Press Release: Debate Response: Governor Romney is Ready for Commander-in-Chief Role

Debate Response: Governor Romney is Ready for Commander-in-Chief Role

October 23, 2012
Contact: Evan Nehring, 920-710-0899 or rpmc.wi.pr@gmail.com

Wausau, WI – Monday night marked the end of the presidential debate season. Governor Mitt Romney stood
toe to toe with the President and made an effective case for change. We believe he won this foreign policy
debate for these reasons.

1. He carried himself with presidential bearing, elevating him to equal status with the commander-in-chief.
2. His broad guiding principles for foreign policy were compelling.
3. His indictment of the President's Mideast policy was based on obvious regional "tumult" and was
effective.
4. He showed how trending US economic weakness lessens our global influence and national security.
5. He cast an inspiring vision of an enduring freedom in America as the beacon to freedom seekers
around the world.

Now the push to Election Day accelerates as voters take the last two weeks to persuade undecided friends
and to prepare for the November 6th results. Governor Romney has done so much more than motivate the
base of the Republican Party. We are thrilled with the future he has represented in these debates! However, he has also made his case for Americans of all party backgrounds to embrace the hopeful prospects for these
United States under the leadership of President Mitt Romney.

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Press Release: Enthusiastic Support for the Romney-Ryan Ticket

Wausau, WI – Just before midnight, we got the news that Governor Romney’s VP choice would be announced
on Saturday morning. Just after midnight, the choice was announced by the press: Congressman Paul Ryan of
Wisconsin. We enthusiastically support this choice for many reasons.

1. Congressman Ryan has served with distinction, winning seven straight two-year terms in Wisconsin’s
1st congressional district.
2. At age 42, Ryan is highly accomplished and has a long, bright future of service to the country.
3. Nobody understands the nation’s financial situation better than Paul Ryan.
4. Congressman Ryan has courageously put bold federal initiatives on the table to right the ship fiscally.
As chairman of the Budget Committee, he has laid out detailed plans to reduce our debt. This has
come at the cost of becoming a target for Democrats who unthinkably have not attempted to pass a
budget in three years. He is the grown up in the room.
5. Who can forget how Congressman Ryan ran circles around President Obama in the roundtable
discussion over healthcare reform?
6. This VP choice shows the confidence of Governor Romney to elevate the brightest, most articulate
public servants.
7. This VP choice shows that the GOP is going hard after the State of Wisconsin, with the expectation of
turning it red in the presidential race. This is a vote of confidence for every county party that has worked
for the Republican resurgence.

As the recipient of the 2012 Top County Award at the Wisconsin GOP Convention, the Republican Party of
Marathon County accepts the challenge of bringing Wisconsin home for the Romney-Ryan ticket! Our
machinery is well-oiled and we are ready to roll up our sleeves for the home stretch to the November 6 General
Election! We have seen ugly, malicious, untrue personal attacks on Governor Romney and Congressman
Ryan. The RPMC will stand steadfast with these men and their families as we stick our heel in the ground and
turn this country around.

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Press Release: SCOTUS ObamaCare Ruling Response

Wausau, WI – Today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding ObamaCare is a moment of clarity, not a defeat for those who love America as it was founded. Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion defines the individual mandate clearly as a tax on the people and businesses of the country. This shows that President Obama and those that supported this massive overtake of health care lied to the American people when they said there will be no tax increases or additional costs in the bill. That legal clarification allows voters to decisively state in November whether the massive tax increase will be accepted.


The decision has never been clearer. To reelect President Obama and Democrats is to choose huge government expansion through these legally defined taxes. To elect Mitt Romney and Republicans is to choose the repeal of ObamaCare and the continuance of limited government.

The Supreme Court has stated that the American people have the freedom to choose European-style socialism if they desire. This ruling lights the same fire of civic engagement under the national Republican party that has been burning in Wisconsin for the last two years. America’s future will be chosen by the American people. We must elect Mitt Romney if free enterprise and a bright economic future are to be preserved.


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Press Release: We Changed Our State

Wausau, WI – The 2012 Wisconsin recall elections are over and Governor Scott Walker is still in office. State Representative Jerry Petrowski is now State Senator-Elect Jerry Petrowski. Senator Terry Moulton is still a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. The Republican Party of Marathon County has helped change our state.

Eighteen months ago...
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Pints & Politics: Thursday, June 7

Wisconsin Ag Secretary Ben Brancel will speak at the next Pints & Politics.

Rib River Ballroom
Thursday, June 7, 6:30 pm

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WDH Fall 2012 Elections Overview

June 2, 2012 Fall election papers filed for Wisconsin state legislature By Jeff Starck Wausau Daily Herald Just days before the contentious, closely watched gubernatorial and Senate recall elections, candidates for the fall elections turned in nomination papers before Friday's deadline. A Democratic primary will be needed to trim the field for the 85th Assembly District to replace current Rep. Donna Seidel. Seidel, D-Wausau, filed for non-candidacy because she is seeking the open 29th Senate District seat in Tuesday's recall election. Democrats Jeff Johnson, the chairman of the Marathon County Democratic Party, and Mandy Wright, a sixth-grade English teacher at Horace Mann Middle School in Wausau, both are vying for the seat. A primary will be Aug. 14. Mandy Wright, 34, of Wausau, said her priorities include developing small businesses, creating access to quality and affordable education and health care and protecting the environment. She sees the primary as a chance to express her viewpoints and listen to voters. "(A primary) gives voters more chances to find out what kind of representative they really want," Wright said. Johnson, 53, a retired probation and parole officer, said he would change laws to end the practice of charging unreasonable interest rates on loans and would find ways to drive business and agriculture development. Johnson said voters have told him state government needs to find a way to work better. "They don't necessarily want to hear about government. They just want it to be functional," Johnson said. The winner of the primary will take on Republican Pat Snyder, a radio host for WSAU radio, 550 AM and 99.9 FM, of Schofield, and Libertarian Jim Maas of Rothschild. Maas ran for the seat in 2010 but was defeated by Seidel. Seidel's opponent in the Senate race, Jerry Petrowski, R-Marathon, is giving up his 86th Assembly District seat. Democrat Dennis Halkoski, a retired Everest Metro Police officer from Weston, will oppose Republican John Spiros, a Marshfield City Council member. Spiros ran unsuccessfully in 2010 for the seat held by Amy Sue Vruwink, D-Milladore, in the 70th Assembly District. Other local races » Republican Lincoln County District Attorney Don Dunphy will have a challenger in Democrat Sidney Brubacher. Dunphy of Gleason was first elected district attorney in 2004. Brubacher of Wausau is a prosecutor in the Marathon County district attorney’s office. » Three candidates have filed nomination papers for the 12th Senate District after Jim Holperin, D-Conover, filed for noncandidacy. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, filed for noncandidacy in the 35th Assembly District to run for Senate. Paul Ehlers of Rhinelander, an Independent, and Susan Sommer of Phelps, a Democrat, also are in the race. Lisa Theo, a Democrat from Tomahawk, took out nomination papers, but the status of her paperwork was unknown as of press time. » Three candidates have filed nomination papers for the 35th Assembly District. Mary Czaja of Irma, a Republican, Kevin Koth of Tomahawk, a Democrat, and Patrick Tjugum of Tomahawk,  an Independent, all seek to replace Tiffany. » Marathon County District Attorney Ken Heimerman is running unopposed. » U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Weston, is running for a second term. He is being challenged by Pat Kreitlow, a former Democratic state senator from Chippewa Falls, and Independent candidate Dale Lehner of Prairie Lake. Republican Mike Krsiean of Holton announced his intention to run for the seat, but the status of his paperwork was unknown as of press time.

Press Release: Seidel Upstages Veterans

"We know of three times Donna was asked not to show campaign signs, including a last-minute visit from the parade marshal. Donna personally chose to keep the campaign signs as her parade decorations."

Read the full press release, including pictures, here.

More Money for Public Schools Is Not the Answer

America’s public school students continue to score well below students from other developed countries on standardized tests of math, science, reading, and problem solving.  Embarrassed teachers’ unions are blaming the poor performance of American students on budget cuts.  This is nothing more than finger pointing to distract taxpayers from the real reasons for poor performance, but it is at least a well-timed if disingenuous distraction. Because of the disastrous economic policies of the Obama administration, most states have had to suffer through persistent recessionary conditions for three years and counting.

As a result, local school systems in most states have experienced on-going budget cuts or, at least, what teachers’ unions call budget cuts.  In many cases the so-called cuts have really been reductions in projected increases as opposed to actual cuts.  In fact, only the skewed logic of the left could define a reduction in a proposed budget increase as a budget cut.  A cut is when you end up with less funding than you had, not less than you wanted.

Read the full article here:
http://patriotupdate.com/articles/more-money-for-public-schools-is-not-the-answer

RPMC Wins Top County of the Year

We’re pleased to announce that the Republican Party of Marathon County is the recipient of the 2012 Top County award! We’ve known the excitement and energy that has accompanied our events. Other counties have commented on the exemplary teamwork we’re enjoying in this critical season of Wisconsin politics. Now the state party has officially honored Marathon County among the seventy-two counties in the state.

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From the Bader Blog: A Dark Lining in a Silver Cloud

A Dark Lining in a Silver Cloud

Thursday May 3, 2012 Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago by Jerry Bader

The good news is the perception of Wisconsin's business climate among business leaderscontinues to improve. But the prospect that Wisconsin will do a 180 on June 5 is keeping business from acting on that optimism. Business is excited about what Scott Walker is doing in Wisconsin. It wants to act on that excitement. It won't, however, if if believes all this ends in a month.

With Tom Barrett using Wisconsin's job numbers as a cudgel against Scott Walker, the governor needs to use this extensively in his campaign; what is paralyzing business, and job growth in Wisconsin isn't Scott Walker. It's the fear of business that Scott Walker will soon be gone.

Kaboom!

Wisconsin is on the Verge of a Jobs Explosion

Submitted by nathan.conrad on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:10pm

In the 16 short months that Governor Walker has been behind the desk of our state’s highest elected office, we have eliminated that deficit, saved over a billion dollars of taxpayer money and put an end to the rampant job loss caused by the poor fiscal management of the past.

Recently, a survey conducted by ChiefExecutive.net shows that the forward thinking reforms that have been put in place under Governor Walker are moving our state in the right direction. The survey, which can be seen here, shows  that in 2010 Wisconsin was ranked 41^st in the nation in places to do business and, in the time since, we have moved 21 slots up on that list after Governor Walker took office.

Governor Walker’s bold reforms have been highlighted even further by the editors of that site to show that, as a state, we are poised to see a jobs explosion when Governor Walker retains his office after this baseless recall is over. Take a look at the nation’s CEO’s vision for Wisconsin’s future with Governor Walker at the helm here.

While we continue to climb the ranks of best places to do business as a state, one alarming and concerning tidbit of information comes to light: We are being held back from further growth due to the impetuous disregard for business being forwarded by the failed leadership of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.

According to Forbes, in their most recent ranking of best and worst cities to do business, which can be seen here, we see that Milwaukee has tumbled 31 spots in the rankings over the last year. Under Mayor Barrett’s watch, and because of the constant hunger to feed the spending beast that resides within him, Milwaukee has one of the worst outlooks for business in the nation. To put if frankly, no one wants to build and grow business in an area where burdensome taxation and irresponsible and overzealous regulation takes precedence over job creation.

Job creators are shunning the failed mayor’s city due to his inability to manage correctly and his total lack of a plan on any issue.

Governor Walker on the other hand is doing any and everything possible to attract business and help the struggling community thrive, even though their mayor seems more interested in running a third race for governor in a baseless recall rather than help his own constituents.

Governor Walker recently unveiled an initiative called Transform Milwaukee which will seek to help the tormented city get back on its feet again. The program is investing $100 million dollars into the beleaguered city to bring back jobs and opportunity lost during the tenure of Mayor Barrett’s failed leadership.

The initiative will provide $56 million in loans and venture funding for small businesses and industrial development to the city, which in turn is expected to create more than 2,000 new construction jobs.
Mayor Barrett’s inability to show true leadership in times of adversity has proven he is bad for Milwaukee, but would be worse for Wisconsin.

Governor Walker, on the other hand, has stood by his word and laid the solid foundation for a bright future for our state through his innovative and bold reforms agenda. Once this recall has been put to rest and Governor Walker’s plans can continue to move forward, the jobs explosion that will result will usher in a time of growth not seen in Wisconsin in generations.

Still Moving Up - Wisconsin Business Climate Now 20th

Will Wisconsin Rise Again?

May 2 2012 by Dale Buss

The Badger State keeps rising in the Chief Executive Best States/Worst States list, and that’s got Wisconsin businesses cheering—as well as investing. Nevertheless, CEOs and entrepreneurs there are worried that an election recall this summer of their champion, Governor Scott Walker, could upend the great improvements made in the state’s business climate in just two years.

Wisconsin leapt to 20th place in our Best States/Worst States list this year from 24th last year, one of only eight states that enjoyed a rise of at least four spots. That followed a phenomenal 17-place leap in last year’s list, where it occupied the doldrums of 41st place. 

Read the full article at ChiefExecutive.net....

How Retirement Benefits May Sink the States

Yes, this is why we need to support Governor Walker to stay the course! The fiscal standing of Wisconsin matters!

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Steven Malanga: How Retirement Benefits May Sink the States

Illinois is a lesson in why companies are starting to pay more attention to the long-term fiscal prospects of governments.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303592404577361891800868180.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Recall Defense: Understanding the Jobs Numbers

It’s not about the jobs—or is it?

Does Tom Barrett fall short as a political strategist? He has, after all, been trying to run on the issue of jobs in next month’s recall election. Is this a colossal bluff; a desperate hope that if he talks about it enough, no one will notice how bad his performance has been?
 
Good luck, Mr. Mayor. Even with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s deflector shields fully deployed to obscure his record, Barrett can’t keep the rest of Wisconsin from finding out that under his aimless leadership Milwaukee is a graveyard for jobs.
 
Surely March was a disappointment. Wisconsin lost 4,500 jobs. But there’s more to it than that: 4,400 were in Barrett’s Milwaukee.
 
It needn’t be this way, except for Liberal ideological purity. For instance, not one Democrat, Barrett included, spoke up when a single vote in the State Senate would have opened the door to thousands of jobs building an iron mine and the machinery to operate it.
 
Instead, Barrett fixates on “investing” your tax money in  a two-mile, hundred-million dollar trolley line and wind energy systems—just as people wake up to the expensive failure of “green energy” to deliver either environmental benefits or reliable power. 
 
If Wisconsin struggles with job creation, it’s not because Scott Walker curbed government union collective bargaining. It’s because private-sector job-creators fear Walker could be gone in a month and a Leftist governor could be trying to rig up a tax-financed economy with science-fair energy projects and passenger-rail money pits.
 
The March unemployment rate was 6.8 percent for Wisconsin and 8.2 percent nationwide. In the City of Milwaukee, it was 10.4 percent. If you’re wondering how to make jobs disappear, don’t call Scott Walker. Don’t even call Barack Obama. Call Tom Barrett. He seems to have the secret.

Debt Crisis Focus: We're Already Europe

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE          www.nationalreview.com     

We’re Already Europe By Michael Tanner February 22, 2012 12:00 A.M. With seemingly every day bringing more bad news from Europe, many are beginning to ask how much longer the United States has before our welfare state follows the European model into bankruptcy. The bad news is: It may already have. This year, the fourth straight year that we borrowed more than $1 trillion to support the U.S. government, our budget deficit will top $1.3 trillion, 8.7 percent of our GDP. If you think that sounds bad, it’s because it is. In fact, only two European countries, Greece and Ireland, have larger budget deficits as a percentage of GDP. Things are only slightly better when you look at the size of our national debt, which now exceeds $15.3 trillion, 102 percent of GDP. Just four European countries have larger national debts than we do — Greece and Ireland again, plus Portugal and Italy. That means the U.S. government is actually less fiscally responsible than countries like France, Belgium, or Spain. And as bad as things are right now, we are on an even worse course for the future. If one adds the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare to our official national debt, we really owe $72 trillion, by the Obama administration’s projections for future Medicare savings under Obamacare, and as much as $137 trillion if you use more realistic projections. Under the best-case scenario, then, this amounts to more than 480 percent of GDP. And, under more realistic projections, we owe an astounding 911 percent of GDP. Meanwhile, counting both official debt and unfunded pension and health-care liabilities, the most indebted nation in Europe is Greece, which owes 875 percent of GDP. That’s right, the United States potentially owes more than Greece. France, the second most insolvent nation in Europe, owes just 549 percent of GDP. Even under the most optimistic scenario, we owe more than such fiscal basket cases as Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. So far we have been able to avoid the consequences of our profligate ways because the very public turmoil in Europe has helped prop us up as the world’s safe haven for foreign investment. Compared to the euro’s problems, the dollar looks pretty safe. This means that others are still willing to lend us money at absurdly low rates. But that won’t last forever. In fact, already seven European countries, including Germany and Sweden, have better credit ratings than the U.S. Perhaps we can take some solace in the fact that our welfare state is not yet as big as Europe’s. But the key word here is “yet.” Today, our federal government spends more than 24 percent of GDP. Throw in state and local spending, and government at all levels consumes over 43 percent of everything produced in this country over the course of a year. As bad as that is, it’s still less than Europe, where the average of government spending at all levels is slightly more than 50 percent of GDP. But the Congressional Budget Office projects that federal-government spending in this country is currently on a path to exceed 42 percent of GDP by 2050. Government spending at all levels will exceed 59 percent of GDP. And CBO assumes state and local spending will decline in the future, which seems unlikely. By way of comparison, today, Ireland is the only country in Europe with a bigger government than the U.S.’s will be in 2050. That’s right, one can look at countries like France and Greece, or even Denmark and Sweden, and realize that we will eventually have bigger governments than those quintessential welfare states have today. At that point does the United States cease being the United States as we have known it? At the very least, can our economy survive such a crushing burden of government spending, and its attendant level of taxes and debt? Given this looming disaster, President Obama has just submitted a budget that explicitly rejects “austerity,” avoids any reform of Medicare or Social Security, and adds some $7 trillion to the national debt over the next ten years. And Republicans? They are busy debating the pros and cons of birth control. What is wrong with this picture? — Michael Tanner is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and author of Leviathan on the Right: How Big-Government Conservatism Brought Down the Republican Revolution.

Don't let gender flap distract

Wisconsin State Journal editorial | Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:00 am

The grand total of women (and men) in Wisconsin who have used a 2009 state law to file employment discrimination lawsuits is — zero.

So don't believe the hype about state leaders supposedly stopping women from getting paid the same as men by repealing the law this month. Any worker in Wisconsin who is discriminated against based on gender, age, race or other factors can still seek justice from state and federal agencies as well as the federal courts.

The repeal of the 2009 state law that nobody used doesn't change that.

Democratic candidate for governor Kathleen Falk recently claimed that women who suffer pay discrimination "can't do something about it" because of a Republican-backed bill Gov. Scott Walker just signed into law.

But PolitiFact Wisconsin just rated Falk's claim as false: "Of the four legal options available under the current law, only one would be eliminated by the bill," according to the fact-checking website that Milwaukee Journal Sentinel journalists operate.

Moreover, it's the only one of those four option that hasn't been used.

"Nobody has obtained a finding of liability from a law judge and then gone into state court and asked for damages," Scott Beightol, a Wisconsin lawyer who represents employers on discrimination issues, told the State Journal on Wednesday.

He added: "How this became a gender pay issue is beyond me," given that the 2009 law, approved when Democrats controlled the state Legislature, wasn't specific to women.

Falk isn't the only one exaggerating the issue. Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, suggested repealing the 2009 law would be the most pro-business piece of legislation taken up by the Republican-controlled Legislature this session, according to the Journal Sentinel. That doesn't say much for the GOP's efforts to boost economic activity in Wisconsin.

Let's root out sexism in the workplace with less show and more substance.

The WI Mine Would Have Been Safe!

Fun Fact Of The Day

Did you know...

•The mine would not have had any negative environmental effects as the DNR & EPA were involved in the planning and supervision.

•Donna says that she wants to work together, but yet she voted against all these jobs just to play politics in the recall elections. We don't want someone representing us that says one thing and does another.

Donna Seidel Voted No on 1000's of Jobs

Fun Fact Of The Day
Donna Seidel voted against the mine, which would have created over 5,500 jobs and generated approximately $1.2 billion (yes, billion with a "b") per year in much needed revenue for our economy? Particularly here in Northern Wisconsin.

Jerry Petrowski - Solid Amid False Charges

Fun Fact Of The Day
Have you seen the recent ad Rep. Donna Seidel is running against Rep. Petrowski? She is claiming that Jerry cut funding for breast and cervical cancer screenings that are part of the Well Woman Program. Did you know that is 100% false? The non‐partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a memo showing that the only cuts made to the program were in the 2009‐11 state budget, which Seidel voted for and Petrowski voted against. In the 2007‐09 state budget, which was cited in the ad, funding was actually increased to the program. Petrowski voted for the 2007‐09 budget, and Seidel voted against. Please 'like' and share!

May 3, Pints & Politics

6:30 P.M., Thursday May 3

Mickey’s Pub
1239 Schofield Ave, Schofield, WI

Special Guests:
Never Forgotten Honor Flight
Rep. Jerry Petrowski

Flyer here.

Press Release: Central WI Lincoln Day Dinner Draws Huge Crowd

Contact: Evan Nehring, Republican Party of Marathon County PR Chair, rpmc.wi.pr@gmail.com
Monday, February 20, 2012

Saturday night, February 18, the Stoney Creek Inn in Mosinee, WI was the site of a great gathering of Republican supporters. The sold out house of about 450 people listened to a keynote address by U.S. Senator Ron Johnson and enjoyed a festive prime rib meal together. Governor Scott Walker also addressed the gathering by video from Madison.

Counties represented included Lincoln, Langlade, Shawano, Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Clark, Taylor and Marathon. Other elected officials who spoke included:

U.S. Congressman Sean Duffy - WI 7th Congressional District
WI Representative Jeff Fitzgerald - Speaker of the Assembly
WI Representative Scott Suder - WI 60th Assembly District
WI Representative Jerry Petrowski - WI 86th Assembly District
WI Representative Mary Williams - WI 87th Assembly District

The tone of the evening was very focused and energized. We were reminded over and over of the seriousness of our country’s economic situation, national debt, and unsure trajectory. We were also reminded of the tremendous opportunity for Americans to stand up to the bloated government bureaucracy and champion constitutionally limited government, fiscal conservatism, pro-growth policies, and reforms that have worked. Senator Johnson encouraged volunteers who have given sacrificially to press on and continue to stand with the cause of American freedom.

The significant funds raised through the event will be used by local county parties to support Republican candidates at the federal, state and local levels in this hyper-intense election year. The lengthy evening was also filled with networking and relationship building before and after the program. Pictures may be viewed at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Republican-Party-of-Marathon-County/128726130531896. Please note that campaign literature, signs, buttons, bumper stickers and more are available at the Republican Victory Center at 540 S. 3rd Avenue in Wausau, 715-203-1176. There is also a list of ways to get involved at all levels and in all races this election season at http://marathon.wisgop.info/walker-support-central/recall-defense/.

As the host county of this event, the RPMC would like to thank all of those involved in the program, all of those involved in putting on such a successful event, and all of the county parties and individuals who attended and made the event what it was.