Former GOP state Sen. Ted Kanavas declared that single women pose a problem for the Republican party nationally, but says married women “are more accepting” of Republican messages. His comments followed former Dem state Sen. Chuck Chvala’s assertion that “the Republican party, nationally and in Wisconsin, has bottled white male anger.”
Dem Mary Burke Friday slammed Gov. Scott Walker for what she said was a lagging economy, knocking his claim the state does not have a jobs problem.
In their second and final debate, Walker countered by seeking to tie Burke to his predecessor, Jim Doyle. Walker said several times through the course of the hour-long exchange that his Dem rival had previously said she completely supported Doyle’s policies, which he said led to a fiscal mess in Wisconsin that he cleaned up after taking office.
President Barack Obama hammered the message that Wisconsin lags the nation in job growth since the Great Recession and stressed a theme of women’s equality in a fiery speech on behalf of gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke on Tuesday.
President Barack Obama told a labor rally Monday “America deserves a raise,” calling for an increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 an
hour. “I’m not asking for the moon, I just want a good deal for American workers,” he said.
Gov. Scott Walker Saturday defended his actions directing campaign contributions to the Wisconsin Club for Growth, saying “there isn’t
anything wrong” with doing so. Details on Walker’s fundraising on behalf of the 501(c)(4) were included in a batch of documents briefly released late Friday as part of an ongoing suit over a John Doe investigation into allegations that Walker coordinated with conservative groups in the recall elections.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he’s “100 percent supportive” of a minimum wage for immigrants coming to America for a guest worker program but opposes a federally mandated minimum wage for all. “The only area that I would agree with minimum wages is in immigration reform, for the guest worker program,” Johnson told a WisPolitics.com luncheon Wednesday in Milwaukee in response to an audience question.
Two national political strategists on Friday agreed Gov. Scott Walker has a chance of winning the Republican 2016 presidential nomination despite negative publicity over a John Doe investigation. Dem strategist Robert Gibbs, former press secretary to President Barack Obama, placed Walker in the top three or four candidates for the GOP nomination.
Wisconsin Dem political leaders appear to be sharpening their focus on women’s issues, but some rank-and-file Dem voters say they’re still not reaching out enough to women and minorities. Several speakers at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s Founders Day Gala on Saturday mentioned women’s issues — some hurling jabs at Gov. Scott Walker and Wisconsin Republicans over equal pay and new laws regulating women’s health.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley touted Mary Burke’s candidacy for Wisconsin’s chief executive, but largely directed his remarks at Gov. Scott Walker, calling
him “a devoted follower of trickle-down economics if ever there was one.” O’Malley, who spoke Saturday evening in Milwaukee at the Democratic Party of
Wisconsin’s 2014 Founder’s Day Gala, said, “Prosperity doesn’t trickle down from the top and it never has.
Gov. Scott Walker today called Dem gubernatorial opponent Mary Burke’s claim that Wisconsin wages are declining at double the rate of other states “an outright lie.” “It just shows that the opposition will do and say anything regardless of the facts,” Walker told reporters following an appearance at Badger Alloys in Milwaukee.