Wisconsin U.S. Senate Race Roundup: July 13
Here are the latest updates from the campaign trail in the race to be the next U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
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Leading up to the Aug. 14 primary, Patch will regularly bring you the latest news from the campaigns for Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seat in play this election cycle.
Thompson Picks up Corn Growers' Endorsement
The Wisconsin Corn Growers' Association political action committee gave a nod to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson Thursday, citing his history as a Wisconsin legislator and governor.
"Governor Thompson has always understood the challenges farmers face from over regulation," said WCGA President Brian Long in a press release. "From Governor Thompson's days in the State Assembly, through his years as our governor, he has always been one of the strongest advocates farmers have."
Thompson gained a similar endorsement earlier this week from a Wisconsin dairy producers' group.
Neumann: 'If the Election Were Held Today, We'd Lose'
In an email to supporters Thursday, GOP Senate candidate Mark Neumann made a rather frank plea for campaign donations.
"We’d lose for two reasons," Neumann said in the email. "1. Our enemies in the Establishment who desperately want to prevent a conservative majority in the Senate are twisting arms and doing everything they can to stop us, and 2. We are being dramatically outspent."
Neumann's email comes after a new Marquette University poll that pits Thompson against GOP contender Eric Hovde, with Neumann trailing.
In another email Thursday, the Neumann campaign summarized Neumann's three campaign stops that day, during which he "blasted" Obama on the Affordable Care Act, calling it a "tax increase."
"ObamaCare is the biggest tax increase in American history," Neumann was quoted in the campaign release. "President Obama and his cronies in Congress rammed ObamaCare down the throats of the American people and now they’re making taxpayers swallow their $76.8 billion tab. That’s 76.8 billion reasons to repeal ObamaCare."
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Gary C. Behling
10:06 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
I sure miss Bill Proxmire. He NEVER took a single campaign contribution. He always did "The Right Thing" Why aren't politicians like him any more?
WFBuckley
4:47 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012
@Gary - They don't do the right thing anymore because now they only do what keeps their corporate masters profitable so they're guaranteed campaign financing.
WFBuckley
4:43 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012
@AWD - Here's the link to wikipedia I meant to include.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Proxmire
morninmist
10:40 am on Saturday, July 14, 2012
Lovely to see the TeaRepubs beating themselves up--while the adult talks common sense.
The Capital Times @CapTimes
Op/Ed: Baldwin’s the only adult in the Senate race http://dlvr.it/1rydd9
.......Only one Senate candidate is speaking seriously about moving forward. That’s Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin of Madison, the only Democrat in the race. On Nov. 6 she will face the winner of the Aug. 14 Republican primary
“We’ve spent two years debating it. Now it’s time to put it into place,” says Baldwin. “We need to pull together and make this law work for Wisconsin families.”
Baldwin understands that the ACA, while imperfect, will bring down health care costs — especially for Wisconsin businesses.
“(Wisconsin) is a big manufacturing state and it means a lot to our economy,” she says. “Unfortunately, on those issues there’s been virtual silence from my prospective opponents.”
Baldwin bluntly declares that she is “disappointed to see my potential Republican opponents say they’d simply rip up this decision and start over. It’s not what the people want, and it’s not what I want. It’s time to move forward and get the job done.”
That’s a serious response. An adult response.
Unfortunately, Baldwin’s opponents are acting like political children. They did not get their way, so they are throwing tantrums...
obtw
11:10 am on Saturday, July 14, 2012
So when the Jim Crow laws were put in place would Baldwin also have said "We’ve spent two years debating it. Now it’s time to put it into place. Opponents say they’d simply rip up this decision and start over. It’s not what the people want."
Would that also have been "an adult response"?
Lyle Ruble
12:17 pm on Saturday, July 14, 2012
@obtw...For those who want ACA; what are they not people too?
obtw
6:09 pm on Saturday, July 14, 2012
@Lyle...For those who wanted Jim Crow; what are they not people too?
I was using Baldwin's comments about ACA to illustrate that the same could have been said for for the Jim Crow laws. Unless I was too too obtuse, I'll clarify. Just because it's a law, doesn't mean it's a good law. I think we currently have plenty of bad laws on the books.