Wisconsin Protests
Chris Cummins Staff Writer Wisconsin Protests Protests seem to becoming a staple of world news in 2011. Egypt and Wisconsin, places once thought of as the most unlikely locations for any sort of populist movement, now find themselves with a population in uproar by unpopular government decisions, though the context of both situations is quite different. In Wisconsin, faced with a massive budget deficit and the unhappy prospect of a state becoming insolvent, the Republican led state legislature did as they had promised to do all election cycle, and attempt to right a governmental ship in dire straits due to fiscal imprudence. Promising not only to cut the fat off the budget, but to disembowel…
Perry burns KBH, Medina in primary
Incumbant governor Rick Perry won yesterday’s Republican primary in a landslide over competition Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Debra Medina. Perry defeated his opponents by 21 points, a surprisingly large margin considering his lukewarm popularity in 2006 and as governor. Hutchinson will face off against Democrat Bill White, governor of Houston, in November’s general election. Read more about yesterday’s primary here.
Perry leaps ahead in new poll
With only a week to go until the Republican primary, governor Rick Perry has leaped ahead of his opponents, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Tea Party activist Debra Medina, in a Rasmussen poll. According to the poll, released Feb. 24, Perry now leads among Republican voters with a 48% plurality. This is a 4% increase from the beginning of the month. Perry’s increase has been Hutchinson’s loss–her slice of the pie decreased from 29% to 27% in the Feb. 24 poll. Medina’s popularity, meanwhile, has stayed at a constant 16%. For a link to the poll, which includes a lengthy analysis, click here. The Republican primary is March 2.
Seitz gives the low-down on gubernatorial candidates
by Blake Seitz Sports Editor With the primaries for the upcoming gubernatorial race just around the corner on March 2, now is the right time for concerned citizens to know a little about the candidates they’re voting for. I’ve compiled information on the five front-runners—3 Republicans and 2 Democrats—in an effort to make your time at the polls that much easier. Rick Perry We’ll start with the obvious: Republican Rick Perry, our current Governor, is fighting to secure his third term in our state’s highest office. Perry is campaigning, like most of the candidates, on economic development. His primary focuses if reelected would be to create jobs, reduce taxes (especially the corporate property tax) and…