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Wisconsin Recall Election

Thursday, May 10, 2012

New Poll Has Walker Up by Five Points

A new Rasmussen Reports poll indicates Gov. Scott Walker has 50 percent of the vote while Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett comes in at 45 percent.

If the recall election were held today, a new poll indicates Gov. Scott Walker could come out the winner. According to Rasmussen Reports, Walker would pull in 50 percent of the vote while Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett would garner 45 percent of the vote. Two percent would choose someone else and two percent are still undecided. Rasmussen surveyed 500 likely voters by telephone on May 9, the day after the historic recall primary election, when both Walker and Barrett beat out real and "protest" challengers. With a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percent, though, perhaps the points between the candidates more closely mirrors the results of a recent Marquette University Law School poll that shows Walker and Barrett in a dead heat. Survey results for…

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Rich Petersen

3:30 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012

ALEC is unlike any other special interest group. Far from common place, no other group has the scope and scale that they do, let alone the high number of legislators as members. Even if there were a group like them on the left, that would not justify their subversion of democracy. Here's another write-up listing the legislation that originated from ALEC - http://www.communityforchange.com/…   more ›

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Falk Talks Jobs, Education, Endorsements During Milwaukee Visit

Dane County Democrat and candidate in likely gubernatorial recall election announces plan to restore technical college funding by closing corporate tax loophole.

Just two weeks after she announced her campaign to run against Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election — and possibly other Democrats in a primary election — former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk made her campaign pitch about job creation, school funding and collective bargaining in luncheon Wednesday hosted by WisPolitics.com. Already, she has received endorsements from WEAC, AFSCME, Emily's List and Clean Wisconsin. With the unions, she signed a pledge to veto any budget that does not restore collective bargaining. When Patch asked whether the pledge indicates a loyalty to unions, Falk said she made the pledge because she wants to be upfront and honest about what she will do as governor. "Us candidates are supposed to tell people …

morninmist

5:09 am on Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Ah, a good day for Wisconsin. Go Kathleen! http://www.politiscoop.com/us-politics/wisconsin-politics/766-scott-walker-in-a-political-free-fall.html Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:36 Walker in a Political Free-Fall Madison – Gov. Scott Walker’s window of opportunity to change the public’s perception of how well he is doing his job has slammed shut. In recent months, Gov. Walker’s campaign and Koch …   more ›

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