Tuesday’s recall election was a giant repudiation of Big Labor. It was a huge smackdown of the union bosses by a Wisconsin that is 86.5% non-union and tired of all the whining. Gov. Scott Walker was the real winner last night.
Here is the shocker: With no reason for Republicans to vote, Gov. Scott Walker darn near got more votes than the four Democrats combined – 626,538 to 665,436. And how many of his supporters went for Falk in a mischief vote is an open question. What’s more, the Democrats managed to attract only two-thirds as many votes as the 900,000 who signed the recall petitions. Why did almost 300,000 people stay home?
Dang..guess some dead voters stayed home sick.
Walker was the real winner last night. Time is on his side. The budget is balanced, property taxes are down, government is open for business, kids are in school, unemployment is at a four-year low.
wow. Rush said this Wednesday and it pops up on here on Thursday.
All I can say is there's a big difference between primaries and general elections. In primaries you are voting with like-minded people in the same party. With generals, you're not. They are apples and oranges.
JSG wrote: wow. Rush said this Wednesday and it pops up on here on Thursday.
All I can say is there's a big difference between primaries and general elections. In primaries you are voting with like-minded people in the same party. With generals, you're not. They are apples and oranges.
Wow, I don't listen to Rush and you do? What's this world coming to?
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
JSG wrote: wow. Rush said this Wednesday and it pops up on here on Thursday.
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Wow... it's all over the news and I published it here yesterday in a thread topic that combined information from all of the primaries from Tuesday. They got this thing called the Internet... it's great for keeping up to date with the news... Rush is so yesterday. (and I thought Lady Jazzer was going to be the first person to try an deflect from the topic)
If it is just unions, they are down to 10% of the population, so it can be hard to win general elections. Unless NEA and others do a great job convincing people that their kids' schoolteachers will be going hungry due to that evil Governor Scott Walker.
Another round of Occupy the Statehouse?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
One does not have to be a member of a union to support them, and to support the idea that a governor, who didn't even campaign on the issue, had no right to come in and launch a jihad against all unions and collective bargaining. It's pretty clear from the number of people who signed the petitions for the recall in the first place that a HUGE number of the population disagreed with the extremism of this clown's agenda. Now we know that over $11 million in campaign ads have been run by the Koch Brothers and outside influence, and Walker's numbers have gone DOWN 2%... Good! I hope the Koch Brothers keep pouring more of their money into the pit.
I have a feeling we're going to see one election that money COULDN'T buy...
Fact is, there is obviously more enthusiasm for Walker than for finding a Dem to replace him. And as long as the policies are working, I think the Dems are going to have their asses handed to them.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
Dang..guess some dead voters stayed home sick.
