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Analysis: Messy Wisconsin recalls bode ill for 2012 election
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| 8/10/11
| David Bailey - Reuters
Posted on 08/10/2011 4:06:46 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
The Wisconsin fight was triggered by Republican Governor Scott Walker's controversial, and successful, campaign to strip teachers, nurses, and other government employees of collective bargaining power they had enjoyed for five decades. Wow, prejudiced to the left much???
What a waste of good ink (or bandwidth as the case may be).
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posted on
08/10/2011 4:37:10 PM PDT
by
The Citizen Soldier
(I will always remember exactly where I was when Obama made his NCAA picks.)
To: RowdyFFC
LOL.. I hear ya on the krud. I yank a lot off stuff of Good ol’ Yahoo,, I prefer snagging Reuters and AFP stuff from them.. reliable servers, decent sized excerpt limits.. and the pics.. Ohhhh the pics.
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posted on
08/10/2011 4:37:36 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
"What we saw yesterday was basically a very divisive election to conclude a very divisive recall process in response to a very divisive set of policies enacted by the new Republican governor and legislature in Wisconsin," said Alan Abramowitz, an Emory University political science professor. Oh, I get it now, it was Governor Walker's fault. Self-serving jerk this esteemed prof.
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posted on
08/10/2011 4:39:08 PM PDT
by
Chaguito
To: Jeff Vader
I’m guessing that the last sentence was added by the poster.
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posted on
08/10/2011 4:39:38 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: NormsRevenge
If nothing else it demonstrates the need to restrict the reasons for which a recall election should be allowed.
altho this ain't the greatest shot.. I like the direction the arrow is pointing. ;-)
Voters take to the polls as Wisconsin holds the nation's largest ever
recall elections in River Hills August 9, 2011. REUTERS/Darren Hauck
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posted on
08/10/2011 4:40:48 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
“analysts parsing the bruising, expensive and inconclusive battles”
One thing is conclusive the Senate is still Republican
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posted on
08/10/2011 4:42:22 PM PDT
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italianquaker
( Mr Obama inherited an AAA rating and made it AA)
To: NormsRevenge
Translation: it will be “messy” because Republicans won . . . again. Get used to it. You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Not like what’s gonna hit you in 2012.
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posted on
08/10/2011 4:45:05 PM PDT
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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posted on
08/10/2011 4:45:15 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: NormsRevenge
Politics, .... is now “a battle of inches, it is a battle that never ends, it is a battle to the death.”
The host must destroy the parasite class to survive, or the parasite class will destroy the host.
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posted on
08/10/2011 5:10:20 PM PDT
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Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: NormsRevenge
We started a new, populist, citizen-driven movement against austerityIsn't that what's going on in London?
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posted on
08/10/2011 5:28:13 PM PDT
by
Maceman
(Obama: As American as nasei goreng)
To: Dr. Sivana
Why are they interviewing a college prof whose employment is subsidized by the state in question? Many of the people affected by the necessary changes in budget and pay structure are him and his closest pals. Probably for the same reasons that the whole article is slanted to the left. Giving a neutral treatment to any aspect of the spin would be unacceptable.
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posted on
08/10/2011 5:34:07 PM PDT
by
Kenton
(No hope, wrong change - Buck Ofama)
To: Jeff Vader
Jeff:
That was my comment about winning one of the two recalls. There are quote marks around the email from Daily Kos.
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posted on
08/10/2011 5:47:50 PM PDT
by
bjc
(Check the data!!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Note: this topic is from 8/10/2011.
Thanks NormsRevenge.
...the 2012 national election will be nasty... Wisconsin's recalls, and the fight earlier this year over the union rights of public-sector workers that triggered them, have highlighted the wide gulf that separates Republican and Democrat voters nationwide. The results, which neither party can claim as a clear-cut victory, have also exposed the lack of stability and predictability in U.S. government -- a reason S&P cited last week in downgrading the U.S. AAA credit rating. Republicans won four of the six Wisconsin recall elections on Tuesday, just enough to cling to a state Senate majority.
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05/22/2012 1:10:58 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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