Article: GOP'S POSITIONS DEFY COMMON SENSE.(CAP TIMES)(Letter to the editor)

Byline: John Peterson Middleton

Dear Editor: What is happening politically in northeastern Wisconsin easily mirrors the electoral process in every other state. The rhetoric never changes. How can we change the frame of these cliched arguments?

Take the state Senate race in Green Bay between former Republican Ald. Chad Fradette and Democratic incumbent state Sen. Dave Hansen.

Fradette said he wants to restore "common sense" to state government. That would require him to vote with the Democrats.

Take, for example, a Democratic "common sense" proposal to increase the hospital tax. "Common sense" would require state Republicans to lift their opposition to a ...

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