Category Archives: Elections 2026
Trump-centered campaigns avoid gut-level issues
American political campaigns can really be off-putting, either because they are too sleazy, too shallow or just too dumb. Let’s start with dumb. Just how dumb does President Trump think we are when he offers each American about $5000 if … Read the rest
Crowley, Tiffany: How about health care price caps?
Just how lightweight is the campaign for Wisconsin governor between Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany? They are essentially punting on the biggest affordability issue in the state and nation: Health costs are projected to rise by more than … Read the rest
Will Crowley, Tiffany step up on the big issues?
We journalists love to cover political elections, like horse races – who’s ahead in the polls and ballot boxes and who’s not? Who’s gaining and who’s falling behind? Covering the underlying political and societal issues is far more complicated and … Read the rest
Crowley building team of rivals
David Crowley is showing major league political smarts as the Democratic nominee for the Wisconsin governorship. He has signaled a double-barreled campaign. For openers, the Milwaukee County executive, who won by a razor-thin margin over Rep. Francesca Hong in the … Read the rest
Health costs top agenda at gov forum
The Bend Theater was the site of a healthy display of American democracy at the local level last week. Six Democratic candidates for Wisconsin governor showed up in one of the state’s reddest counties for a forum to lay out … Read the rest
Wisconsin health cost solutions: Price caps ala Oregon, Indiana
Governor elections are supposed to be all about fresh ideas, and that should be especially true this year in Wisconsin as nine bright candidates vie for the top state job. So far, with only six months before the August 11 … Read the rest
Missing issues in AG race: opioid deaths; merger health costs, crime lab
Tom Hefty, a retired Wisconsin lawyer and former CEO of Blue Cross Wisconsin, follows legal issues in public health policy, especially as they affect the coming attorney general election Nov. 5. The 2026 race for governor is … Read the rest
2026, a political dead-end for Trump?
As 2025 closes and 2026 takes off, the outlook for the nation going forward will ride heavily on the assessment by citizens of the shock and awe strategies and tactics that President Trump and his administration imposed on the nation … Read the rest
Goodby Project 2025, hello project 2026: Let’s mint more millionaires
It’s looking like Project 2025, the extremist attempt to put white, male-dominated Christian Nationalism in the forefront of national politics, is increasingly in the rear view mirror. It’s falling apart as a political theology as President Trump’s disapproval ratings plummet … Read the rest
New blood for governor? Kevin Conroy
How about a change of pace for Wisconsin governor? Instead of a long line of professional politicians in the governor’s mansion on Lake Mendota, how about an outstanding entrepreneur who has created thousands of new jobs and a bundle of … Read the rest
