Walker’s denial included him saying he didn’t even know the woman. Turns out she’s the mother of one of his children. https://www.thedailybeast.com/she-h...walker-she-also-had-a-child-with-him?ref=wrap
Sykes has been arguing from the start than Dems could have easily won this race if they had picked a better candidate - Turtle was always going to drop millions on negging Barnes Of course whether such a candidate was available and could win the primary is always easier in theory
And good ********ing God, am I starting to see more Michaels signs around this area. How anybody can vote for him is also amazing. That said, I'm starting to see more and more negatives about RoJo (btw, Colbert screwed that up and called him RonJohn). I disagree with Sykes. McConnell, et al would have done that with anybody. This issue is that Barnes has gone mostly silent while RoJo is out there. This is a repeat of 2016, which is unbelievable. How the ******** can the Barnes campaign/WisDems not know this was going to happen?
Maybe, just maybe the GA race is finally breaking for the Dems. Georgia Senate:Warnock (D-inc) 50% (+12)Walker (R) 38%@surveyusa, 1,076 LV, 9/30-10/4https://t.co/w3QTMhi5FN— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) October 6, 2022
That will hurt. Charlie Sykes predicted that Barnes will be subject to a barrage of negative ads and he seems to have been right. Not sure that Wisconsin was ready for a black senator either.
I am hoping that Shapiro will depress the R turnout. It is clear that that nut job called Mastriano is DOA now. A new Monmouth poll in Pennsylvania finds 54% of voters say they will either definitely (40%) or probably (14%) vote for Josh Shapiro for governor, while 38% will definitely (24%) or probably (14%) vote for Doug Mastriano. Said pollster Patrick Murray: “Shapiro’s support has solidified with Democrats over the past few weeks, but it’s unlikely that Republicans who are unsure about Mastriano will actually switch sides. The bigger question may be whether they will vote at all.”
The negative ads against Mandela Barnes have been brutal and unrelenting. He is being blamed for just about everything.
The racism is brutal. And what I am seeing is a massive problem of the de facto segregation in Wisconsin. The White suburbanites don't have a clue about anything in the Black areas.
Not just suburbanites, but the 87-94% white people who live anywhere north of Madison and west of Greenbay don't have a clue about anything the Black areas.
Barnes v. Johnson - Round 1 tonight (The event will take place from 7 to 8 p.m.) https://www.jsonline.com/story/news...son-debate-friday-heres-how-watch/8190942001/ Broadcast coverage: More than 70 television and radio stations will air the event either live or delayed. Key outlets include WMVS-TV (Channel 10) in Milwaukee; C-SPAN National Cable Network; Wisconsin EYE; Wisconsin Public Radio/PBS Wisconsin. Wow, that is a lot of attention. Round 2 is next Friday.
Oh well.... “A woman who has said Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, paid for her abortion in 2009 told The New York Times that he urged her to terminate a second pregnancy two years later,” the New York Times reports. “They ended their relationship after she refused.” “In a series of interviews, the woman said Mr. Walker had barely been involved in their now 10-year-old son’s life, offering little more than court-ordered child support and occasional gifts.”
Tuned into the debate about half way through. Johnson just said that wind and solar are not reliable energy sources.
Hmmm, watched the last half an hour. Both had good responses to the questions, and to the less informed, Johnson's bullshit was believable. In the closing, I would have liked Barnes to address the racism in the attack ads, but understand why he cannot in this state. I will say, Barnes came away as the less forceful of the two, though that is my opinion, and being more aware of everything, I'm not sure what others would say.
When compared to other energy sources, Wind and Solar aren't reliable. It isn't always sunny and it isn't always windy. Due to this lack of reliability, grid operators need to have something that is flexible to fill any gaps that wind and solar create when they aren't generating enough power or that can be turned down when they are generating too much power. Wind and solar have also created the need for energy storage, which most other energy sources don't require.
Based on a text I got today, this is incorrect. At least in terms of spending. The Reps are outspending a little over 2:1 (this includes PACs as well).
He said it in the context of a few questions on climate change, pollution, and reliance on Saudi oil, while Barnes was talking about development of renewable energy sources for independence. Rojo's comment was misleading at best.
Misleading, yes. Wrong, no. I get what you’re saying, because the context Republicans use when they say wind and solar aren’t reliable is that we shouldn’t use them. However, they can be an important part of reducing or eliminating fossil fuels from the energy grid they just aren’t going to be the dominant energy source until the storage part is resolved.
The part of the debate about January 6th is pretty sad. Johnson said there should not be focus on January 6th, which he called a "non-issue*" and the bigger issue is the "570 riots the previous summer." He directly blamed Gov. Evers and LG Barnes for the shootings by Kyle Rittenhouse. *As for the non-issue comment, it started with Johnson's attempt to send fake electors and then went on to call Jan. 6th a non-issue. The moderator and the people asking the questions were excellent.
Yup. I really liked how the moderator followed up saying "you didn't answer the question." I also give props to both Barns and Johnson for respecting the time limit.
I feel we’re about two hours away from learning that Herschel Walker actually ran an abortion clinic.— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 8, 2022