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URL Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/o ... rs.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Published: Aug 12, 2011
Author: NY Times
Post Date: 2011-08-12 08:54:13 by go65
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Five months after Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin pushed through a law stripping public unions of their bargaining rights, the Republican Party has paid a price. Two of the state senators who backed the law were thrown out of office by voters on Tuesday and replaced with Democrats. Mr. Walker’s opponents did not succeed in turning over the Senate, but it was still an impressive response to the governor’s arrogant overreach. Related News Analysis: In Wisconsin, a Big Recall Push Comes Up Short (August 11, 2011) Recall elections are extremely difficult to win; only two had succeeded in the state in the last 80 years. The districts lean Republican, and getting people to turn out in an unusual off-year election is always a struggle. Had Democrats won one more district, they would control the Senate, but they were also trying to send a warning to Republican lawmakers around the country who are trying to break public employee unions. In that, they succeeded. Republicans will not admit this, but the numbers showed significant strength for Democrats even in the districts they lost — strength that could grow if lawmakers continue cutting spending and taxes while reducing the negotiating rights of working families. In one rural senatorial district that had not elected a Democrat in a century, the Democratic candidate reached 48 percent of the vote. Another race was also close, and as Nate Silver noted in The Times, the overall results suggest that a contemplated statewide recall of Mr. Walker himself would be too close to call. (Two Democrats face recalls next week.) Click for Full Text!
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#1. To: go65 (#0)
Love this from Bradblog: Get Ready for the Ride of Your Life: TOTAL RECALL 8D bradblog.com/
#2. To: go65 (#0)
the Republican Party has paid a price. Wishfull thinking from the wacko Mike Tate and his merry band of punks. The two seats lost should have been lost. Hopper is a pig and Kapanke was in by a squeaker in a Democratic stronghold (LaCrosse) and its teachers/university blowhards. That's not to say the Republicans did their very best to lose all of them by keeping their money in their piggy banks. The fact remains is that the Dems desperately wanted to take Darling down and didn't come close even with their disgusting dirty campaign. Local school board elections are going to be different here as well. The go along to get along crowd are going to get gone.
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