On Scott Walker’s Campaign Troubles, Johnson-Feingold and the Bucks Arena
Every week at WisOpinion, Chuck Chvala, a Madison Democrat, and Ted Kanavas, a Brookfield Republican offer up their “two-minute takes” on the issues of the week.
The Conservative Case Against Scott Walker’s Budget
Whether it’s because he’s playing to a national stage or advancing costly policies, Gov. Walker’s budget is not truly conservative.
Scott Walker for President? Poll Results Are Less Than Encouraging
Gov. Scott Walker fell below fellow Republicans Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin congressman, and Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida, in a ranking of the 2016 Republican presidential nominees most preferred by Wisconsinites. In the question asked in a recent Marquette Law School poll, about 27 percent selected Ryan, 21 percent chose Rubio and 16 percent went for the state’s conservative governor, whose hobbling of public sector unions in the state and aggressive reduction of the state budget’s structural deficit in 2011 made him both a national commodity and a villain for the left. In fourth place, Chris Christie gathered about…