Wisconsin

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  1. Obama on the Gun Ban, Swing State Polls

    LOUD3R Score: 3510 - Jun 26, 2008

    The Supreme Court struck down the gun ban in Washington, D.C., which may make guns less of an issue on the general election. [ Poltical Insider ]  Barack Obama reversed a previous statement he had made about the gun ban. [ Ben ]  A new... More

  2. The Evolution of a Message

    LOUD3R Score: 2763 - 34 Minutes Ago

    The Republican National Committee has started airing a new ad critical of Barack Obama's Energy proposals, or, as they see... Full Article At Washington Post - Channel '08

  3. ‘08 Presidential Projections Database Update (6/12)

    LOUD3R Score: 1362 - Jun 12, 2008

    Overall, over the past two days, with some recent polling in Michigan, North Carolina, Wisconsin, ... Full Article

  4. The Message That Will Win This Campaign

    LOUD3R Score: 1126 - Jun 12, 2008

    Barack Obama is getting very close to hitting the messaging that will win this campaign: Iraq hurts the Economy. Check out his remarks on McCain, Iraq, the ... Full Article At Open Left

  5. What's Really a Battleground State? (Hint: Not Wisconsin)

    LOUD3R Score: 1098 - Jun 12, 2008

    I was looking at two maps yesterday which purport to represent battleground states in the 2008 campaign between Barack Obama and John McCain . First is this one by Kos :      ... Full Article At Open Left

  6. Today's Polls: The Bounce hits the Badger State

    LOUD3R Score: 1010 - Jun 12, 2008

    Beginning today, I will be cross-posting the daily polling thread at The Plank. For those of you who don't know me, I am the proprietor of FiveThirtyEight.com , which is sort of a self-help group for polling junkies. Most all of the rest of my blogging will remain exclusive to FiveThirtyEight, except... Full Article At The Plank

  7. Wisconsin Poll: Obama Way Ahead of McCain

    LOUD3R Score: 988 - Jun 12, 2008

    Though Wisconsin has been close in recent presidential elections, a new University of Wisconsin Poll shows the Badger State solidly in the ... Full Article At Political Wire

  8. The Mickes Family and Tax Relief for the Middle Class

    LOUD3R Score: 954 - Jun 12, 2008

    Ryan and Jenny Micke live in Appleton, Wisconsin, with their two children. Ryan is a unit director with the Boys and Girls Club at the local middle school. Jenny works as an educational assistant at a nearby preschool. With a combined income of less... Full Article At Barack Obama - Obama HQ

  9. Proud, not proud debate continues

    LOUD3R Score: 1311 - Jun 18, 2008

    by Jill Zuckman Cindy McCain is not backing down. In an interview with Kate Snow from Vietnam this morning on ABC's Good Morning America, the wife of Sen. John McCain did not back away from her implicit criticism of Michelle ... Full Article At The Swamp

  10. The McCain September Debate Strategy: A Suggestion

    LOUD3R Score: 1289 - Jun 30, 2008

    An idea; a proposal: John McCain should challenge Barack Obama to a week-long set of town-hall debates (say, 4-5 of them) on college campuses when the college kids go back to school in late August... Full Article At Redstate

  11. Clintonista DNC Delegate for McCain

    LOUD3R Score: 1241 - Jun 14, 2008

    This is making the Wisconsin Democratic Party very unhappy. They nominated someone that even their own hyper-activists can't support: As an avid supporter of ... Full Article At Redstate

  12. Change That Works for You Tour: Obama Discusses Tax Relief in Kaukauna, WI

    LOUD3R Score: 1008 - Jun 14, 2008

    In today's Economy, people are working harder for less, and that's why Barack Obama will provide tax cuts for Middle Class Americans... Full Article At Barack Obama - Obama HQ

  13. On the issues: Revisiting Pakistan

    LOUD3R Score: 1103 - Jun 16, 2008

    From MSNBC.com’s Andy Merten With last week’s news that a U.S-led airstrike killed Pakistani troops along the Afghan border, it is worth revisiting the issue in the context of the 2008 presidential campaign. It is a topic that McCain sought to attack ... Full Article At MSNBC - First Read

  14. Democrat Delegate Too Repulsed By Obama, Will Vote McCain

    LOUD3R Score: 1039 - Jun 15, 2008

    A woman democrat party delegate from Wisconsin has publicly announced she cannot stomach an Obama presidency and therefore will ... Full Article At The Strata-Sphere

  15. McCain Struggles

    LOUD3R Score: 1019 - Jun 10, 2008

    The McCain campaign is reportedly struggling to keep up in some states: Even as democrat Barack Obama kept fighting to win his party's nomination for president, his campaign was hiring... Full Article At Democratic National Committee Blog

  16. Good trends in Wisconsin

    LOUD3R Score: 1010 - Jun 10, 2008

    Rasmussen . 6/5. Likely voters. MoE 4% (5/5 results) Obama (D) 45 (43) McCain (R) 43 (47) That's a seven-point swing. Let's look at the internals: 6/5   Total   Men Wom  ... Full Article At Daily Kos

  17. Edging up in Michigan

    LOUD3R Score: 988 - Jun 11, 2008

    Rasmussen . 6/9. Likely voters. MoE 4% (5/7 results) Obama (D) 45 (44) McCain (R) 42 (45) Not a massive gain, and well within the margin of error. Let's look at the internals: 6/9   Total   Men Wom  ... Full Article At Daily Kos

  18. John McCain vs. baby in anti-war ad

    LOUD3R Score: 987 - Jun 17, 2008

    by Katie Fretland "You can't have him" is a woman's message to Sen. John McCain in a new video campaign starting today by anti-war group MoveOn.org. During the advertisement, a woman sits on a pink couch holding a cooing baby boy. She... Full Article At The Swamp

  19. Thompson wins record 4th term in Wisconsin - CNN

    LOUD3R Score: 954 - Jun 13, 2008

    (AllPolitics, November 3) -- Bolstered by a strong Economy, Wisconsin GOP Gov. ... Full Article At Live Search News

  20. Feingold's Message to Dems on FISA

    LOUD3R Score: 941 - Jun 24, 2008

    Yesterday, Russ Feingold spoke at a New America Foundation event where he took questions on FISA : The Wisconsin ... Full Article At Daily Kos



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Wisconsin

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Wisconsin (



) or

) (French: Ouisconsin) is a state located near the center of the North American continent. It touches two of the five Great Lakes and is one of the fifty states that constitute the United States of America. Wisconsin's capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee.

History

Name

It may have possibly come from an ancient Ojibwe word, Miskwasiniing, meaning "Red-stone place," which was probably the name given to the Wisconsin River, and was recorded as Ouisconsin by the Chippewa. The spelling was revised to its current form in 1845 by Wisconsin's territorial legislature, and it is now written in this way in French and in most other languages.

The modern Ojibwe name, however, is Wiishkoonsing or Wazhashkoonsing, meaning "muskrat-lodge place" or "little muskrat place." Other theories are that the name comes from words meaning "Gathering...More Wisconsin @ wikipedia

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