Elizabeth DiNovella

“The people of Wisconsin have been buried in campaign ads and literature from unknown sources that exploit loopholes to funnel unlimited campaign dollars into our democracy.”read more

The brainchild of Republican stalwarts Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, the Republican State Leadership Committee paved the way for Governor Scott Walker and Act 10. The group is back, and has already spent more money—most of it on lurid, negative ads—than it did in the 2010 election.read more

“The other side says Scott Walker started a civil war,” says Richard De Broux of the Brown County Republicans. “I disagree—it was started by the Democrats who fled.”read more

“I am tired of the implication that conservatives don’t want to help people,” says Stig Rahm, chairman of the GOP in Columbia County, Wisconsin. “That’s nonsense.”read more

Ryan, chair of the Budget Committee and rising star in the GOP, is doing a series of town halls in his district and this one was in his hometown of Janesville.read more

I decided to indulge myself with a classic: Horses by Patti Smith. Horses, with its striking portrait of Smith, taken by Robert Mapplethorpe. Horses, produced by John Cale at Electric Lady Studios.read more

“The media was supposed to be the watchdog for the regular folks, and now comedians have to be the watchdog of the media,” says the creator of The Daily Show.read more

The Marlins hired an opinionated coach and now are suspending Ozzie for being who he is. Isn’t voicing unpopular opinions something that can get you jailed in Cuba?read more

At a time when Wisconsin leads the nation in job loss, the Republicans are talking about sex.read more

Vermonters pushed for a Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United during this week’s Super Tuesday vote.read more

This year’s elections are shaping up to be some of the nastiest we’ve seen in recent history. If you haven’t already been swamped by a barrage of negative ad campaigns, prepare yourself. It’s going to get worse, especially here in Wisconsin.read more

“What the bishops are trying to say is that their consciences trump everybody else—both Catholic and non-Catholic here in the United States,” says Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Choice. “That’s not religious liberty. That’s a religious dictatorship.”read more

The memos are shocking. Republican legislators and their lawyers connived at creating public support for new electoral maps. A three-judge panel ordered the documents released and wrote in a scathing critique that the GOP had engaged in an “all but shameful” effort to keep its machinations hidden from the public.read more

While Republicans see Wisconsin as a triumph, they look at Ohio as an example of what not to do.read more

In 2010, the GOP bet big on Wisconsin and won. And its victory will be on full display at Conservative Political Action Conference this week. Paul Ryan and Scott Walker are giving keynote speeches.read more