MADISON, Wis. — All six fake Democrats (read: Republican imposters) lost to Democrats supported by the party in primaries Tuesday that are the first in a series of recall elections targeting nine Wisconsin state senators for their positions on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's divisive union rights restrictions.
The winners advance to take on incumbent Republicans targeted for recall on Aug. 9.
The state Republican Party orchestrated the placement of the fake Democrats on Tuesday's ballot, thereby delaying the general election for a month. That gave the Republican incumbents more time to campaign and distance themselves from the turmoil over the union law that they voted to support in March, spurring the recall efforts.
The Democrats only need to win three seats back to gain control of the Senate...but the odds are they will win all six seats... Look for the recall of Scott Walker in January; look for the law killing the collective bargaining rights to be reversed, and the TeaBaggers to be thrown out...
If that happens, Wisconsin will follow CA into bankruptcy.
Public unions should not have collective bargaining rights. Plain and simple. You can't expect politicians, who were elected by those they are negotiating with, to negotiate fairly on behalf of the employer-the taxpayer. It is a ridiculous premise.
Too bad future generations aren't here to see all the great things we are spending their $$ on!!
Scott Walker was elected to clean up the mess left by the former DEMOCRATIC Governor. We'll see on the recalls. Most people I know and talk to support Walker and know its the same old unions trying to muscle the tax payers.
I think Americans as a whole are starting to realize we have to live within our means. One of those things is to rein in the cost of govt.
Regarding the recalls....the unions are going all out here. They MUST destroy Walker. The cash cow they have had for years is beginning to crack, and they can't have that happen.
Too bad future generations aren't here to see all the great things we are spending their $$ on!!
LadyJazzer wrote: Union members are voters too... I hope Walker hasn't spent too much on the Governor's mansion putting in new drapes.
Yes they are, but should it be legal for those who elected you to then negotiate with you for their pay and benefits package. It is like the mob putting a man in office, who they know will look the other way and allow them to continue their activities unchecked. This is an obvious conflict of interest for a politician.
Too bad future generations aren't here to see all the great things we are spending their $$ on!!
Should it be legal for someone who got elected to come in after the fact and destroy and trash benefits you've already negotiated and break the contract?
Tell me, Gov Walker, how's that approval-rating working out for ya?
OK, sorry, I hven't follwed this one close enough. How is a state able to have a recall election for congressmen they don't agree with? Can we have recall elections for Reid or Pelosi or Obama? How does it work?
Having lived in Wisconsin twice once when Tommy Thompson took on welfare, the same tone in the state from the liberals on how can he do that. I was there and it was out of control, Thompson took it on to a better Wisconsin. This is similar today just now its the unions. Go Walker!