Effort to Recall Gov. Walker Already Halfway to Goal!

[Puppycow]

Intrade has a 90% chance that Walker will win though.

Make that 99% now. And more exit polls have been released, which give Walker a 52% to 48% advantage. Plus the actual results so far heavily favor Walker.

 

[applecorped]

From the New York Times as of this moment-

17% reporting
Barrett 38.9%
Walker 60.5%

24% reporting now - same results

 

[DJW]

Fox called it:

60 to 40

 

[applecorped]

Make that 99% now. And more exit polls have been released, which give Walker a 52% to 48% advantage. Plus the actual results so far heavily favor Walker.

99.8% now

 

[tomwaits]

So now ask yourself which side's voters would be more likely to lie to the pollsters?

The Calvin side:

 

[Unabogie]

Seems Walker won.

 

[Dumb All Over]

That didn't take long. On to November.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Wow. Wasn't even close.

Is Mattusmaximus sporting his new avatar yet?

 

[Sam.I.Am]

Soon the spin will start from both sides:

Republicans: "This is a clear message that the citizenry are for more limits on Public Unions."

Democrats: "This is a travesty. The Republicans outspent us and so clearly we must fix the Citizens united ruling."

(or something like those)

How about the recall was seen as a temper tantrum by unions and a good portion of the both sides agreed and chose to simply keep with the status quo and that there isn't any message to be taken from this other than that... Naw, that will never happen. Spin away silly people, spin away.

 

[WildCat]

CNN calling it for Walker.

 

[applecorped]

CNN calling it for Walker.

So, what was the avatar bet with Mattus? Is he going to have a Walker avatar?

 

[WildCat]

So, what was the avatar bet with Mattus? Is he going to have a Walker avatar?

You mean like this?

I won't make him use it until Barrett concedes.

 

[Puppycow]

Apparently there were also recall elections for Lieutenant Governor and four State Senators, but Republicans appear likely to make a clean sweep of those too.

http://core.talkingpointsmemo.com/election/features/wisconsin-recall

 

[applecorped]

Apparently there were also recall elections for Lieutenant Governor and four State Senators, but Republicans appear likely to make a clean sweep of those too.

http://core.talkingpointsmemo.com/election/features/wisconsin-recall

This is still a Dem win though!

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

You mean like this?

[qimg]http://home.mindspring.com/~a.lo/walker.jpg[/qimg]



I won't make him use it until Barrett concedes.

I think you should print it on a t-shirt and make him wear it to TAM!

 

[Howie Felterbush]

Damn.

I was really pulling for Hari Trivedi.

He had the best commercials.

 

[Puppycow]

This is still a Dem win though!

If I were a Dem looking for a silver lining, it would be that they made Republicans spend a lot of money defending Walker, which might have been used elsewhere.

According to the New York Times, Walker and his Republican allies spent $45.6 million on the race as of May 21, while Barrett and his allies have spent $17.9 million.

 

[applecorped]

If I were a Dem looking for a silver lining, it would be that they made Republicans spend a lot of money defending Walker, which might have been used elsewhere.

All of it could have been spent elsewhere had there not been this recall.

 

[eeyore1954]

All of it could have been spent elsewhere had there not been this recall.

Plus wasn't it about 10,000,000 in taxpayer money for what really was a frivolous recall .

 

[Howie Felterbush]

Plus wasn't it about 10,000,000 in taxpayer money for what really was a frivolous recall .

Yeah, after this load of nonsense, hard feelings and money down the tubes, don't be surprised to see support (from both sides) for the idea of changing the recall process to only allow recalls in the case of actual wrong-doing, not just policy disagreements.

It would be pretty funny if Barrett came back and won, though. Not because I care politically, but I'm sitting on the porch right now having a pipe and I can hear my neighbor (big union puke) across the street, raging out and smashing stuff. What if he wakes up tomorrow and finds out he murdered his coffee table for nothing?