The 13 mega-corporations that backed away was due mainly to the bad press associated with the Trevon Martin case and now everyone that jumped on that band wagon, including Obama, may be proven wrong.
Gotta love an education snob, Brendan.

I'm disappointed I did not see an ALEC reference by Brenda. We all know Lt. Governors are worthless just like Vice Presidents. Would you rather have her running around telling bad jokes?

Actually, Walker is in good company. Neither Gates nor Jobs finished their undergrad program either. Both changed the world. Walker will go down in history as being the Governor that changed (saved) the world (WI and the USA) as well. That's quite an accomplishment, and even you, Bren, could learn something if you ever took your blinders off. I won't hold my breath.

@Nuitari: I've never heard her swear, either. But then again, you've set the bar awfully low with your Biden reference.

Greg, the issue the corporations had was with ALEC's authoring of bills such as Stand Your Ground and castle doctrine, which have caused additional deaths in states where these laws have been passed (In Wisconsin, Bo Morrison), are controversial, and have nothing to do with improving profitability.

As I've written before, there are many fields where experience can replace a college degree. But we want our doctors, attorneys, dentists, accountants, etc., to have specific qualifications. A political figure responsible for budgeting, laws, and regulations, should have a strong understanding of law if not a law degree. Scott Walker has neither.

Nuitari, Barbara Lawton was by no means "worthless" as Lt. Governor. I would prefer Ms. Kleefisch to earn the generous salary paid by we the taxpayers, especially when 200,000+ public employees received a new round of cuts from Walker (in addition to the 16 furlough days from Doyle). Since she is not productive, she should be recalled.

Gear, you cannot compare the intellectual heft of Gates or Jobs with Walker.

The big difference between Rebecca Kleefisch and her predecessor Barbara Lawton is that Kleefisch may one day be elected governor. Kleefisch has real world experience running her own business and as Lieutenant Governor has been the state's liaison to the small business community hosting over 25 small business roundtables and cold-calling Illinois businesses to relocate to Wisconsin. As part of her efforts to promote economic growth Kleefisch chaired the subcabinet on workforce investment that developed the Wisconsin Working Plan.

Barbara Lawton built on her Master's degree in Spanish by being active in the community and helped found the Green Bay Area Multicultural Center. As Lieutenant Governor she appeared before friendly groups to encourage greater public investment in the arts, women's issues and the environment.

In 8 years as Lieutenant Governor she did not chair one committee having anything to do with economic development or job creation. Lawton's only experience with fiscal matters was being part of a Doyle administration that raised taxes and fees by over $3 billion in 2009. Knowing she was a tax and spend dinosaur with zero credibility on jobs or the economy Lawton was forced to abruptly end her run for governor in 2010.

No cipher, this is Bambi vs Godzilla.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPFxBzlFe94

Bren, the tragic shooting of Bo Morrison had nothing to do with the state's new Castle Doctrine law and would be justifiable self-defense under Wisconsin's prior law also.

As it turns out, breaking into someone's house at 1:00 AM to hide from the police because your BAC is twice the legal limit is still a bad idea; homeowners should not be held liable in civil court for this kind of incredibly poor judgment.

"Under a reasonable view of the evidence the homeowner acted reasonably in his use of force based on the facts and circumstances," county District Attorney Mark Bensen said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/27/us-usa-wisconsin-shooting-idUSBRE82Q02620120327

Adam, look more closely at Ms. Lawton's experience as an international business consultant, where she worked with companies to bring goods to southern South America. She and her family also lived for a time in Mexico. She has an international expertise that Ms. Kleefisch does not.

Bo Morrison, 20 years old, was shot hiding on Adam Kind's enclosed porch, according to the reports I read. Most recent: http://fox6now.com/2012/05/05/photos-of-bo-morrison-crime-scene-released/

Don't break into someone's house if you don't want to get shot. Pretty simple.

Steve, death seems a high price to pay for a foolish decision, but that's my opinion. The homeowner was allegedly the one who called the party in to police in the first place.

Many people have died from foolish decisions. An old quote even stated "A fool and his head will soon be parted"

Greg
11:37 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012

"As I've written before, there are many fields where experience can replace a college degree. But we want our doctors, attorneys, dentists, accountants, etc., to have specific qualifications. A political figure responsible for budgeting, laws, and regulations, should have a strong understanding of law if not a law degree. Scott Walker has neither."

Bren AKA Education Snob, you have so much to learn. Does the CEO of GM need to know how to tune a motor? NO. He has people for that. Does he need to be a lawyer? Nope again. He has people for that. Does he need vision and ideas? Probably. Barrett is a lawyer, but lacks any original thought. He is a mere tool in a popularity contest. He'll tell you anything you want to hear. Actually a typical lawyer.
"How can you tell if a lawyer is lying, his lips are moving" Obama is a good example, constitutional law, My Butt.

Greg, these are all your opinions and you are welcome to them. In the real world, when budget cuts are necessary they are structured in a way that causes least negative impact on the organization (where possible). A county or state is not a business, more comparably a service organization. The Susan G. Komen Foundation suffered a PR nightmare because of the unfortunate hire of a right wing radical who lost her political campaign then decided to impose her Someone Else's Morality positions on Foundation granting practices. The backlash from the public was polarizing and drew national attention. What Scott Walker has done in the State of Wisconsin isn't too dissimilar, except that he turned on his employees in the process.

Barrett has excellent ideas, by the way; the Menomonee Valley rejuvenation is taking place under his watch, in comparison to the Park East Corridor, a county redevelopment project which until recently was the responsibility of former County Executive Scott Walker.

And what of her challenger, have you seen his signs? Who has endorsed him? Other than union prattle, what is his platform? How is his "calling" coming along?

Ha! I see you don't even try to defend her. You fall back on "well, her opponent is bad, too". I was actually torn between Barrett and Walker in the first election. Then Walker picked Kleefisch. She hit the campaign trail ranting about marriage with dogs. I felt that anyone who picked such an unqualified person had some problems of his own, so I voted for Barrett.
And yes, I have seen quite a few signs for Mahlon Mitchell.

I found this, among many others, when I Googled "Kleefisch marriage with dogs" http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/27/gop-candidate-gay-marriage-marrying-table/

So she also channels Rick Santorum, apparently. What is the right-wing radical fixation with sex and gays, anyway?

Gay marriage = marriage with dogs. Well, there you go. I would hope that anyone proposing to be our Governor would know enough about the law to understand about legal consent, which adult human beings can give but dogs cannot.

wfb51, I understand that you want small government, lower taxation. But if you vote for Walker you get the ALEC agenda, plus all of the "Big Government" Someone Else's Morality legislation. Right now the Democrats are defending core conservative values (sound fiscal management, land/resource preservation, empowerment of people) more than the extreme right fringe that has the GOP in its jaws.

What Brendan is saying is that the left is starting to get the picture, but they want to tax us to death in the process. With the exception of "empowerment of people", which either means Abortion or Hand-outs.

Ummm marriage is a government license of priviledge .. so marriage is big government, be it gay or straight .. WAKE UP .. I guess you didn't know the marriage license was adopted so inter racial couples could get married ... So be it democrat or republican you will NOT get small government or lower taxes ... WAKE UP AGAIN

Oh my goodness, Mr Fischer, did you really just say "Dems are defending core conservative values"? Right ! Let's go with that.

Maybe it's time for you to change your nom de plume so readers can take you seriously? Nice try, tho. Ain't fooling' anyone

I would maintain that Democrats have a better grasp on fiscal reality than the radical right fringe, yes. I definitely separate the fringe from the true conservative.

Bewildered, Greg, if this comment, "Mr. Fischer, did you really just say..." is directed at me, that is not my name. Empowerment of people means precisely that. It means programs that help people up the ladder, not stomp on their hands. Consider the driving mission of the conservative Bradley Foundation,

"Steadfastly adhering to the Bradley brothers’ donor intent, the Bradley Foundation remains dedicated to its mission strengthening the institutions, principles, and values that nurture and sustain the American Experiment and the West. Among other things, our programs support limited, competent government and a dynamic marketplace for economic, intellectual, and cultural activity. We also recognize that responsible self-government depends on enlightened citizens."

The terms to consider here are, "competent," "dynamic," "intellectual," "cultural," "responsible," "enlightened." They hardly reflect the regressive policies of the right-wing fringe.

Some may not agree with Roe v. Wade, but the majority of Americans do. As to hand-outs, which are more egregious; allowing people to scrape by or handing taxpayer dollars to AIG.

I take it from your explanation, you believe that there is a diff between the "fringe" right and the true conservative.....and you believe that while Dems have "a better grasp of fiscal reality" ( tho Obama's massive debt increases are a funny way of bragging) than the fringe, they do not over the main Repub party.

So I take it you support Walker then. Nice endorsement !

Yea, I know that's silly, but think before you post, Mr Fischer.

Scott Walker is an ALEC puppet and opportunist. I place him firmly in the "radical" column. In addition, having witnessed some of his budgeting follies as County Executive, I could not support him for higher political office. I do not support ALEC, their radical agenda, or their puppet governor, Scott Walker.

Let's not blame Obama for an economic situation he did not create. The Great Recession was about 15 years in the making, and greatly accelerated during the Bush administration because of two unfunded wars, tax "refunds" with money loaned from Communist China, and corporate tax refunds that diminished the Treasury. Let's keep it real.

No, that isn't me, Bewildered. Don't be disappointed, others here have tried to guess my identity too. ; )

Sure, if you say so. You've been so credible on Patch

I do provide information sources, and my opinions are simply those.

And your info source is Center for M and D, plus Michael Moore.

Ya, Ok. Whatever you say. Love the way you call anyone who doesn't agree with you " right wing fringe". Adds to your credibility here .. NOT

If you have evidence that those are my "info sources" please present it. Anyone reviewing my past posts will know your statement to be inaccurate. Let's keep it real.

The "right wing fringe" as I term them refers to Tea Party/ALEC adherents. Not true conservatives.

"Anyone reviewing my past posts will know your statement to be inaccurate"

Really??? I have one thing to say after reviewing your past posts. ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ALEC, ad infinitum.

But you don't find "Center for M and D, plus Michael Moore."

; )

Empower all with shovel ready jobs.

Johnny, the Founding Fathers were considered radicals by the King's Men and the British, certainly. ; ) But their purpose was to create a government free of tyranny, not to impose Someone Else's Morality or a plutocracy.

Again, remember what Obama inherited from George W. Bush, a baseline of record deficit and a worldwide recession. Because of that spending, potentially millions of U.S. jobs were saved (the automotive industry bailouts are estimated to have saved about 1 million jobs alone) and the economy, once on the brink of collapse, is now slowly on the mend. It's illogical to compare Obama's recovery initiatives to the profligate spending spree of his predecessor. Let's keep it real.

It's been four years under Obama. Time for the left to take responsibility already. And what Obama recovery initiatives are workin?. He sure did a great job over the weekend at Camp David, didn't he?

"How much in deficit spending did Bush spend on average per day during his presidency? It’s pretty easy to figure out: $607 billion/365 days = $1.66 billion per day. That’s a lot of spending, Georgie. Shame on you!

But compared to Obama’s $5 BILLION of deficit spending per day? Obama spent well over three times more per day every single day than did Bush.

If you want to argue that Bush looks bad, fine. Bush looks bad. But Obama looks positively vile."

Bewildered, Greg, the recession recovery is likely to take ten years or more, given nothing is done to impede the work now being done. If you wish to take an extremely narrow view and suspend belief about the financial crisis and the current administration's initiatives I can't stop you. Enjoy.

I only got what I've been told...
In 2008, Obama said adding $4 trillion to the debt was “unpatriotic.” He’s increased it more than $4.5 trillion and is on track to add trillions more.

Obama promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. Instead, he racked up three record deficits of more than $1 trillion each.

And then there’s the biggest promise of them all: the economy. Barack Obama was so confident he could turn around the economy that he promised in early 2009 that if he didn’t have it fixed in “three years” then his presidency would “be a one-term proposition.”

What could we possibly enjoy?

@Bewildered
Walker lies-

@Spudlovr Taxes up? That can't be true because TV ads keep telling me the gov didn't raise taxes. #wiunion
2 hours ago

MADISON—State-local governments collected $25.9 billion in taxes and fees in fiscal year 2011, 5.4% more than in 2010. This year’s tax burden was the highest since 2006, reflecting 2009-10 tax increases and a modest economic recovery. These findings are from a new Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance (WISTAX) report, “Postrecession Snapshot: Total Taxes in 2011.” WISTAX is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to public policy research and citizen education.

State-local taxes claimed 11.9% of total state personal income in 2011, up from 11.7% the prior year and 11.3% in recession-plagued 2009. Because tax collections following a recession tend to rebound faster than personal income, tax burdens often rise early in a recovery.

Higher tax collections in 2011 were largely driven by increases in individual income and property taxes—the two largest state-local taxes. Individual income tax revenues rose 10%, from $6.1 billion in 2010 to $6.7 billion in 2011, partly due to the recovery but also to tax increases. Those increases included a new tax bracket for the state’s highest earners and a reduction in the capital gains exclusion included in the 2009-11 state budget....