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Wisconsin high court race yields mixed results
AP via SFGate ^ | 4/8/11 | TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press

Posted on 04/08/2011 3:33:04 PM PDT by SmithL

Madison, Wis. (AP) -- When a little-known liberal challenged a conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, the once-sleepy race suddenly looked like a backdoor way for Gov. Scott Walker's opponents to sink his agenda.

Then a clerk discovered 14,000 unrecorded votes that vaulted the incumbent into the lead. Experts said the results represented a draw for the governor: He didn't lose, but the slim margin means he didn't win big, either. And the close contest could help ensure Walker's opponents stay energized for the next round.

The outcome also improves the odds that Walker's collective bargaining law would survive a legal challenge before the high court. Yet Prosser's lead, if it holds, does not amount to a clear public endorsement of the governor's policy.

The conservative "didn't win by the margin everyone expected him to win by," said University of Wisconsin-Green Bay political science professor Michael Kraft. "If I were Walker, I wouldn't be saying everything is just dandy and people love me."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: asspressbias; supremecourt; unionthugs; wisconsinshowdown
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"If I were Walker, I wouldn't be saying everything is just dandy and people love me."

And so, the AssPress has decided how things should be in Wisconsin.

1 posted on 04/08/2011 3:33:12 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Any good public official wouldn’t worry about the next election, only what’s best for his constituents.


2 posted on 04/08/2011 3:35:42 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: SmithL
Nice spin. The unions spend a crap load of money and try a massive GOTV and still lose.

Remember the old adage, you lose by 1, lose by a million. You're still a loser.

3 posted on 04/08/2011 3:36:10 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (I'm called a 'teabagger'? Well, get over here liberal and I'll show you what that means.)
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To: SmithL

“If I were Walker, I wouldn’t be saying everything is just dandy and people love me.”

On the other hand, the Dims blew 3.5 million on this one AND FAILED, so I guess the folks don’t love their thug a$$es either, eh professor?


4 posted on 04/08/2011 3:37:31 PM PDT by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: SmithL

Wow this article is a spinning crock of s**t.


5 posted on 04/08/2011 3:37:47 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: SmithL

“Then a clerk discovered 14,000 unrecorded votes”

No, 14,000 recorded votes that had not been reported.

So, if the Leftist Shrew had won by a couple of hundred votes, that would have been a great victory for the left, but if the conservative judge wins by 14,000 votes, that is too close to call a real victory for the conservatives.

Thanks, AP, for your wonderful impartiality.


6 posted on 04/08/2011 3:38:16 PM PDT by Cicero
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To: SmithL

What it means is that the Labor Goons and Union Thugs who canvassed the State with all the power and might of the RAdical Left in this country STILL couldn’t defeat the pro-American candidate.


7 posted on 04/08/2011 3:38:34 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Democrats- Forgetting 9/11 since 9/12/01)
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To: SmithL
The conservative "didn't win by the margin everyone expected

We won, you lost, deal with it.

8 posted on 04/08/2011 3:38:40 PM PDT by SouthTexas (Tea time!)
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To: SmithL

I would have to say it is impossible for a single race with one winner to yield “mixed results”.


9 posted on 04/08/2011 3:39:43 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: FReepers
Make The Democrats Cry Again!

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10 posted on 04/08/2011 3:40:23 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: SmithL

Experts said the results represented a draw for the governor: He didn’t lose, but the slim margin means he didn’t win big, either.

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In the land of the Democrats, any Patriot win is a GOOD win.


11 posted on 04/08/2011 3:40:52 PM PDT by ROTB (Sans Christian revival, we are government slaves, or nuked by China/Russia when we revolt.)
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To: SmithL

Nice to see the lickspittles in the press are conceding the loss - I pretty much expected the article would start to lay the groundwork for some convoluted way in which the donkeys could attempt to resteal the election.


12 posted on 04/08/2011 3:41:53 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: SmithL
Then a clerk discovered 14,000 unrecorded votes that vaulted the incumbent into the lead.

My understanding is the numbers were misreported to the AP but these were in fact recorded votes. Of course, this article is FROM the AP, so I'm not surprised they may get this wrong.

13 posted on 04/08/2011 3:42:16 PM PDT by newzjunkey (OBAMA & his DEMOCRAT allies are starving children & killing the elderly.)
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To: SmithL

Yeah, just like they decided how the election should be called when they had Klopp by 204.


14 posted on 04/08/2011 3:44:42 PM PDT by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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To: SmithL
There's still the upcoming recall elections, and the Unions are on notice now that they still haven't managed to instill the proper degree of fear into the general population, and they're going to have to try harder.

I'm afraid we haven't seen the worst of it yet.

15 posted on 04/08/2011 3:45:01 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: DJ MacWoW

There you go, one of my favorites. In fact I’m going to save it to hard drive in my *Loser Lib* photo folder this time.


16 posted on 04/08/2011 3:45:01 PM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: Williams
I would have to say it is impossible for a single race with one winner to yield “mixed results”.

Exactly. It's only "mixed results" if the goal was to make everyone happy.
17 posted on 04/08/2011 3:47:06 PM PDT by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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To: The Cajun

One of the funniest pics that I’ve ever seen. I don’t believe there are any emotional pics of conservatives. It’s always libs.


18 posted on 04/08/2011 3:47:32 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: SmithL

Tens of Thousands of selfish, ignorant liberals demanded to be heard. The rest of us said “We heard you, you suck.”


19 posted on 04/08/2011 3:49:06 PM PDT by APatientMan (Pick a side)
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To: SmithL

ROTFLOL


20 posted on 04/08/2011 3:50:34 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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