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There could not have been a sharper contrast between the tension in Madison and the calm in Washington, D.C.

By now, the political lore is familiar: A major political party, cast aside by Wisconsin voters due to a lengthy…

Can you name the two Midwestern states where the 2012 election battle may be fought the hardest? Two states crazy…

Bring on the New Guard. Last November’s electoral tidal wave not only changed the party alignment in the state Capitol,…

By Charles J. Sykes Everything changed for the better, from politics to sports, in Wisconsin. Winter was the season for…

On Nov. 2, Marco Rubio hadn’t yet been declared the winner of his Florida Senate race before the pundits began…

It’s a shock for some: He means what he says, and he does what he promises by Richard Esenberg Last…

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of…

The lessons from Indiana’s playbookBy Christopher Ruhl After more than six years in office, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has earned…

As is the case with any extended crisis, the Wisconsin stalemate has begun to create its own vernacular.  Previously familiar terms and phrases are used in foreign contexts. 

Elizabeth Coggs, the new Democratic state representative for the 10th Assembly District in Milwaukee, is against the Voter ID proposal because, she told me today, many poorer residents of her central city district don’t have IDs and would be disenfranchised if one is now required to cast a ballot.

Peter Barca, a usually levelheaded Democrat, articulated what has been wrong with state government.

By Stephen F. Hayes On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama won 59 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. He won Wisconsin by…

The voters exact vengeance upon the disdainful Democrats. Before the vote on Nov. 2, humorist P.J. O’Rourke quipped that it…

Republicans, not long ago left for dead and scarcely lamented in both Madison and Washington, now find themselves exhumed. Voters…

Dear Gov.-elect Walker (Scott): Welcome back to Madison. While you were busy convincing us to elect you, most Wisconsinites were…

The left’s response to the Tea Party was wrong from the start By RICHARD ESENBERG I am not now —…

Editor’s note: Christian Schneider, a WPRI senior fellow, spent nearly a decade running campaigns in Wisconsin. This story was written…

You will have to forgive me, you see I’m in the ideas business and, as such, I have a fair amount of disdain for politics.

Here at WPRI, we seem to be writing about Paul Ryan a lot. People are probably starting to wonder if our acronym…