Comments on: Jon Stewart Hammers the Media’s Overreaction to Wisconsin

By: dan

dan — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:35:10 +0000

This is right on the money. Democrats trotted out the same tired horse with no rebuttal to Walker and no alternate plan. He 'lost his focus' on the labor and collective bargaining issue and was seen even in Democratic circles as the 'lesser of 2 evils'…

I BEG Mayor Barrett to NEVER run for governor again. He's an embarrassment.
If the democrats can interest someone like Feingold to run againt Walker in the next election, perhaps they'll have a shot.

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By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:04:03 +0000

Walker's victory is definitely the result of hugely outspending his opponent, aided by other GOP governors and the Koch brothers, among others. I understand that part of the reason is that the unions he didn't touch were instrumental in his defeat of Barrett. He has obviously been successful in his divide and conquer strategy. But sooner or later, his policies will also affect these other groups adversely, and they will have only themselves to blame for returning him to power. A lot of people on the right seem to think that only liberals will be negatively affected by the policies of Walker and his ilk, and it seems that only resulting personal catastrophies will wake them up. Plus, it seems counterintuitive to support Obama as president and Walker as governor, when Walker's regressive policies have a much more immediate and direct impact.

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By: Cheryll

Cheryll — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:18:44 +0000

Momly,
By law we couldn't do the recall until a certain period of time had passed. Sorry I can't tell you the specifics… I don't remember. I think it might have been the recall (gathering signatures, etc.) couldn't begin until he had been in office for a year.

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By: Reynardine

Reynardine — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:22:40 +0000

There is another possibility, but I’ll let you figure it out.

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By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:52:37 +0000

The fact that Obama refused to visit WI (he was just miles away in MN) tells me Obama figured Walker would win and Obama did not want to be seen with Barret. That suggest that Obama thought it might have influence on the presidential election.
The cable news overhyped something? NO!

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