Wisconsin added 9,500 jobs last month.  The state added 12,900 jobs in the private sector but lost 3,400 government jobs in June. The net gain of 9,500 jobs accounts for more than half the 18,000 net jobs created across the nation during the month. During Jan 2009 to Dec 2010 when Doyle administration and state  Dems controlled the state senate and house the Badger state lost 104,000 jobs and since Gov Walker and Republicans took over Assembly ( Jan to the present) the state has added 39,000 jobs.  Love to compare how Badger state is doing to lets say Illinois?  More proof Wisconsin voters need to keep Republicans and Walker in charge of the Badger State and not turn back the clock on job growth.

The first recall election is Tuesday and it happens to be a Democrat facing the voters is Green Bay State Senator Dave Hansen.  Hansen won his seat in 2000 by defeating a Republican Incumbent and was re-elected in 2004 and 2008 and is a teacher. He is also Assistant Minority leader.

He faces David Vander Leest who helped organize the recall election. Find out more Info here and do what you can do I loss for Dems on Tuesday will be a huge victory for us and might shut a lot labor people up

http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-VanderLeest-for-State-Senate/131149930296944

Dems just released new congressional maps and the points include it could be plus 5 seats for Dems if their gerrymandering sticks.  How bad is it?  They put Jess Jackson Jr in the same district as rural voters in Crete and Will county Congressman Adam Kinzinger?  Not only that they lumped together:  Schock/Schilling, Biggert/Roskam, Walsh/Hultgren, Dold/Schakowsky, Kinzinger/Jackson, Shimkus/Johnson.

The Dems control the process but when you start putting inner city voters with rural voters someone needs to stand up and fight the problem is the Republicans in Illinois will have no voice.  We need to make a lot noise though so people are aware of their inside machine politics at its worse

http://www.senatedem.ilga.gov./index.php/component/content/article/101-blog-posts/1996-illinois-congressional-district-proposal-released

He just sent a note to his supporters via email saying he is not running.  His family never wanted him to run it seems.

We need more people running.  Please Chris Christie Please

US Senator Kohl of Wisconsin (D) is not running for re-election

US Senator Paul Ryan anyone? The Dems are likely to nominate Feingold again

Turnout has been very strong. Follow the results live tonight, via the AP, here.

Polls have closed in Wisconsin I guess we can discuss results in this avenue

Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) announced that he will not run for re-election in 2012, theHonolulu Advertiser reports.

Even though its an opening its still gonna be tough for Republicans.  Our best bet will probably be Fmr Gov Lingle or Fmr Congressman Djou but even then they face tough odds in a state Obama is still popular in.

Very interesting article on the mental state of Oregon’s David Wu at the  Oregonian

Wu lost half a dozen of his staff after they resigned once he won re-election.  Wu sent female staffers emails from his teenage children, as well as a picture of himself dressed as a tiger. His staff considered checking him into a psychiatric ward on October 30th, less than a week before he won his seventh term.

If even your staff does not think you have the mental capacity to be serving then why in good conscious should he be allowed to swear on a bible to defend the Constitution of this country?

Politico is reporting that John Kyl ( Arizona R) will not be seeking a third term this should open up a candidacy for Congressman Flake perhaps

open thread

via political wire

Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) will announce today that he won’t seek reelection.

Senate Democrats see DNC Chairman Tim Kaine as a top prospect to replace him, and a source tells Ben Smith the former Virginia governor “hasn’t shut the door on the possibility.”