Daiytakes Show,Edge Messaging,Half Hour Happy Hour
Bill Mc Coshen: The Life of a Lobbyist
This week, I sit down with Bill McCoshen, Managing Partner of Capitol Consultants, a Madison, Wisconsin lobbying firm specializing in government relations, public affairs and issues-based grassroots advocacy. The two of us discuss the role lobbyists play in public policy making and we reflect on the changes in politics and the legislature in the last 30 years.
For more information, you can follow Bill on Twitter @billmccoshen or visit the Capitol Consultants website.
Campaigns and Elections, Janesville Jets, Lobbying, Madison, McCoshen, Tommy Thompson
What’s Next for Wisconsin Republicans? UPFRONT With Mike Gousha
A Tale of Two Politicians in Cleveland
Governor Scott Walker and Senator Ted Cruz took vastly different approaches in their speeches at the Republican National Convention last week. The Capital Times asked me for my take.
“However, it does sadden me to see Walker, a principled leader I respect and support, diminish himself by so wholeheartedly supporting and cheerleading for Trump. I wish he had left the pompons at home and taken the straightforward and understated Rubio approach instead,” Fraley said.
You can read the full piece here.
Campaigns and Elections,Pop Culture
Who did it better?
Trump?
Or Y2J?
Or Prince Nassem Hamed?
(Suggestion: Play the three videos, above, simultaneously with the audio down, and then decide!)
“One of the Fiercest Trump Critics in the State?” I’ll take it.
This whole notion that somehow #NeverTrump dies if it doesn’t result in a different candidate at the convention is ridiculous. Several media outlets have approached me over the last couple weeks to talk about this, one even calling me one of the “fiercest Trump critics in the state.” (I’ll take that as a compliment.) More…
So Trump Picked Pence, What Does That Mean?
Does Pence make Trump more rational, less vulgar, more consistent, less authoritarian, smarter, more conservative, moral, or prepared? Nope.
What a Joke: Peg Lautenschlager Named Chair of Ethics Committee
Wisconsin’s former AG Peg Lautenschlager is the new chair of the Wisconsin ETHICS Commission. Yes the same Peg Lautenschlager who drove a state vehicle for personal use, and later drove it drunk into a ditch. Check out my comments in these stories with WKOW in Madison and Fox 6 in Milwaukee.
Sunday Insight With Charlie Sykes
The war on cops….the latest on Clinton and Trump. I joined the panel on Sunday Insight over the weekend on Today’s TMJ-4 in Milwaukee. You can watch the whole show here.
Brian Fraley, Charlie Sykes, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Sunday Insight
Daiytakes Show,Half Hour Happy Hour
Gwyn Guenther Interview
The Wheeler Report: then, now and tomorrow
In this new episode of the Dailytakes show, Edge Messaging’s Brian Fraley sits down with Gwyn Guenther. Her Wheeler Report has provided subscribers gavel to gavel coverage of the Wisconsin legislature (and all legislation and legislative committee work) since 1972. The two discuss the company, its products and how the Capitol Press Corps has changed in the 21 years since Guenther began reporting on the Wisconsin legislature.
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