Unions angry with Democrats over lack of help in Wisconsin governor's recall (blame game begins)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Top union officials are lashing out at Washington Democrats, claiming they haven't done enough to help them unseat Gov. Scott Walker (R) in Wisconsin's recall election. President Obama has been silent on the race since his campaign released a statement endorsing Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) immediately after his primary victory two weeks ago. The Obama campaign is helping Barrett with get-out-the-vote operations, but the president has not publicly mentioned the race. The Democratic National Committee has been similarly tight-fisted. The DNC sent out a fundraising email for Barrett, and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) will be in Wisconsin... |
Gangsta Tom Barrett
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Milwaukee Democrat Mayor Tom Barrett held a rally to recall Governor Scott Walker on May 19 at Washington Park in Milwaukee. Immediatly after Tom Barrett blasted Republicans for the so-called “War on Women” he turned the stage over to gangsta rapper Prophetic (aka “Proph”). |
Overreach by Unions in Wisconsin
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| The Wisconsin recall election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker is not going quite like the unions and the Democratic Party expected. Back in 2011, many pundits thought that the governor had overreached when he took on public employee unions, restricting -- though not eliminating -- collective bargaining rights. But he did so because he inherited a state in dire financial shape with a deficit of $3.6 billion and public employee pensions and benefits that threatened to bankrupt the state. When a Republican-controlled legislature tried to pass legislation to rein in the abuses, Democratic representatives literally fled the state to... |
Walker tells NRA members he's 'a target'
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| St. Louis - Gov. Scott Walker touted his support for hunting and gun rights Friday and asked people from across the country for help in a June recall election, saying "I have become a target." Walker was among a group of top-tier Republicans who spoke during the first full day of the National Rifle Association's annual convention in downtown St. Louis. The appearance underscored Walker's stature among ardent conservative organizations and the national stage on which Wisconsin's recall election is being played. Although he never explicitly asked for money, Walker repeatedly asked convention-goers for "help" and "support." "The advocates of... |
Wisconsin Recall: Walker Leads Barrett 50-42 Among Likely Voters
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Governor Scott Walker leads Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett 50-42 among those likely to vote in Wisconsin’s June 5 recall election, according to a new Reason-Rupe poll of 708 Wisconsin adults on cell phones and landlines. At the same time, Wisconsin residents favor Obama 46 percent to 36 percent in the potential swing state. Favorability toward public sector unions plays a critical role in vote choice. Fifty-four percent of Walker voters have an unfavorable opinion of government employee unions. Yet 65 percent of Barrett voters have a favorable opinion of these unions. Significant differences emerge between the two voter blocs over... |
New Poll Shows Wis. Gov. Walker Ahead in Recall Election 50-42 — But Guess What It Says About Obama
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Despite a massive outpouring of support and cash from unions, a new Reason-Rupe poll indicates that things may not be going so well for Tom Barrett, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recall rival. According to the new survey, Gov. Walker, the much-maligned “enemy of unions” and “assaulter of working families,” leads his challenger by 50-42 among those likely to vote in the June 5 election. The same poll also shows former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney trailing President Barack Obama 46-36. |
Obama campaign operatives in WI now working exclusively to defeat Scott Walker (Video)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| The left is so worried about Scott Walker winning in June’s recall election that they have abandoned trying to get Obama elected for now so that they can try and defeat Scott Walker: |
Has recall election made Scott Walker a GOP hero?
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Democrats leapt at the chance to use Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to send a message to all the budget-cutting, union-busting conservatives across the land: If you mess with Big Labor, there’s a heavy price to pay. But if you shoot at the king, you’d better not miss. And with Walker suddenly looking as if he might survive the recall, it appears he’s only been grazed. Now, instead of tacking Walker’s pelt to their door as a warning to any who would follow him, there’s a prospect the whole thing might backfire by elevating Walker into a tested-by-fire, conservative cult-hero and... |
Will Big Labor make Scott Walker a national hero in the GOP? (All indicators show he's winning big)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| In an earlier post, I discussed how Democrats’ attacks on Mitt Romney have backfired on Barack Obama. Politico reports that the same thing is happening in Wisconsin, where Big Labor tried flexing its muscle by pushing Governor Scott Walker into a recall for his reforms of public-employee union collective bargaining. Unfortunately, their effort looks like it will fail badly — and if so, the labor unions may have made Walker much more powerful than he otherwise would have been, and made other Republicans a lot less fearful of Big Labor’s reach: Now, instead of tacking Walker’s pelt to their door... |
Walker Lead Growing in WI
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Average: Walker by 6.4%. Rasmussen: +5%. WeAskAmerica: +12%. DailyKos: +4%! |
Oh my: Walker 54, Barrett 42 in Wisconsin
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| This is from We Ask America, the same pollster that recently had Walker by nine, which was already the biggest margin of any recent recall poll. Now they’re topped it. The little Eeyore on my shoulder is whispering “outlier” — and yet, they’re using likely voters and an enormous sample, which means their margin of error is smaller than any of their competitors. Is this happening? |
DGA Pours $1 Million More Into Wis. Recall Effort
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| With just under two weeks to go until Wisconsin's election to recall GOP Gov. Scott Walker, the Democratic Governors Association is spending an extra $1 million in support of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who is challenging the incumbent. The money will go to Greater Wisconsin, a liberal group, to keep running ads in the state as part of a get-out-the-vote operation. In total, the DGA has spent $3 million on the recall effort, which is more than it invested in the 2006 and 2010 election cycles in the Badger State. Barrett lost to Walker by just under six percentage points... |
The Nation hit piece on Gov. Walker - This couldn't get uglier
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| <p>When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker met with a billionaire campaign donor a month before he launched his attack on the collective-bargaining rights of public-sector workers and public-school teachers, he engaged in a detailed discussion about undermining unions as part of a broader strategy of strengthening the position of his Republican party.</p> |
Chief Investigator in John Doe Has Recall Walker Sign in Yard, Blue Fist Union Icon in Window
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| The chief investigator in the high-profile John Doe investigation into former Milwaukee County employees who worked for now-Governor Scott Walker has a Walker recall yard sign in his front lawn, and a pro-labor “Blue Fist” icon poster on the front door of his home. The news could call into question the present impartiality of the probe at a time when Democrat gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett and his allies have begun to use the issue as a top talking point. |
Romney campaign eyeing Wisconsin if recall flops
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| If Wisconsin turns into the Left’s Waterloo two weeks from today, Mitt Romney’s campaign may take a fresh look at making it Barack Obama’s as well. The Wall Street Journal analyzes the impact that a defeat in the Badger State will have on Democrats and the unions, and the new talk of Wisconsin being the kind of swing state that could decide this election: From the start, some in the Democratic Party worried that a Wisconsin recall could drain needed resources, fire up the conservative base and ultimately make it more difficult for Mr. Obama to win the state. Mr.... |
The Barretts ... The Milwaukee Daley Wannabes
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| John Barrett is the elected Clerk of Circuit Court/Director of Court Services for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. In that capacity he provides all administrative, clerical and record keeping functions for 47 judges and 22 court commissioners within the First Judicial District of Wisconsin. Prior to being elected Clerk of Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, Mr. Barrett was an attorney in the Milwaukee County Department of Child Support Enforcement. |
Scott Walker Poised to Defeat Unions - a Second Time
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Everyone likes a winner ... even impending ones. That's certainly the case for Wisconsin's Gov. Scott Walker. Although the liberal-leaning Milwaukee Sentinel's lead Sunday editorial expressed squeamishness over Walker's hobbling of cheesehead public employees, the newspaper admitted that Act 10, "-the law that clipped the wings of most public-employee unions in the state -was an overreach of political power, we understand and support the need to rein in the state's labor costs. Municipalities and school districts as well as the state needed more control over their budgets, which Act 10 provided."The Sentinel also noted that a Marquette Law School Poll... |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel endorses Walker in recall race
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Same two candidates. Same newspaper. Same outcome. In the 2010 gubernatorial election in Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel endorsed Scott Walker over the mayor of the city the newspaper serves, Tom Barrett. Yesterday, the paper praised and scolded both candidates, but wrote that nothing over the last two years gives the editors any reason to change their minds, and give plenty of criticism to the recall effort that forced the issue again (via Ann Althouse and Instapundit): Walker’s rematch with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was prompted by one issue: Walker’s tough stance with the state’s public-employee unions. It’s inconceivable that... |
Tom Barrett demands Scott Walker explain legal defense fund
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett demanded Tuesday, May 16, that Gov. Scott Walker disclose any advice state election officials gave him about forming a defense fund linked to a secret probe of his associates. The Republican governor hasn't been charged in the investigation but Democrats insist he created the fund because he's a key figure in the probe. Barrett, a Democrat who will face Walker in a June 5 recall election, has demanded for weeks that Walker reveal exactly what's going on. |
A cardinal returns to Wisconsin
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Former Archbishop Dolan says Mass at Holy Hill New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan drew a large crowd of Catholics and well-wishers to Holy Hill on Saturday for a special Mass of Thanksgiving, some arriving as early as 4:30 a.m. to ensure a spot in the historic Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians. The enthusiastic throng filled the basilica hours before Dolan celebrated Mass there, and hundreds of others spilled into the chapel on the lower level, where they watched the service on big screens. He later greeted those who had gathered in the lower chapel. In... |
Barrett blames Walker for Moody's downgrade [WI Dem gov candidate follows 0bama leadership style]
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, who is running for governor, blamed Gov. Scott Walker for the city’s debt getting downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service. Barrett, at a press conference in Milwaukee Monday morning, cited three actions by Walker that Barrett said caused the downgrade to Aa2 from Aa1, which keeps the rating in the high-quality, low-credit-risk category. The rating affects the city’s planned $445 million in bond and note offerings later this month and $963 million in existing general obligation bond debt, Reuters said. Barrett said Moody’s cited the city’s reduced ability to raise revenue because Walker and legislative Republicans reduced... |
9 Milwaukee County judges signed Walker recall petitions
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| A Dane County judge who issued a temporary injunction against Wisconsin's photo ID voting law last week, David Flanagan, drew a barrage of criticism for not disclosing he had signed a petition for a recall election of Gov. Scott Walker. The state Republican party filed a judicial ethics complaint against him over the controversy. One other Dane County judge had signed a recall petition. In Milwaukee County, it appears at least nine of 47 circuit judges signed: Bonnie Gordon, Charles Kahn, Mary Kuhnmuench, Dennis Cimpl, Jane Carroll, Jean DiMotto, Karen Christenson, Marshall Murray, and Michael Dwyer. The names came back... |
Barrett proposes recall primary free of attack ads (WI)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Madison - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett offered a pledge Sunday not to attack his fellow Democrats in the recall race for governor, and he asked his opponents to do the same. His chief rival, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, declined to sign the proposal, but her spokesman said she agreed Democrats should be focused on defeating Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The proposal Barrett sent to Falk and the other candidates would impose financial penalties on candidates if they mentioned their opponents in ads - or if outside groups attacked Democrats on their behalf. "As Democrats, we must be united... |
Archbishop Listecki's (MIlwaukee, WI) will present "Living our Faith". Cardinal Dolan is a guest.
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| April 7, 2012 "Living Our Faith with Archbishop Listecki" will be presented by Catholic Financial Life. This will be presented on WISN TV Channel 12 in MIlwaukee on April 7, 2012 (Saturday)at noon and on Sunday April 8 at 4:30 am. It will also be posted at www.livingourfaith.net. Bob Dolan, former TV and radio personality and brother of Cardinal Dolan interviews Cardinal Dolan shortly before his elevation. |
Dahmer victim's sister calls walking tour 'evil' (Groupon out - Bam Media stays on)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:38:38 AM
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| Dahmer victim's sister calls walking tour 'evil'By DINESH RAMDE updated 3/4/2012 2:42:01 PM ET MILWAUKEE — The sister of one of Jeffrey Dahmer's 17 victims joined others in protesting a Milwaukee walking tour of the serial killer's haunts Saturday, calling out to tour organizers that they were "just as evil" as Dahmer himself. **SNIP** The new walking tour of places where Dahmer trolled for victims drew attention this week after criticism prompted online deal-maker Groupon to take down a promotion for discounted tickets. But Bam Media said it would not cancel what it calls a legitimate exploration of criminal history.... |
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