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Walker survives Wisconsin recall
US Republicans claimed a “momentous victory” after Wisconsin’s union-busting Republican governor survived a recall election aimed at ousting him mid-term. Governor Scott Walker prompted mass protests — and ultimately, Tuesday’s rare special election — after pushing through legislation last year to radically curb the power of public sector unions. Late…
Wisconsin Democrat on recall loss: Money makes a difference
Reacting to news that Republican Gov. Scott Walker had won the recall election, Wisconsin State Senator Jon Erpenbach told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow that “money makes a huge difference.” “Scott Walker was running ads against Tom Barrett even before Tom Barrett was actually in the primary race,” he said Tuesday…
Gov. Scott Walker projected to win Wisconsin recall election
NBC News, Fox News and CNN on Tuesday projected that Republican Gov. Scott Walker would defeat his Democratic challenger, Milwaulkee mayor Tom Barrett, in Wisconsin’s recall elections. “Our models indicate once all votes are counted, Walker’s final margin will be somewhere in 4-6 point range,” NBC News reporter Chuck Todd…
Tom Barrett: I don’t want Wisconsin to be right-wing experiment
Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, who is challenging Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday’s recall election, said he does not feel ignored by President Barack Obama. “This started as a citizens movement,” the Democratic candidate explained Tuesday on CNN. “There were literally close to a million people who signed their name…
Wisconsin recall: A big deal for GOP conservatives, not just Scott Walker
Wisconsin recall: a big deal for GOP conservatives, not just Scott Walker (via The Christian Science Monitor) For Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin’s Tuesday’s recall election is about whether his bid to slash state spending, particularly at the expense of public-sector labor unions, will cost him his job. For Republicans more…
Packers players urge support for Wisconsin workers ahead of recall election
Green Bay Packer players Tori Gurley and Jermichael Finley on Monday voiced their support for the Tuesday recall election targeting Republican Gov. Scott Walker. “I’m proud to be a union worker,” Finley and Gurley both wrote on their Twitter accounts. “Support Wisconsin workers & Get Out the Vote on Tues.”…
Holy Crap! Scott Walker Might Have a Love Child! [Updated]
UPDATE: It’s not true! Wrong Scott Walker, apparently. UPDATE 2: Sarah Jones has an important update to this story: “Wrong Scott Walker or Political Smokescreen: Questions Remain On Walker Baby Daddy Story“ UPDATE 3: This post has caused a bit of a kerfuffle in the blogosphere, so I thought it…
CBS host to RNC chair: Romney ‘silly and petty’ for Solyndra stunt
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday called an Obama campaign event in Boston a “political stunt,” but said the same wasn’t true of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s surprise press conference in front of Solyndra, a bankrupt solar energy company. During an interview on CBS, host…
Barrett: Walker campaigning to be ‘poster boy’ for the tea party
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) on Sunday ripped his opponent, Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, for campaigning to be “the rockstar of the far right.” In an interview on CNN, Barrett told host Candy Crowley that he expected to defeat Walker in Tuesday’s recall election. “People [are] saying to me…
Romney adviser: Walker victory would mean unions can’t be ‘too greedy’
Ed Gillespie, an adviser to GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, on Sunday said that a loss for Gov. Scott Walker (R) in Wisconsin’s recall election would not “factor into November,” but a win would mean that labor unions shouldn’t be “too greedy.” “I think this recall is about Wisconsin and…
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