A little more than three months ago, Mr. Obama’s Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood went to Milwaukee to proclaim that Obamarail was coming to Wisconsin and there would be no stopping it.  In spite of strong opposition from the already overburdened people and the Republican leadership, the Obama and Doyle administrations decided to move forward with the unpopular project.With Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker (an Obamarail opponent) well ahead in the polls and the potential for the Republican party to gain control of one or possible both houses of the state legislature the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has learned that:Just days before an election that could decide the fate of a planned high-speed rail line, state and federal administrators quietly signed a deal to commit the state to spending all $810 million of the federal stimulus cash allocated to the Milwaukee-to-Madison route, transportation officials confirmed Monday.The stealthy agreement will empower...(Read Full Post)