Scott Walker has effectively created the biggest partisan divide in our state’s history. His goal was to “divide and conquer” and he has masterfully pitted people all across Wisconsin against their own family members, friends, coworkers, etc…
In this era of bitter partisanship it is nice to see two people come together for the same cause!
republican party chair Joe Fadness and Dane County Democratic Party chair are working feverishly together with the same goal — Get Democratic Candidates off the ballot!
Joe Fadness, executive director of the state Republican Party, sought to nullify the nominating signatures for Mandela Barnes, a Milwaukee Democrat. The grounds included that some signers came from outside Barnes’ district and that two different addresses were listed for Barnes.
…Michael Basford, chairman of the Democratic Party of Dane County, filed a complaint against Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brett Hulsey alleging that 203 of Hulsey’s 2,135 accepted signatures included forged municipalities. If accepted, the complaint would put Hulsey at 1,932 signatures. That number is below the 2,000 signatures required.
Hulsey said that no municipalities were forged and that his party was seeking to end his long shot primary race against front-runner and former state Commerce Secretary Mary Burke.
It is nice that they are collaborating so closely. I just wish they could find a better issue to work together on!
(Guy who un-ironically writes about dividing progressives while authoring divisive posts on a progressive blog)
I’m sorry, but if your default is to defend position is to defend Brett Husley at any moment in your life, you should take a long hard look in the mirror. Husley’s ethics and tactics have been questioned many times before. People are well within their rights to look into signatures. It’s the law. Happens all of the time in Madison, even from the left.
Michael Basford is a good guy. I trust his judgement over a Husley every day of the week.
This website has turned into a perpetual cycle of progressive victimization. Whose got it worse? Which one of us is more hurt by the Democrats? I am hurt more! No, me! I was hurt more!
I think its great that Fadness and Basford are working in harmony and have the same goals.
My default is to defend democracy and support people who stick their neck out to run. Defeat him on his issues, stances and character.
Here is a question –
How many signatures of republicans did Basford challenge?