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April 8, 2009

Money does buy elections

Wisconsin had their spring non-partisan general election last night, and the results could not be more disappointing from my perspective. There were two statewide races, for a seat on the state Supreme Court, and for state superintendent. The Supreme Court race was a given loss; Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson is an institution, and she faced a very weak opponent in Judge Randy Koschnick. Moreover, the left in Wisconsin scared off the conservative sources of money, which was instrumental in providing money parity in the previous two Supreme Court elections both won by the conservative candidate. Meanwhile, they continued to pour money into Abrahamson’s campaign. There was no surprise in that race, as WTMJ-TV reported, with 94% reporting, Abrahamson won with 59.3% of the vote......   [Read More]