Great news!

The bottom line is this—If weasel walker’s policies worked for the GOOD of most, not even all Wisconsinites, they wouldn’t have to resort to subterfuge, middle of the night Shady Maneuvers, loopholes (actually becoming nooses now!), and BLANTLY DEFYING open meetings law to pass bills. Unfortunately, I’ve reached the point where no matter what comes out of walker’s mouth, I don’t believe it. He has lost my respect and I don’t TRUST him. I just want the guy out of here ASAP. People expect their leaders to actually lead and bring people together. What has walker done? Look at your streets for the answer! Weasel, slowly sheep like harsdorf will be culled from your flock. Your house of cards is going to fall, card by card until all you will have is fitzy—the JOKER. Not a pleasant thought is it!!

And here’re some statistical results from the Prosser-Kloppenburg race. Hope OldFatGuy sees this, too.

Whats Wrong with Waukesha Wisconsin? More Anomalies in Prosser and Kloppenburg Race LINK.

Great news!!!!

“It really was a grassroots effort by home-grown volunteers who were fed up with Sheila Harsdorf and her unholy alliance with Gov. Scott Walker,”

Any alliance or union with the undead is unholy:)

Great pic subtitle (Last of Sheila.)

Just happened to see that movie recently, and the song for the closing credits?

“You gotta have friends – Bette Midler”

*snicker*

Republicans are also trying to gather signatures in a series of recall elections against Democrats, but while they’ve boasted of having enough for at least three recalls, they have not yet submitted any signatures. What’s more, their deadline for filing is a week away.

A week away and nothing I think the GOP has nothing it will be great when they are forced to admit it. Though they might try and delay it by sending in a bunch of fake petitions.

Barack Obama won the swing district near the Minnesota border by 50-48 in 2008. Like all Senate Republicans but one, Harsdorf voted for the anti-union bill that strips collective bargaining rights from public employees.

It would be great if Obama actually campaigned for Dems on issues that voters care about it might swing this election and help his popularity.
We are still waiting to see Obama at a picket line.

There have been four recall elections triggered in the entire history of Wisconsin. If Harsdorf, Randy Hopper, Luther Olsen and Dan Kapanke’s petitions check out, there will be four recall elections just this year.

Republicans are also trying to gather signatures in a series of recall elections against Democrats, but while they’ve boasted of having enough for at least three recalls, they have not yet submitted any signatures. What’s more, their deadline for filing is a week away. Further Democratic recall efforts have until May 2. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin expects at least six recall elections of Republican state Senators when all is said and done.

:-D (<- me, grinning from ear to ear)

Go Wisconsin.

Nice graphic.

I wonder how the Right is handling this news its not only Wisconsin its several states. Voters rejected the Blue Dog/Obama way of doing stuff, voters are not even waiting until the next election to reject the tea baggers.
The GOP?Blue Dog reaction to voters behavior would be interesting:)

Do you have a read on the R recall of Ds? What’s the local scuttlebutt about whether they’ll make it or not?

I like what’s going on but we just watched the Supreme Court race get stolen by Republicans. I know of nothing that would make me confident that the same thing won’t happen here and in the other recall elections in Wisconsin.

Holder nobody is going to investigate the election despite everything? If Obama won’t stand up for Dems in Wisconsin then he might as well stop running for reelection now. The GOP will steal his election.

How can Republicans continue to steal elections right from under the noses of Democrats, even when Democrats know Republicans are going to try to do it? It’s outrageous.

Does anyone know why the Republicans have less time to file recall petitions? Just curious about the difference.

Obama and the Dems really really believe in turning the other cheek and forgiving 7 times 7 666 times.

The second paragraph of the linked Daily Kos article within your link is almost word for word my analysis from 3 days after the election here at FDL.

The Republicans started a week earlier but use paid signature-gatherers, who often have an economic incentive to pad their numbers with invalid signatures. (This is especially true if they’re folks literally grabbed off the street, and doubly so if they hate the WI GOP.) They haven’t been providing honest number updates at all throughout this affair.

The Dems, on the other hand, are using volunteer labor, and when they say they have X number of signatures, they’ve always been able to back it up.

Frankly, I wasn’t sure they could get Harsdorf. Hopper, Kapanke, Olsen — they were easy pickings. But getting Harsdorf shows that this isn’t just Dems who are pissed, but indies and probably a few sane Republicans as well. Rob Cowles is going to be next — don’t be surprised if we hear by this Friday that they have the votes for him; they may choose to make the announcement on Friday to either smother the news of any GOP-sponsored recall petition successes, or to (as I think is more likely) reinforce the fact that the GOP’s signature drive failed to force a single recall election. Then it’s probably going to be Alberta Darling, probably by the middle of next week.

The Wisconsin Democrats do not woof. If they say something will occur, it will occur; their word is their bond. They said nearly three weeks ago that they expect to see at least six of the eight eligible GOP state senators facing recall elections, and I believe them.

Despite the fact that everybody knows Republicans stole the election, a story yesterday in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that Kloppenburg has not decided whether to ask for a recount, and that she must decide by Wednesday.

You think its coincidence or not its your call I am not sure how we handle it if its not coincidence?

Thanks for the explanation. Makes a lot of sense.

I especially like the part about the paid vs. volunteer signature getters. Another example of how the “market” works so much better than anything else. *g*

Hi, did you get tired of discussing Wallace yet?

The Republicans started a week earlier but use paid signature-gatherers, who often have an economic incentive to pad their numbers with invalid signatures.

Its also been cold and rainy out union people are motivated the GOP would have to cough up serious cash per signature to get people outside in this weather. Motivated people can do anything people working for a crappy paycheck can easily find better things to do, indoor things to do than going outside to get signatures plus voters probably are spitting at the signature-gatherers.

Thanks for the update I hope she fights and asks for an investigation too:)

Unions are losing and why

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/04/if_the_unions_have_lost_detroi.html

Numbers are different, I assume because they were sourced differently. But the framing of the article is exactly the same and the thrust of what they’re saying is spot on what I wrote.

I don’t want to do anything about it. If I’ve been plagiarized at the Daily KOS I consider it a badge of honor :)

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/120222974.html

A story time tagged at 2:36 PM CDT says the signatures for the Harsdorf recall are being filed right now.

If there is a recount, Republicans will steal that, too.

Of course, we all know Republicans will steal the elections, if there are elections, even though we know in advance they will try to steal them.

Now there’s a reputable source.

Apparently they’ve had nothing better to do all day, I love getting the WSJ links in my daily diet of useless banter. Please go explain to Detroit why it shouldn’t have firemen, police, or civil workers as it attempts to create a functional city that isn’t just eating up the scraps left behind but the auto industry?

Your call I have no idea how the Lake handles issues like this.

Thanks for the information, your candid and non-biased analysis is always welcome.

From the Staff Biographies

Rick Moran, blog editor, is a professional writer/editor living in Streator, IL and a frequent contributor to American Thinker. He also serves as the Chicago editor of Pajamas Media and is the proprietor of the website Right Wing Nuthouse.

Tells me all I need to know about American Thinker.

Oh, industry deserted Detroit decades ago. No industry, no unions. Not exactly a hot news flash.

The Detroit episode begs at least two questions:
Since Detroit’s population has shrunk to a 100 year low, is anyone left to protest the mayor and school chief?
Will Detroit’s mayor get the same negative media abuse as do Governors Walker, Christie and Kasich?

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/04/if_the_unions_have_lost_detroi.html

1) Unions Disappear good jobs disappear cities disappear.

2)Will Detroit’s Mayor’s get the same treatment? He will from us:)

Raise taxes on the rich or expect America to go the way of the British and every Empire that protects the rich and at the cost of impoverishing its citizens when the Empire’s growth stops.

No bias is permitted at FDL; sweet reason prevails.

Good update, but, like Margaret, I remain unconvinced that there will be any level of “fairness” about recall elections – just as in what happened in the recent WI Supreme Court race bet Kloppenberg & Prosser. I hope Kloppenberg asks for a recount, but even so, who knows if that will be done on the up & up.

Best of luck to WI citizens in these upcoming days and hope the recalls go through to successful conclusion.

Streator, IL

Backwater rural Illinois nobody successful lives there.

Eh. The information was posted in a comment on one of DDay’s threads on April 8th. I also forwarded the same info to the Kloppenberg campaign and to Glennzilla.

Not like it was protected in any way, I don’t think.

Here’s the fight song: http://www.badgerband.com/music/audio/on_wis_marching.mp3

Alternatively: http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com

Or this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz7otJVElcM

Not like it was protected in any way, I don’t think.

Forget legal its lame to copy without giving quote marks and a link. Still its your call.

I’m over it. I just think it’s hilarious that the DK writers need to peruse FDL threads for topic info and research.

Nuclear Power plant, pig farms and the scent of fresh manure in the fields plus all the benefits of a rural economy.

The MSM does it all the time when they finally cover a story we did months ago:)

Oh great, you can understand snark. Much more enjoyable now.

Mayhaps we should turn our reichwing visitors on to Ann Althouse. She likes to become romantically involved with the commenters on her blog. Give ‘em something to do.

We had a great election thread and analysis.

Yes I recall it as well.

I’m not sure that’s a fate anyone would wish upon another human being.

Yes the trolls do seem to need pie. It can’t hurt:)

And your point is? *g*

Troll are Human too!

Teasing, and suggesting that being sent to her basement dungeon would be terrible?

Well, someone has to be running the automatic commenting programs right?

We sure did.

Shocked me to read what looked like my words on a kos article. But hell, if they needed inspiration, more power to ‘em.

I thought they outsourced their troll work:)

If they don’t they’re missing a huge profit opportunity.

DDay’s upstairs.

Haha, I’m sure. Doing that job might be how I afford to donate to all my favorite conservative organizations ;)

The terrible part would be the box wine she serves/drinks. Gives me chills just thinkin’ about it.

What? The drink of choice of female freshmen everywhere? The horror…

I’m old fashioned. I like my wine from a bottle with a real cork.

I thought I saw a story last week that the offices of the recall effort had been broken into and the petitions and computers stolen. Was I dreaming or what? Haven’t seen a thing since.

Streator? Really? Ron is from Streator. Holy Crap. It is a pit, too.

Probably because there’s some question as to whether the break-in was legit or staged:

NBC26 out of Green Bay, has the last available update:

Those with the recall campaign say police are now involved after someone smashed a window, swiping everything from dozens of recall signatures to a computer. The organizer of the effort is accusing one group of committing the crime.

“There were some petitions stolen, our computer is missing, some of the recall signs and they cleaned us out of all our recall T-shirts,” says Hansen recall organizer, David Vander Leest.

That’s a lot of stuff to cram through that little window … unless they tossed the aforementioned t-shirts out the window one by one through a kind of bucket brigade of thieves, which would be a killer named for a garage band.