson struggle for soul of the GOP

By   /  January 29, 2013  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Featured, Federal Government, News, Wisconsin  /  7 Comments

WAKE UP: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal warned the GOP to stop being the party of "stupid." (AP photo)

MADISON – Bobby Jindal played the part of scold.

The Louisiana governor and rising star of the Republican Party gave his fellow GOPers a stern dressing down last week at the Republican National Committee Winter Meeting in Charlotte, N.C.

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