There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.

If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world.

There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.

I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.

Like many places across the country, Wisconsin lost more than 100,000 jobs from 2008 to 2010. Unemployment during that time topped out at over 9%.

In my teenage years I was as addicted to great pop as I was to free jazz, electronic music, and hardcore blues.

I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.