The Change We Need?
Friday, November 07, 2008
If Barack Obama's going to change Washington, this was a strange way to start.
Posted by Mike McCabe at 3:07 PM
A guide for study and resistance
Big Money Blog
A Gentler, Bipartisan WMC? Hmmmmmm.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Some have wondered whether Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce might change its negative electioneering activities after the public drubbing it has taken for its nasty political ads, particularly in the 2007 and 2008 Wisconsin Supreme Court races.
What It Means To Be Nonpartisan
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
"Nonpartisan, my ass."
Democracy Or Republic?
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
A letter I received today from a Lake Mills resident touched on a subject that has been debated since the founding of our country and expressed a view I often hear from people who are not fond of the Democracy Campaign's work. The letter started on a positive note, saying "I like what I see and hear of your doing to get big, often crooked, money out of politics. Badly needed."
The Swiss Banks Of Wisconsin Politics
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Swiss banks are known the world over as the place to stash ill-gotten gains, keep questionable finances one step ahead of the law or otherwise stockpile riches with no questions asked.
Too Close To Be Legal?
Thursday, October 02, 2008
State law says independent expenditure groups cannot cooperate or coordinate with political campaigns or candidates they support on outside electioneering activities like mailings, broadcast or newspaper ads and automated phone calls.
Bailout Vote Followed The Money
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Lost amidst all of the post-game punditry and Monday-morning quarterbacking following yesterday's vote in the House of Representatives on the financial bailout plan was any mention of the fact that House members from both parties who voted for the bailout have received a lot more money from the finance, insurance and real estate industries than those who voted against it.
One Or The Other
Monday, September 29, 2008
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." – Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1916 to 1939
Posted by Mike McCabe at 10:21 AM
Who Owns Whom In The Ownership Society
Thursday, September 25, 2008
What's happening on Wall Street and what's about to happen to all of us taxpayers is more than the latest dramatic failure of our government to carry out its proper responsibilities. The extent of the negligence dwarfs even the before and after of Hurricane Katrina, which is really saying something. But this is more than another case of people in high places sleeping at the switch.
Our Very Own Katherine Harris
Thursday, September 18, 2008
J.B. Van Hollen seems intent on becoming Katherine Harris. Unlike Harris's Florida, Wisconsin does not allow partisan officials to run our elections. We entrust that task to a politically independent agency under the direction of a nonpartisan board of retired judges.