Wisconsin Recall - An Historic Day 6/5/2012

[roisigns]

This recall election will have profound impact on America & the World. It will indicate the population's commitment to fiscal responsibility.

 

[TaunTaun]

It'll be interesting to watch. It should be a pretty good barometer of the nation's mood.

If things go negative, it'll give us a few months to ramp back up though...

 

[spec4]

This election has me nervous. If Walker loses, it will show that liberalism is winning. My wife has liberal relatives up there who are big time union supporters. I have to bite my lip a lot when I'm up there.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Polls show Walker ahead by 5 to 7 points. Let's hope all of the Conservatives show up to vote.

I work up there a week a month and it's amazing the changes this guy has made in a short period of time. I hope the voters back him up.

 

[TaunTaun]

DOJ is sending in poll watchers and an army of lawyers....this should get interesting...

PICKET: DOJ to monitor Wisconsin recall election - Washington Times

 

[jgreiner]

This election has me nervous. If Walker loses, it will show that liberalism is winning. My wife has liberal relatives up there who are big time union supporters. I have to bite my lip a lot when I'm up there.

I saw a report this morning, union membership amongst the teachers has dropped by 1/3 since the new laws took effect. That is good news indeed.

 

[hooky]

We drove through on the way to the UP on Memorial Day. Walker signs outnumbered Bennet signs by roughly 20:1.

 

[roisigns]

I heard on the news that Walker has raised $ 30 M and his opponent has raised $ 4 M. This election attracted interest of business, union, and political leaders nationally due to the precedent setting potential of the outcome.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

The interesting thing to me (although it's totally predictable) is the Democrat commercials decrying the "outside funding" of Walker's campaign and implying that all the Dem's support has been local. It totally disregards all the national union funding that has been flung into the recall effort and the recall gubernatorial campaign. The hypocrisy of the Democrats is just amazing.

 

[KG1]

DOJ is sending in poll watchers and an army of lawyers....this should get interesting...

PICKET: DOJ to monitor Wisconsin recall election - Washington Times

It should be interesting indeed. Something tells me they won't be there looking out for Scott Walkers best interest.

They will be looking for ways to challenge his polling numbers in an effort bring about his defeat. Call me cynical but that's my gut.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

It should be interesting indeed. Something tells me they won't be there looking out for Scott Walkers best interest.

They will be looking for ways to challenge his polling numbers in an effort bring about his defeat. Call me cynical but that's my gut.

Well, based on DOJ's recent activities, I'd say your gut has quite a bit of data to back it up.

 

[ghuns]

A bunch of us here at the shop in Indiana were thinking about hopping a bus to Wisconsin, voting early and often, and doing some marching and chanting. Then we remembered, we're all Republicans, so we just went back to work.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Can someone give me a Reader's Digest version of the whole story?

-J-

 

[Super Bee]

Polls show Walker ahead by 5 to 7 points. Let's hope all of the Conservatives show up to vote.

I agree, that will be the key right there, Conservatives must show up to vote.

Glenn Beck was saying he had reports coming in of unions standing out in front of some polling places trying to intimate voters already this morning. Don't these people work?

 

[TheBigTim]

Don't these people work?

Right isn't that the point of a union... keep people working.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

It should be interesting indeed. Something tells me they won't be there looking out for Scott Walkers best interest.

They will be looking for ways to challenge his polling numbers in an effort bring about his defeat. Call me cynical but that's my gut.

Sure they arent looking for ways to smuggle guns to the gangs of Canada?

 

[Wingcollector]

A bunch of us here at the shop in Indiana were thinking about hopping a bus to Wisconsin, voting early and often, and doing some marching and chanting. Then we remembered, we're all Republicans, so we just went back to work.

 

[ghuns]

Can someone give me a Reader's Digest version of the whole story?

-J-

Not the whole story, and an opinion piece but...
George Will: Wisconsin's recall election is childish - chicagotribune.com

Union membership has dropped significantly since Walker's legislation passed and the leadership is grasping at straws to save their arse's and their cushy 6 figure jobs.
Blog: Dramatic drop in union membership among WI public employees

I heard an interesting piece on NPR last night. The gist of it was that Obama NEEDS Wisconsin to win re-election and that the administration begged the unions not to push for the recall as a loss would adversely effect Obama's ability to win Wisconsin in November.

 

[KG1]

Sure they arent looking for ways to smuggle guns to the gangs of Canada?

Could be right. Might as well go for a two'fer while you're up there.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Right isn't that the point of a union... keep people working.

That's exactly what they are doing, just like they've done before. They hire people for minimum wage to stand/march around with signs pretending that they are union employees.