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  • Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker reverses appointment Dems called cronyism

    04/06/2011 5:41:59 PM PDT · by massmike · 18 replies
    bostonherald.com ^ | 04/06/2011 | AP
    Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker has reversed the promotion of a 27-year-old son of a lobbyist whose appointment to an $81,500 administration job sparked cronyism claims by Democrats. Walker’s spokesman Cullen Werwie said in a statement Tuesday that Brian Deschane will return to his previous $65,000 job with the Department of Regulation and Licensing just two days after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported his hiring and promotion. It’s the latest chapter in the ongoing showdown between Walker and Democratic legislators, including senators who fled the state on Feb. 17 to temporarily delay a vote on a bill ending most...
  • Why Reporters Are Down On President Obama

    04/28/2010 10:20:54 AM PDT · by mojitojoe · 77 replies · 2,490+ views
    Politico ^ | 4/28/2010 | JOSH GERSTEIN & PATRICK GAVIN
    One of the enduring story lines of Barack Obama’s presidency, dating back to the earliest days of his candidacy, is that the press loves him. “Most of you covered me. All of you voted for me,” Obama joked last year at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. But even then, only four months into his presidency, the joke fell flat. Now, a year later, with another correspondents’ dinner Saturday night likely to generate the familiar criticism of the press’s cozy relationship with power, the reality is even more at odds with the public perception. Obama and the media actually have...