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.
A great jurist and a pillar of American Conservatism has passed. Justice Antonin Scalia, whose transformative legal theories, vivid writing and outsize personality made him a leader of a conservative intellectual renaissance in his three decades on the Supreme Court, was found dead on Saturday at a resort in West Texas, according to a statement…
Before he was Governor Walker… Before he was County Executive Walker…
I had the pleasure of joining Steve Scaffidi this week on his WTMJ 620 radio show. We talked about the new Trump White House expose, Fire and Fury and Wisconsin politics, including the US Senate and Governor’s race. Click on this link to listen to the segment.
I joined Steve Scaffidi and Eric Bilstad on WTMJ AM620 in Milwaukee for an impromptu segment mere moments after White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci was fired this afternoon. Political Staffing 101: If as a staffer you become the story, you are failing your boss. Click on the audio file below to hear it.
Over the weekend the Wisconsin State Journal’s Matthew DeFour asked for my thoughts on how Wisconsin’s declining unemployment numbers might impact upcoming elections. Republican strategist Brian Fraley said for many voters trying to gauge how the broader economy is doing, the unemployment rate provides an easily understood statistic similar to the Dow Jones industrial average:…
I talked with Fox 6 Milwaukee’s Theo Keith about whether I believe Governor Scott Walker will run for another term.
We covered a ton of ground in 16 minutes this morning on WTMJ radio. For those who want to pick and choose topics, here are approximate timestamps. 3:00 Why the tax cuts are not energizing GOP voters 4:50 The Dems are all-in opposed to Foxconn 5:50 Walker’s DOT Secretary spreading the Dem message on Foxconn…
This special Tuesday episode is jam-packed with information from Madison. We have breaking news on efforts to close Lincoln Hills, a preview of the Spring Legislative session and details on the new Sparsity Aid school funding compromise. https://audioboom.com/posts/6600404-the-wheelercast-01-16-18
MADISON… Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August (R-Lake Geneva) released the following statement on the GOP plan to reduce taxes in Wisconsin: “Now that the state budget has been finalized and our priorities have been funded, the focus will be on what to do with the billions in surplus that still remain. Our current surplus is…
