Wisconsin Walker ping. Please let me know if you want on, or off, this ping list. I'm subbing for Diana in Wisconsin and keeping the list.
Posted on 12/17/2011 9:15:28 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
The national labor unions have accumulated more than 500,000 signatures on their petition to recall Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, so they are getting close. There is no process, apparently, for validating the signatures, so it is impossible to say how many are fraudulent. But it seems probable that one way or another, a recall election will take place in May. Will that election be a triumph for the Democrats?
Ann Althouse thinks not:
Let’s assume the signature-gatherers hit the mark and trigger a recall. Walker can only be removed if the Democrats come up with an opponent who beats him in the recall election. What are they going to use for money?
But the Democratic Party reported raising just under $1.2 million between July 1 and Dec. 10 to support its own role in the recall attempt. It has $360,000 in cash on hand.
But money is never the Democrats’ problem. As long as the national unions can extort money from their members against their will, there will be no shortage of cash on the left. I assume the pro-recall forces will outspend the pro-Walker forces by at least two or three to one.
Meanwhile, Walker is still raking money in, and under state law there is no limit on donations, and some people are handing him checks in excess of $200,000.
That is correct. There is currently a window in which you can contribute whatever you want to Walker’s campaign. As I wrote here, you should. You can donate to Walker’s re-election campaign here. Don’t worry if you can only spare a few dollars. Every little bit helps.
This money will flood into an immense advertising campaign next year. Next year, when all the presidential candidates are trying to get attention and when there’s a Senate race here in Wisconsin. Walker will continue to collect donations and spend it freely to promote the conservative agenda in Wisconsin, lending collateral assistance to the Republican candidates in the other 2012 elections. (And candidates in the regular elections have limits on the amounts donors can give them.)
Wisconsin is a key swing state in the presidential election. And Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Herb Kohl could be the one that tips the Senate Republican. The Walker recall could spell nationwide disaster for Democrats.
I certainly hope so, but that is an awfully optimistic assessment. Much more money will be spent to unseat Governor Walker than to re-elect him. On the other hand, the Democrats don’t have a candidate, and it is very weird to recall a governor for doing exactly what he promised to do when he ran for office.
I do think Ann is right that Wisconsin will be the eye of the hurricane in 2012 (or one of them, anyway). I would love to see Walker raise so much money that he can contribute to other Republican campaigns, but that strikes me as highly unlikely. Still, Ann may be right that the Walker recall is a strategic blunder by the Democrats. They chose to turn Wisconsin into Armageddon, betting that they had a better chance of recalling Walker in 2012 than defeating him in 2014, when the success of his policies would be apparent to nearly everyone. If they lose–as I think they will–the lesson will be that honest politicians can stand up to the union bullies, and win.
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Scott Walker is my hero!
Any recent polls on this?
Wisconsin Walker ping. Please let me know if you want on, or off, this ping list. I'm subbing for Diana in Wisconsin and keeping the list.
I don’t know of any polls. I just know people I see every day. I don’t know ANYBOdy who wants Walker recalled, except for a couple of flaming libs in the neighborhood.
I don’t know of any polls. I just know people I see every day. I don’t know ANYBOdy who wants Walker recalled, except for a couple of flaming libs in the neighborhood.
The only way Walker will win is if the Secretary of State “accidentally” misplaces the returns from one or more GOP-leaning counties, in the initial counts.
The Dem machine will manufacture enough votes to win, no matter how long that takes. The only way to beat them is to mislead them as to how many votes they need.
Shouldn’t that say ‘lean forward’?
The SOS is a flaming lib and will do no favors for Walker.
It worked once - lets see if the GOP can pull it off again.
If Wisconsin wants to have a willy nilly recall process they should add to the chaos by saying there can be an anti-recall petition. So they subtract those that do want to recall vs. those that do not. And then if those that do have more signatures they can win. I’d say minimum thresholds of signatures need to be gained, but since they aren’t checking them why bother. It’s really a race to see who can forge the most signatures.
Could be a practice drill to see how well they can manipulate the upcoming 2012 contests. Sort of a "Red Army/Blue Army" field exercise before the main battle. They will try to subvert the elections...count on that as a given.
The seal contains a hammer and plow. Is a plow different from a sickle?
Does the seal hide communist symbolism? Is that basic at the root symbolism going to get Scott recalled?
Thanks for the link. Everybody in the nation wit typing and computer skills can join the “verify movement sponsored by the Tea Party to build a data base. The more the merrier because we will have to enter at least 700,000 signatures into a data base. I attended an organizing meeting last night, and it sounds pretty slick and easy on those of us entering data. But, we have to get the data in and cross-checked within 2 weeks, unless the Walker people can get an extension.
I’ll try to find a link so you all can sign up.
Those symbols stand for farming, manufacturing, fishing and mining...all prominent in Wisconsin history.
Remember, all volunteers can help. I coul dtake only an hour of your time. Every signature will be checked twice.
That is the silliest comment I’ve ever read, bert. INDUSTRY. The seal stands for historic industries that made Wisconsin prosperous. Gorush has it right.
Two days ago on our way home from a trip in the R.V. we stopped at Williston Crossings near Ocala Florida where I spoke with two retired (retarded) teachers from Wisconsin.
Staying there for the winter so they aren’t too stupid but they were so anti Walker I needled them as best I could.
Then we got on to occupy wall street and I simply asked ,”what the hell is that all about anyway”? and again they nearly went cookoo for coco puffs.
Thanks, taxpayer.
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