Tuesday’s Primary Post Mortem

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  June 7th at 05:19 PM  | 

On Tuesday, besides the Wisconsin recall effort, six other states held primary elections not only for President, but to determine Congressional and Senate match ups come November. Considering that Obama will face off against Romney because he has the nomination for the GOP, turn out was not particularly high in any state except Wisconsin, but other offices than Governor were not being decided. Wisconsin’s primary | Read More »

Around the U.S. in 50 Days: Wisconsin

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  January 26th at 01:58 PM  | 

There will be interest in Wisconsin, some of it brought on by the cry baby union loudmouths- many of them not even from Wisconsin- who seek to recall Governor Scott Walker over his much publicized fight to gain concessions from public worker unions. To recall, upon facing office, like many Governors, he faced serious fiscal problems, most of them tied to structural problems in existing | Read More »

Weakening the Democratic Base- Part 2: Labor Unions

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  May 11th at 01:38 AM  | 

      Originally, I was a little hesitant about writing this piece because most of my research indicates that labor unions are, by and large, losing their political influence in the country.  But, there are two ways of looking at the trend away from unionization.  While it is true that union membership is declining across most sectors of the economy, their financial clout through contributions, PACs, | Read More »