Wednesday, July 20, 2011

First Wisconsin Recall Goes Heavy Democrat

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Well, well, well. Sorry right-wing badgers! The first general election in the recall-a-palooza extravaganza has led to: the challenged Democrat keeping his seat by a mile. Which may be a worrisome harbinger to the challenged Republicans yet to get a vote. But somebody tell me, what's with the f'ed up election schedule in Wisconsin? Eh?

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Democrat holds onto Wis. Senate seat in recall

A Democratic state senator from Wisconsin easily survived a recall election Tuesday that gave voters their most direct opportunity yet to react to a Republican-backed law that stripped most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. . .

Read more at: The Atlanta Journal Constitution

2 comments:

  1. I wouldn't put too much stock in this election tonight.
    The GOP totally screwed up this election. The favorite GOP and who could have won, didn't in enough signatures and wasn't on the ballot. the only other GOP had a criminal record and had little support.
    The next round will really tell how things are going.

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  2. The recall elections are staggered because different recall petitions were submitted on different dates. The Republicans put in the fake Democrats to force primaries in order to hold onto the State Senate until August, just enough time to ram through their Fitzmandered redistricting map.

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