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Article: THE POLITICS OF '08: FROM FANTASY TO DELUSION.(THE CAP TIMES)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column)
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- December 31, 2008
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Byline: John Nichols
A year that gives us Barack Obama and takes away Becky Young, that confirms Wall Street is a den of thieves but then devastates Main Street with the closing of the Janesville GM plant, is definitely a mixed bag. But 2008 was nothing if not eventful in Wisconsin. Here then are some of the year's highs, lows, bad jokes and great leaps forward:
Wildest political FANTASY: That Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle might become President-elect Barack Obama's attorney general. Doyle is actually qualified for the post, having served as a county prosecutor and a state attorney general before assuming his current post. Heck, he's even the son of federal ...