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NBC News: Walker emerges victorious in Wisconsin recall
msnbc.com ^ | June 5, 2012 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 06/05/2012 7:05:30 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Updated 9:56 p.m. — WAUKESHA, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived a furious recall campaign on Tuesday, emerging as the victor in a bitter fight over state budgets and collective bargaining rights.

NBC News declared Walker the projected winner over Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in a closely-watched campaign first prompted after Walker drove a bill stripping public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights through Wisconsin's legislature showed little signs of abating, according to exit polls.

The stark divisions that took hold after Walker drove a bill stripping public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights through Wisconsin's legislature showed little signs of abating, according to exit polls.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: milwaukee; scottwalker; tombarrett; wi2012; wirecall; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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To: HereInTheHeartland

I don’t see this as an us versus them situation.

It is MAYBE the first recognition that we are in deep deep sh*t.


21 posted on 06/05/2012 7:25:26 PM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA

Indeed. These are cornered rats fighting for their lives. The fake petition signatures were a sure sign of their plans. We may see calls for a recount soon - luckily Walker has the stones required for this fight.


22 posted on 06/05/2012 7:25:49 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Dear public sector unions: Suck it. That is all.


23 posted on 06/05/2012 7:26:30 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I’ll drink a toast to the Governor and go to bed happy.


24 posted on 06/05/2012 7:27:02 PM PDT by joe.fralick
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To: DManA

Bet you that Barrett files endless lawsuits, and the Purple People Beaters have another “civil disobedience” in Madison with the police doing nothing.


25 posted on 06/05/2012 7:27:59 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is the operational wing of CPUSA.)
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To: DManA
Recount!!!

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26 posted on 06/05/2012 7:29:01 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: Clintonfatigued
Reince Preibus POWER!!!

ACCEPT IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

27 posted on 06/05/2012 7:29:08 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (We may die, but DISCO LIVES FOREVER!!!)
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To: garjog

BUMP!


28 posted on 06/05/2012 7:29:23 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Dictator Baby-Doc Barack's obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

LET THE INQUISITION BEGIN!


29 posted on 06/05/2012 7:33:13 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: kinsman redeemer

Thanks for posting DU. Those people can be entertaining.:o)


30 posted on 06/05/2012 7:33:45 PM PDT by painter (Rebuild The America We love!)
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To: DManA

“It is MAYBE the first recognition that we are in deep deep sh*t.”

Well unions and their ilk have helped bring this on; world wide.
Every left wing group who wants something for nothing; is responsible for most of the world wide economic ills.


31 posted on 06/05/2012 7:33:57 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland ("The writing is on the wall - Unions are screwed. reformist2 10:04 PM #27"\)
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To: oldenuff2no

This gives me hope that maybe the man upstairs isn’t ready to wash his hands of this country yet. JMHO


32 posted on 06/05/2012 7:35:39 PM PDT by Jean2
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To: DManA

This was a landslide for liberty and a clear repudiation of unionism and communism. Governor Scott Walker has emerged as a rising star in Constitutional Conservatism.


33 posted on 06/05/2012 7:38:58 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: DManA

Union worker LIFETIME PENSION PIG GREED has placed ALL of America in this situation. Eventually, the parasite runs out of host to feed on.. Amazingly, the pro-union crowd doesn’t care about their children’s futures because they’re spending their children’s futures TODAY. PIGS.


34 posted on 06/05/2012 7:40:34 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: Free ThinkerNY

$10 says there was open weeping at NBC News...


35 posted on 06/05/2012 7:41:17 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: wideawake

>> Fox News was saying it was too close to call. Overcautious? <<

The exit polls were way off. Probably hired too many female graduate students to do the interviewing.

(Seriously! And a hat-tip to Mike Barone, per his comment tonight on the Hugh Hewit show.)


36 posted on 06/05/2012 7:42:20 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"The mandate to save America began tonight in Wisconsin!" ~~ RK, Lt. Gov.
37 posted on 06/05/2012 7:45:16 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Castigar
WooHoo! Even with all the rampant democrat voter fraud!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

When will Republican take voter fraud seriously and do something about it?

38 posted on 06/05/2012 7:46:41 PM PDT by wintertime (Reforming a government K-12 school is like reforming an abortion mill.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I turned to CNN to enjoy watching them spin this.....

Begala on CNN just said that Obama made a huge mistake in not coming to Wisconsin to support Barret.

Ari Flescher (Dubya’s press secretary) said ‘In November, will big labor do unto Obama what he did unto them?’

I sure hope so!


39 posted on 06/05/2012 7:52:30 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (*OMG ...means Obama Must Go in 2012!)
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To: Brown Deer

lol

a CRUSHING landslide too!

the polling firm that said it was 50/50 needs to go ahead and close up shop because they now have zero credibility.


40 posted on 06/05/2012 7:53:06 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. and the economy died.)
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