Race

The President’s Brilliant Political Move

Current Events        vs.       Founding Documents Entry 147 Current Event According to CBS News; June 17, 2012 Howard Dean: Obama’s new immigration policy is “a brilliant move” Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean praised President Obama’s new policy to provide work permits to children of undocumented immigrants, saying it’s good policy and good politics. “This is a [...]

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Dept of Justice or Dept of Revenge?

Current Events        vs.       Founding Documents Entry 132 Current Event According to the New York Times, December 23, 2011(full article available on-line) Justice Dept. Rejects South Carolina’s Voter ID Law – NYTimes.com WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that would require voters to present photo identification, saying the law [...]

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That All men Are Created Equal

Current Events        vs.       Founding Documents Entry 124 Current Event From the speech by Martin Luther King Jr., Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963 “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: [...]

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Fed Guilty; New Berlin Not Guilty

Current Events        vs.       Founding Documents   Entry 96 Current Event Journal Sentinel, June 23, 2011 (full article available online) U.S. authorities sued New Berlin Thursday, alleging that race was the reason the city blocked a low-income housing development by MSP Real Estate Inc., a violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. A 13-page complaint filed [...]

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WI Gubernatorial Race Analysis: New Poll Puts Walker Way Up

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll finds Scott Walker leading his Democratic challenger, Mayor Tom Barrett, by nine points. By, Deputy Policy Director, PAI. With less than two weeks left, before the highly anticipated midterm election, on November 2, 2010, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker holds a commanding lead over his Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor, Tom [...]

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New Rasmussen Poll on WI Gubernatorial Race Shows Walker 50%, Barrett 44%

Download Below Poll Analysis The latest Wisconsin gubernatorial poll released by Rasmussen Reports on October 1, 2010, indicates Scott Walker’s lead is starting to dissipate, now putting Walker above Barrett by 50% to 44%.  Rasmussen has reclassified the race from leans Republican to toss-up. Two weeks ago, following a hotly contested Republican primary, Milwaukee County [...]

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Latest Rasmussen Poll Finds Johnson Leading Feingold By 12 Points

Download Poll Below Poll Analysis On September 30, 2010, Rasmussen Reports, the nation’s preeminent polling agency, released its latest poll on the Wisconsin United States Senate race.  In this poll, Rasmussen found that Ron Johnson increased his lead over Senator Russ Feingold by five points—jumping from seven points two weeks ago to twelve points. Ron [...]

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PAI Updates Governor Candidate Showcase

Review the newest poll analysis, remaining candidates and their issues in PAI’s Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate Showcase.

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Rasmussen Poll Predicts Scott Walker Victory: 51% v. 43%

September 19, 2010, Rasmussen Poll In the first poll released since the primary election, Rasmussen finds that Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker is defeating his Democratic counterpart, Tom Barrett, by eight points, 51% to 43%.  This is Walker’s largest lead in a head-to-head matchup since polling began last January. Now, with Mark Neumann out of [...]

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U.S. Senate Race Analysis: Feingold v. Johnson v. Westlake

Download this Campaign Snap-Shot Series The 2010 Wisconsin Senate Race: A Methodical Analysis. Issue Highlights ***Section 1 Senate frontrunners Russ Feingold and Ron Johnson are becoming more visceral in their attacks on one another.  With the Wisconsin Senate race officially a “dead heat,” both Ron Johnson and Russ Feingold are intensifying their rhetoric and tone. [...]

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