Conservatives Must Lead the Way With Transportation Fix
It’s time to get serious about the Wisconsin road, bridge and highway crisis, and it’s time for conservatives to lead the way toward resolving it. Conservatives are guided by facts, not emotion. Here are the facts: 42 percent of Wisconsin’s major roads are in mediocre to poor condition In a report card for 2015, the…
The Wheelercast 7/17/2017
Tuesday could see a huge development in the State Budget drama. Wisconsin lawmakers are also working on an incentive package to try to lure Foxconn’s proposed new plant. State Representative Samantha Kerkman took to social media to help her constituents during and in the aftermath of the flood. All this and more in this jam-packed…
Perspective on Reince Out as White House Chief of Staff
John Mercure of 620-WTMJ radio reached out to me to get my thoughts on President Trump letting Reince Priebus go as Chief of Staff, replacing him with retired General (and Homeland Security Secretary) John Kelly. Listen to the segment starting at 12:00.
My Thoughts on Charlie Sykes’ Semi-Retirement
I first met Charlie Sykes more than 25 years ago when I was a Senior at the UW. He was speaking at a conference of collegiate journalists in Evanston, Illinois and as the author of ProfScam was emerging as one of the most insightful critics of higher education at the time. He was so entertaining…
News of the Republican Party’s Demise Greatly Exaggerated
The Wisconsin State Journal’s Mark Sommerhauser interviewed me over the weekend about whether we are going to see a dem wave in 2018 because of recent democrat wins… Fraley, a prominent Trump critic within the Wisconsin GOP, said Republicans “don’t need to embrace” Trump but need not “take potshots” at him either. Fraley added that…
Farrow Not Endorsing in Senate Special Election, Thinks Primary Race ‘would be healthy’
This week’s Dailytakes Half Hour Happy Hour newsmaker interview will be with State Senator and Waukesha County Executive-Elect Paul Farrow. In this preview clip, Farrow announces he will not be making an endorsement in the yet-to-be-called special election in the 33rd Senate District. “I am staying out,” he told me.
RNC Launches Wisconsin Bank Your Vote
MADISON, Wis. – Today, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced Wisconsin as the first state buildout for “Bank Your Vote,” and launched the State Leadership Team. Bank Your Vote encourages voters to pledge to “bank” their vote before Election Day. Ahead of 2024, the Bank Your Vote operation is leveraging the full infrastructure…
Sunday Insight: Presidential Debate, Feigin and Amazon & UW Madison
I joined Mikel Holt, Michelle Litjens and Dan Adams on Charlie Sykes’ Sunday Insight over the weekend on WTMJ-4 in Milwaukee. You can watch the full show
The Wheelercast: Episode #23
Gwyn Guenther and Dan Deibert discuss deer hunting and the state prison population. Plus, Gwyn talks with State Senator Lena Taylor as part of her series, “Women in the Capitol.” https://audioboom.com/posts/6502584-the-wheelercast-11-20-17