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What in God's Name was Ron Johnson doing voting for the Fiscal Cliff Deal?

So, Senator Johnson went on CNBC yesterday to sing yet another refrain of his hit single "Washington is broken!" Here's a sample, backed by the world's smallest violin:“It’s an alternate universe. No,...

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The Ron Johnson Senate Committee Shuffle

The Senator stays on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Budget committees. Neither are especially sexy these days, but nor are they unimportant. (To read about the the massive...

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Crappy Advice on Student Loans

Here's a pretty reliable rule of thumb: when Jonathan Krause says he has a "simple solution," the problem is almost certainly more complicated than Krause is capable of fathoming and his proposal will...

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Rig the Vote!

You may have heard that Kenosha-native, RNC Chair, and newly bespectacled Reince Priebus has come out in support for a plan that would divvy up various (traditional Democratic) states' electoral...

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Read the Federalist Papers with The Chief because You have nothing Better to Do

So we're going to try something new here at the Chief. In order to get infuse some regularity into the posts here, we're going to start something of a book club. Every week we'll read a small chunk and...

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Ron Johnson's Telling Conversation with Hillary Clinton

Before we get in the weeds of this post, let's first recall a helpful PR tip: Men in power can never appear to lose their temper or become frustrated with women in power. They just can't. They will...

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Ron Johnson's Delusional Account of his Benghazi Conversation with Hillary...

This afternoon we took a look at the optics of Senator Ron Johnson's exchange with Hillary Clinton at the Benghazi hearing, but after Johnson published his little piece recapping the discussion...

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Why Tony Blando was a Terrible Choice to be Senator Ron Johnson's New Chief...

In case you didn't notice, Sen. Ron Johnson had his worst week since moving to Washington last week. His antics during the Foreign Relations committee Benghazi hearings transformed him from being a...

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The only reasonable way to respond to Jonathan Krause's idiotic "Why can't I make fun of minorities?" screed is thusly:Personally, I would looooooooove to hear Krause's wacky and humorous take on "the...

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Is Senator Johnson a Quitter?

A couple of weeks ago, Senator Johnson spoke wot the MJS's Washington bureau chief, Craig Gilbert, and various issues involving Johnson's transition into his second session of congress, including the...

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The Unspeakably Poor Timing of Ron Johnson's Re-election "Announcement"

So, Ron Johnson's been a member of the US Senate for a little over two years. That means he's got just under four year to go in his term. Four years is a long time. So why is Johnson telegraphing his...

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Pre-Order Your Copy of Scott Walker's Presidential Campaign Promotional Book...

If this isn't the single most glaring indication that Scott Walker is running for White House in 2016, then I don't know what is.MORE: For those unfamiliar with Marc Theissen's oeuvre, he's best known...

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If the GOP is really Serious about "Tolerating" Support for Gay Marriage, why...

Not a bad idea, eh?Alas, I wouldn't hold my breath:In total, 56 percent of respondents supported federal legal recognition of same-sex marriage while 43 percent opposed it.  The breakdown among party...

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Victimology 101

We were going to write up a yadda yadda yadda regarding Ron Johnson's "Victims of Government" web dealy when it debuted a week or whatever ago; but, frankly, just didn't care enough to do so. But now...

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The Sheboygan Press on Ron Johnson's "Victims of Government" Project

They are not fans:The aim of the project — putting a human face on government red tape — is noble. However, Johnson’s time, and that of his staff, would be better utilized in attempting to do something...

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[Ron] Johnson was the only senator in either party who voted against the [background checks] bill who is from a state in what I have called “the blue wall”: the 18 states that have voted Democratic in...

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This Bodes Some Strange Eruption to Our State

In case you missed it, Jonathan Krause had some things to say about Denmark this morning. The post is yet another one of Krause's attempts to justify his ideology by holding up anecdotal information...

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Ron Johnson's Justification for voting against Reasonable Gun Control...

Senator Ron Johnson recently took a lot of grief for his procedural vote against recent gun control legislation in the senate, so he took to the august pages of something called Right Wisconsin (more...

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Local Health Care Costs Revealed!

Today's release of Medicare data on the cost of specific medical treatments in America is rather eye opening.First, let's look at the state-wide picture, which isn't so bad relative to the rest of the...

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Ron Johnson's "Victims of Government" Project goes from Bad to Trainwreck

In late March, Senator Ron Johnson rolled out his Victims of Government project. Presumably, the point of the whole affair was to highlight the ways "big government" interferes with lives average,...

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Shorter Wisconsin GOP: At Least We're Not Detroit

Get used to that talking point Wisconsin, you're going to be hearing a lot of it in the next few years.In the last week both Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Senator Ron Johnson have offered their...

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Is Ron Johnson Seriously Thinking about Running for President?

So Ron Johnson is spending the Dog Days of August in Iowa ... and probably not because he's planning on running for President, but because that's where the attention is.Or is it?If there's one very...

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Voters -- Democracy's Necessary Idiots

One of the enduring themes of Senator Ron Johnson's time in office has been a flagrant contempt for voters, which was once again on display during a talk at the US Chamber of Commerce this week:Johnson...

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Crotch Shot and a Shit-eating Grin

...would have made a better title for Scott Walker's "book" based on the cover photo.

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Ron Johnson Among Underwear Gnomes

Our man in Wausau, Rob Mentzer, pointed to this article in National Review tonight, which details Senator Ron Johnson's secret plan for ending the government shut-down stalemate and, boy, is it a...

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