Thom Hartmann: Big time Wisconsin political wrestling...Prosser chokes Bradley

[thomhartmann]

Run time: 08:37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgp_Y_mL3PA   Posted on YouTube: June 28, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 89   Posted on DU: June 28, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 680

 
w/John Nichols, The Nation Magazine & Erikka Knuti, Democratic Strategist join Thom Hartmann. Students in Wisconsin can forget about a quality education. Yesterday - Koch brother lapdog Governor Scott Walker signed a new Republican budget bill to tackle the state’s deficits caused by Governor Walker’s tax breaks for corporations and millionaires and billionaires. And how does Walker’s bill reduce the deficit? The Republican way of course - by cutting $800 million from public schools in the state - and directing those savings to even more corporate tax breaks. Another $250 million was cut from state universities - and $70 million slashed from tech schools. But Walker may have other problems on his hands beyond a backlash from students. Walker's right-hand man on the State Supreme Court - Justice David Prosser - is facing allegations that he choked-out another Supreme Court Justice - Ann Walsh Bradley - in her legal chambers two weeks ago. You may remember that Prosser is the guy who narrowly won re-election to the state's high court last month after 12,000 votes mysteriously appeared in Waukesha County to put him over the top - and it was his decisive ruling that allowed Governor Walker's controversial anti-union law to survive a legal challenge earlier this month. So what will this latest controversy on the Wisconsin Supreme Court mean for Governor Walker's agenda - and those in Wisconsin who are fighting against it?

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[Dawson Leery]

1. What is the charge for assualting a judge?

[midnight]

2. Republican candidate Rep. John Nygren is the candidate...

The Government Accountability Board won’t allow a Republican candidate on the ballot in a Senate recall race because he didn’t have enough valid signatures.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin had challenged 39 of Rep. John Nygren’s 424 signatures and the GAB found that only 398 were valid. The requirement is 400.

Nygren filed nomination papers to run in the recall election against Democratic Sen. Dave Hansen of Green Bay. The GAB did allow David VanderLeest of Green Bay on the ballot during a hearing Monday.

The two Republican candidates challenging Sen. Jim Holperin of Conover were also allowed on the ballot Monday.

The general election in the Hansen race will be held July 19. The primary in the Holperin race will be July 19, with a general election Aug. 16.

http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/latest-news/2011/jun/27/candidate-not-allowed-recall-ballot/


http://legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/contact/legislatorpages.aspx?house=assembly&district=89