I'm soothing myself with the notion of 2767 days until the 2020 election. 2020, doesn't that seem like a pleasant thought? So hazily distant, out of focus. 2016 is annoying me.
There's also 2014. Only 576 days left. Let me drag something I wrote in the comments to yesterday's dog poop post:
By the way, [Wisconson Governor Scott] Walker is up for reelection next year. Who will the Democrats run against him? Or are they already conceding him reelected? Was he kinda sorta pre-reelected in the recall election? I think so.One commenter — garage mahal — answered:
That's if Walker wants to run again. He doesn't appear to love his job.Yikes. That's the answer?! Maybe Walker will drop out? That kinda concedes the pre-reelected point.
Dems need someone that can self finance their campaign... Someone like this guy. Conroy floated the idea of running for governor before....Self-financing needed because Wisconsin Democrats have nothing left?
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As I said before, if you want religion, go to church.
Presidential elections do not, and will not solve a damned thing.
I hear Jon Corzine is looking for work.
Maybe garage mahal will buy a secret router. One that connects to a secret interweb.
Then I wouldn't have to see his shit.
Not a day too soon. Use this opportunity to give advice to the Republicans who don't seem to have their act quite together. For instance, whoever gets first to first principles about what an efficient government looks like will perhaps win the next election. There is a lot of angst and dissatisfaction about both parties.
Reminds me if these lyrics:
Always running never caring
That's the life you live
Stolen moments of your time
Were all you had to give.
Kevin Conroy for governor? Meh. And the Dem's didn't like Romney, so promote Romney lite? How's his previous company doing now, after buy out by Hologic, a firm he praised as good for Wisconsin in 2009. Oh wait...Third Wave Tech is closing and moving those jobs to San Diego. Oh, my....
Walker will run.
If he didn't like the job, he wouldn't have fought the recall.
How's his previous company doing now, after buy out by Hologic, a firm he praised as good for Wisconsin in 2009. Oh wait...Third Wave Tech is closing and moving those jobs to San Diego. Oh, my....
Many companies have closed, downsized, and moved shop to other states under the Walker regime. Why is that I wonder?
Local taxes imposed buy local Democrats?
Local taxes imposed buy local Democrats?
So they move to low-tax San Diego?
Under a Democrat Governor, Wisconsin's economy would be as red hot as that of the US!!!!!11!!!!
Don't get frost bite.
The Democrats are looking for someone who can self-financing needed because Democrats, despite their protestations, love and worship the wealthy, even more than they say the Republicans do.
Conroy's company, Exact Sciences, still operates out of Madison.
It is a peculiar position the Democratic Party finds itself in I'm guessing they're kinda exhausted by all the campaigning. What they need is a Democratic businessman (or woman) type who can credibly attack the decided lack of 250K new jobs that Walker campaigned endlessly on. That seems to have failed miserably.
You can argue that a Governor or President doesn't have anything to do with job creation. I'll say that when you campaign on it, you make it your own.
So they move to low-tax San Diego?
As I understand it, moving the Madison location to San Diego was a consolidation move to save money from running two operations. Sucks for the workers here though.
That doesn't speak well of their economic literacy or the longevity of a Democratic consensus.
As I understand it, moving the Madison location to San Diego was a consolidation move to save money from running two operations. Sucks for the workers here though.
Things really have to suck when given a choice between San Diego and Madison, Madison is the winner.
A smart executive would be investing heavily in education and hi-tech training instead slashing it and browbeating educators.
Spending more money with even more education bloat requiring raising the taxes would surely help. I think you're right, garage. They probably left because they thought they weren't spending enough in taxes.
A smart executive would be investing heavily in education and hi-tech training instead slashing it and browbeating educators.
The devil is in the details. The left usually screws the pooch on the details.
Smart like an extinct owl
The left usually screws the pooch on the details.
By design.
Not a day too soon. Use this opportunity to give advice to the Republicans who don't seem to have their act quite together. For instance, whoever gets first to first principles about what an efficient government looks like will perhaps win the next election. There is a lot of angst and dissatisfaction about both parties.
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Oh please. That's all we need. A more competent tax collector and administrator for the welfare state.
First principles would be getting back to limited government.
The devil is in the details.
Not "dropping bombs" on the state would be a more prudent long term start on the details thing I would think.
Sometimes the bombs are exactly whats needed to get thru the fortifications of a bloated system set up to preserve a priviledged elitist
small percentage of the population. The bombs seem to have opened up a discussion the Dems did not want to have.
Walker will run again. A lot of the so called experts dismissed his recall victory as being the result of the people being fed up with all the recall elections and not an affirmation of Walker's policies.
If 'spending more' is just giving more money to ineffective teachers who can't be let go because of rules, how does that help?
Two things compete to stall progress: The Teachers' Union and Legislators who are trying to "do something" for Education, when in reality they are doing something to weaken their political opponents.
The most notable thing I see & hear in the debate, whether in Wisconsin or nationwide is this: How well a rich man or woman is liked by whom is determined by who said rich person likes in return. Soros good, Koch bad, or vice versa, blah blah.
The difference between Romney and Conroy is minimal, except their age, both lawyers, both venture capitalists, both rich. Gee what's the difference?
As for Conroy's business foresight...he was for Hologic before he was against it, which coincided with Hologic's take over of Third Wave, where he was CEO. Just how is venture dude Conroy not Romney lite?
Yes, Exact Sciences, where he is currently CEO, is in Madison .... for now.
Tell me how the Democratic program is focused on the little man, the under privileged, yada yada, versus evil Republicans focused on only the rich folk....oh, wait, how much does one need to kick in to be a F.O.O, and get regular audiences with Obama?
Wahl ah'll be danged...being rich helps, and which side doesn't matter. One side prefers the plantation plan for less fortunate and the other is alleged to ignore them. Which one you think is actually forking them?
I voted for Romney because like Cartman ... YMMV.
Aridog:
Yes, it goes both ways. One side operates through revolution (as in "reform now"), while the other through evolution. Either way, we have a dysfunctional convergence. With the former it happens sooner than later.
The Democrat-to-Plain-English Dictionary says that "investing in" means "channeling tax dollars to one of several Democrt power bases."
And as garage so aptly demonstrates, the unassailable liberal conceit is: no matter how good a GOP leader is doing, a Democrat would have done better, and no matter how bad a Democrat leader is doing, a GOP leader would be doing worse.
They maintain this despite all real-world evidence indicates the opposite is true.
garage: "Many companies have closed, downsized, and moved shop to other states under the Walker regime. Why is that I wonder?"
LOL
How many is "many"?
And what baseline are you comparing it to in order to establish its "many-ness"?
Don't worry. Everyone knows there will be no coherent on-point response.
Aridog: "The difference between Romney and Conroy is minimal, except their age, both lawyers, both venture capitalists, both rich."
Actually, Romney earned a joint MBA & Law degree from Harvard.
The combined Law and MBA degree programs are something that started popping up at that time in the more elite institutions.
It involved squeezing the 3 year Law program and the 2 year MBA program into just 4 years.
And Romney graduated with honors from the Law school and in the top 5% of the B-School grads.
Of course he never left a gal he was screwing on the side to drown in the car he had been driving while drunk, so he can never be a hero to the lefties.
Madisonman: "If 'spending more' is just giving more money to ineffective teachers who can't be let go because of rules, how does that help?"
It "helps" to funnel more cash to the dems which is the only real metric the left cares about.
Drago ... don't misunderstand me, I admire Romney. I am amused by the Democrat's "affection" for Conroy, who is technically, as I said, Romney LITE ... law degree, venture capitalist, and wealthy. Romney = bad & Conroy = good makes no sense.
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