The President comes to Wisconsin for a town hall meeting and a little something extra.

Before talking in Racine about the Great Recession, President Barack Obama helped to stimulate the local economy at a local bakery.

“So, I stopped off on the way here to get a Kringle.” He continues, “Maybe on the way back I’ll look for a brat and some cheese curds,” Obama jokes, “But don’t tell Michelle.” [Read more...]

The President comes to Wisconsin to talk about the economy.

Racine has the 2nd highest unemployment rate in the state, at 14.2-percent, but President Barack Obama says it could be much worse. At a town hall meeting, Obama defends his nearly $800-billion stimulus package, saying it helped to avoid another Great Depression.

“It put a  break on the collapse of the economy, we avoided a Great Depression, we are now growing again.” [Read more...]

A marriage defender sees Wednesday’s state Supreme Court decision upholding the state’s constitutional prohibition on same sex unions as a big victory for voters. Wisconsin Family Council President Julaine Appling says it’s not easy to get a unanimous decision from the state Supreme Court, but that the justices clearly understood what the voters did in 2006 – the amendment is about one subject, marriage. “They looked at whether or not Professor McConkey had standing to bring the court case, agreed he did, and secondly they looked to see whether or not the two subject challenge had any merit, and they said basically, no it does not have any merit in this situation,” said Appling. [Read more...]