Author Archives: dave cieslewicz

Back in May I decided to once again take the summer off to focus on book writing projects. But I added one fateful caveat: I would occasionally write about the Wisconsin governor’s race. How was I to know that the Democrats would turn their primary into a demolition derby? I couldn’t look away. Now thatContinue reading “A Crazy Idea”

This is a day of thanksgiving in more ways than one. When it was revealed last week that Francesca Hong had Tweeted about her desire to cancel Thanksgiving because it is a “colonizer” holiday, I thought that was the least of the troubles ahead for the presumptive Democratic nominee. Instead, it may have been theContinue reading “Thanksgiving”

It’s likely to be too little too late. My very limited sample size along the Maple Mile (the mile-long walk I take each day through my Madison West Side neighborhood with my dog, Maple) shows that David Crowley lawn signs have popped up in the last few days. They now outnumber the Francesca Hong signsContinue reading “Your DSA Platform Questionnaire”

Moderates might take some solace in Abdul El-Sayed’s much narrower than expected victory in this week’s Michigan Senate primary. But I don’t think it provides much hope in heading off Francesca Hong. For one thing, Michigan moderates could rally around one candidate in Haley Stevens while our primary has been a mess and three moderatesContinue reading “The Post Mortem Before the Election”

An article in yesterday’s State Journal gave me some hope that the fall campaign between presumptive gubernatorial nominees Tom Tiffany and Francesca Hong might be more enlightened than I have thought. Okay, so probably not, but you never know. The occasion for my (very limited) optimism was a lengthy piece in which the paper printedContinue reading “Some Hope for the Fall Race”

At this point, based on the latest Marquette poll results, it looks like a certainty that Francesca Hong will be the Democratic nominee for governor. Tony Evers’ Hail Mary in the form of David Crowley looks to be either falling to the end zone turf or being intercepted and run back the other way byContinue reading “Some Questions For Francesca Hong”

Being a socialist could well bury a candidate in the general election. The trouble for Democrats is that it could win a candidate their nomination in August. It was conceded that the latest Marquette poll, which came out yesterday, was going to be of limited utility. But limited is not the same as useless. IContinue reading “Socialism is Toxic in November”

My party is being very much my party. Just as its crowded gubernatorial primary was coalescing around the candidate most likely to win in November, that candidate’s campaign stumbled hard, her less electable opponents pounced and, just like that, somebody else will get the nomination. Sara Rodriguez, who had been steadily gaining momentum saw itContinue reading “Disarray”

Since I last wrote about the Wisconsin governor’s race a whole lot of water has rushed under the bridge. Let’s review. Up until Monday, it appeared as if the race was coming down to Francesa Hong, representing the hard-left wing of the Democratic Party, and Sara Rodriguez, representing the moderates. Hong has been surprisingly strongContinue reading “Still Anybody’s Race”

When I shut down my blog for the summer I noted that I would occasionally comment about the governors race. It looks like we have the most convincing evidence to date that Sara Rodriguez is the front runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. That evidence comes in the form of the latest story, this oneContinue reading “Who’s Behind the Rodriguez Smear?”