Ticketgate is Bipartisan Scandal

The Madison media is so over-whelmed by the shear volume of real news stories, that two media outlets gave prominence to a story about Scott's Walker’s seven seat fundraiser at the Kohl Center tonight.

The Capitol Times dedicated 638 words to the fact Walker's campaign for Governor was offering up to seven seats to a basketball game for $1,000 each. The invitation also included a half-time reception in a leased skybox.

WKOW TV 27 led with the story concerned that the skybox might be leased by a corporation and therefore not legal for Walker to use for political purposes --- unless of course an individual reimburses the corporation for the use of the skybox and then reports it as in-kind contribution to the Walker campaign.

What's the point? Are we just to assume that Walker intended to pull a fast one and not report the use of the box? Why not wait until the next finance report is due and pounce on him? Perhaps they didn’t want to take the chance that Walker would do the right thing so they made an issue out of it ahead of time. Now they claim he was just covering his tracks when the report is made public in six months.

And then of course there’s that skybox ticket Mark Green’s campaign manager accepted that one time. You better hang onto tight to those basketball tickets when you see these Republicans coming.

Did anyone in the media ever consider whether it’s appropriate for Jim Doyle’s campaign to spend thousands of dollars on season tickets to Badger and Packer games? If I were a Doyle donor, I’d be pissed.

And don’t tell me Tommy did it too. If he did, he shouldn’t have.