Articles in Category: 'Scott Walker'

While Feds Dawdle, States Tackle Fiscal Problems
By: Michael Barone | Posted: December 17, 2012 3:55 AM
Democrats in Washington declare that they will absolutely, positively allow no changes whatever in the nation's unsustainable entitlement programs -- Social Security and Medicare.
TAGS: Chris Christie, David Boies, Gina Raimondo, News, Rick Snyder, Scott Walker, Columns
 
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Michigan's Watershed Moment
By: George Will | Posted: December 15, 2012 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- Rick Snyder, who is hardly a human cactus, warned Michigan's labor leaders.
TAGS: Daniel Boorstin, News, Rick Snyder, Scott Walker, Columns
 
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The Polls That Ate the Presidential Contest
By: Mona Charen | Posted: November 6, 2012 3:55 AM
"I don't know," a very wise and skeptical Washington political analyst confided to me on Sunday as I limned the Romney victory I foresee. "I'd like to believe it," she said, "but I have to overlook a lot. If you're right, then a whole lotta state polls have to be wrong."
TAGS: Anthony Weiner, Barack Obama, Bob Turner, Chris Christie, Mitt Romney, News, Scott Walker, Ted Kennedy, Columns
 
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Nobody Likes a Loser
By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: June 9, 2012 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- For the past year, we've been relentlessly reminded that Republicans didn't especially love their front-running presidential candidate.
TAGS: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Mitt Romney, News, Scott Walker, Columns
 
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The Bell Tolls for the Government Unions
By: Pat Buchanan | Posted: June 8, 2012 3:55 AM
In 1919, after Boston police went on strike to protest the city's refusal to recognize their new union, Gov. Calvin Coolidge ordered the National Guard into the streets.
TAGS: Jerry Brown, News, Sam Gompers, Scott Walker, Columns
 
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Elite Media Distort Wisconsin Exit Polls and Results
By: Matt Towery | Posted: June 7, 2012 3:55 AM
They are at it again. Following what can only be described as a butt-kicking win for Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin's recall election, many media pundits were trying to "split the baby" by acknowledging Walker's win, but pointing to exit polls that show President Obama with a 7-point lead against Mitt Romney in that state.
TAGS: Barack Obama, Matt Drudge, Mitt Romney, News, Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, Columns
 
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Is Scott Walker Recall a Test Run for Obama?
By: Jim Turner | Posted: June 2, 2012 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bob McDonnell, Bobby Jindal, Chris Christie, CNN, Daniel Smith, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic Governors Association, Democratic National Committee, Fiscal Times, George W. Bush, Gray Davis, John Kerry, Lawrence University, National Education and the American Federation of Teachers, News, Niki Haley, Public Policy Polling, Republican National Committee, Rick Scott, Scott Walker, State of the Union, Tom Barrett, United Faculty of Florida, University of Florida, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Politics
 
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Wisconsin's Temper Tantrum
By: George Will | Posted: June 2, 2012 3:55 AM
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up.
No sir,   
Not I,  
Not me,    
So there!  
-- "Peter Pan" the musical, 1954
TAGS: Joe McCarthy, News, Robert La Follette, Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, Columns
 
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ALEC: Progress Florida's Latest Good-Guy Target
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: April 20, 2012 3:55 AM
Permanently-outraged-lefty Progress Florida is at it again, whipping up fear over something that deserves praise, not persecution.
TAGS: ALEC. Gayle Harrell, American Legislative Exchange Council, Color of Change, Council of State Governments, Dean Cannon, free-market policies, Jeffersonian principles, Katie Betta, National Conference of State Legislators, National Organization of Black Legislators, NCSL, News, Progress Florida, Scott Walker, Southern Legislative Conference, Steve Godwin, Van Jones, Women in Government, Columns
 
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Mainstreamers Behaving Badly: Could Wisconsin Happen in Florida?
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: April 16, 2012 3:55 AM
If ever a story carried a ring of familiarity, the Gov. Scott Walker recall in Wisconsin is it for me. It's the story of a tea-party-conservative governor roundly disliked by unions, sour-grapes election losers and a liberal press.
TAGS: Abe Rosenthal, Center for Public Integrity, ethics, Florence Snyder, Gannett, Green Bay Press-Gazette, journalism, Kelly McBride, Kevin Corrado, News, Pink Slip Rick Scott, Poynter Institute, recall, Rick Scott, Ron Sachs Communications, Sarah Bascom, Scott Walker, Society of Professional Journalists, Wisconsin, Columns
 
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Women: Talk About Selective Memory
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: April 10, 2012 3:55 AM
It isn't easy to argue with selective-memory Democrats like Debbie Wasserman Schultz. But when she wagged her finger at Republicans for waging "a war on women," I decided to have a go.
TAGS: CNN, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee, John Sly Sylvester, Michelle Malkin, News, Rebecca Kleefisch, Scott Walker, State of the Union, Columns
 
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The Pretzel Candidate
By: George Will | Posted: October 29, 2011 3:55 AM

WASHINGTON -- The Republican presidential dynamic -- various candidates rise and recede; Mitt Romney remains at about 25 percent support -- is peculiar because conservatives correctly believe it is important to defeat Barack Obama but unimportant that Romney be president. This is not cognitive dissonance.

TAGS: Barack Obama, ethanol, John Kasich, Michael Dukakis, Mitt Romney, News, Scott Walker, Columns
 
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Obama Blows up the Bridge
By: Pat Buchanan | Posted: April 15, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Andrew Cuomo, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Gross, Capitol Hill, Chris Christie, Debt, deficit, GOP, Grover Norquist, Harry Reid, John Boehner, John Kasich, Medicaid, Medicare, Morning Joe, MSNBC, News, Paul Ryan, QE2, Scott Walker, Social Security, tax reform, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Tim Corbett, Columns
 
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Barack Obama Union Support Fades to Paler Shade of Blue
By: Kenric Ward | Posted: September 8, 2011 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: AFL-CIO, Americans for Prosperity, Barack Obama, Boeing Co., corruption, Democrats, Detroit, Education Intelligence Agency, elections, Gallup Poll, Harris Interactive, Indiana, James Hoffa, Jimmy Carter, Larry Sabato, Michigan, middle class, Mike Antonucci, News, NLRB, Ohio, organized labor, Republicans, Richard Trumpka, Ronald Reagan, Scott Walker, Teamsters, union dues, union households, Wisconsin, Politics, Government
 
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Wisconsin Recall Votes a 'Right' Sign for Florida
By: Kenric Ward | Posted: August 15, 2011 3:55 AM
 
No matter what happens in Wisconsin's next round of recall elections on Tuesday, Republicans will maintain control of that state's Legislature.
TAGS: Amendment 7, Barack Obama, Chamber of Commerce, collective bargaining, Democrats, Foundation for Florida's Future, ItGetsWorseFL, Jeb Bush, legislature, News, Patricia Levesque, pension reform, Progress Florida, progressives, Public Employees, recall, Redistricting, Republicans, Rick Scott, Scott Walker, Trial Lawyers, unions, Wisconsin, Columns
 
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Scott: 'This Is the Best Time to Be Governor'
By: Kenric Ward | Posted: April 13, 2011 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Barney Bishop, Charlie Crist, Chris Christie, Damien Filer, disabled, E-Verify, education, High-Speed Rail, John Kasich, legislature, News, Pensions, Progress Florida, Public Employees, Randall Holcombe, Republican Party, Rick Scott, Scott Walker, Sean Snaith, Seth McKee, SunRail, Tea Party, Tom Gaitens, unions, Wall Street Journal, Politics, Government
 
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Who's to Blame for Union Woes?
By: Michael Barone | Posted: March 7, 2011 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: Chris Christie, Frederick W. Taylor, Medicare, National Education Association, News, Robert Kanigel, Scott Walker, Taylorism, UAW, William Serrin, Columns
 
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Florida Teachers, Beware Wisconsin Stinky-Cheese Effect
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 28, 2011 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: Florida Teachers, News, protest, Public Employees, Rick Scott, Scott Walker, Teachers, unions, Wisconsin, Columns
 
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Why Scott the Businessman Energizes as Scott the Governor
By: Kenric Ward | Posted: February 28, 2011 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Associated Industries of Florida, Barack Obama, Barney Bishop, Bing Energy, budget, Charlie Crist, Chris Christie, Citizens Insurance, collective bargaining, Democrats, Dominic Calabro, economic development, Florida Medical Association, High-Speed Rail, James Madison Institute, John Kasich, Johnnie Byrd, legislature, Medicaid, News, Obamacare, Pensions, Republicans, Rick Scott, Robert Sanchez, Scott Walker, Seth McKee, TaxWatch, Tom Lee, unions, Wall Street Journal, Government
 
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Weekly Roundup: Planes and Trains and a Drug Database
By: David Royse News Service of Florida | Posted: February 26, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Bill Nelson, Charlie Crist, Civil Rights, GOP, High-Speed Rail, J.D. Alexander, John Mica, News, Pam Bondi, Rick Scott, Scott Walker, State Planes, Thad Altman, Government
 
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Tea Parties to Counter Public Employee Unions
By: Kenric Ward | Posted: February 23, 2011 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: Awake the State, Democrats, Florida PTA, government employees, independents, Kenneth Quinnell, News, Paula House Eisenhart, Pension, Pinellas County, Private Sector, public sector, Rasmussen, Republicans, Rick Scott, Robin Stublen, Save Our State, Scott Walker, state retirement system, teachers union, unions, Wisconsin, Politics, Government
 
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