Aaron Strife
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Yeesh. That didn't go too well D:
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PoliGAF 2012 Community Thread
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Somebody help me out - the bitter tears are filling up this thread!
I can't believe people are apoplectic over a governor getting voted right back in by the same people who put him there and want him to continue doing his job. If public sectors unions thought they were getting fucked before, the next two years should be fun to watch.
I can't believe people are apoplectic over a governor getting voted right back in by the same people who put him there and want him to continue doing his job. If public sectors unions thought they were getting fucked before, the next two years should be fun to watch.
Kevitivity
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Democrats use to be against public employee unions. I think even FDR often spoke out against them, because he believed they would spell the end of his welfare state.
So my question is when did this change?
So my question is when did this change?
Probably about the time unions started becoming THE major donors for Democrats.
Kevitivity
Member
Yup. Exactly.
eBay Huckster
Member
It's like watching someone talk to themselves in a dirty mirror
cartoon_soldier
Member
GOP is against everything they just supposed 5 years back
Black Republican
Member
looks like wi gop kept all their senate seats
That would actually be stunning. No one expected Van to win. If true, that is a major, major mandate.
cartoon_soldier
Member
He will lose IL too after all Mark Kirk won in 2010
Gary Whitta
Member
I don't think the result will change but the gap keeps narrowing as more precincts come in. Started at 61/38, now 55/44.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Well I would certainly hope that Milwaukee would close the gap. HuffPo also has Milwaukee as blue now, the first swing I've seen.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Dane County (Madison) has only reported 3% of the votes.
The result won't change, but it sure would be great if it did!
I heard people are still voting in Madison, Milwaukee, and Detroit...
Uh, Dane has reported 77%. Maybe Madison is only at 3%? Last ballot in Milwaukee County was cast at 9:30 CST
It'll end up 6-10% loss. Milwaukee will go about 65-35 for Barrett.
It'll end up 6-10% loss. Milwaukee will go about 65-35 for Barrett.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Kenosha county coming out against Walker. Thank God. I can at least fall asleep tonight knowing that my hometown didn't embarrass me.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Going off this
http://core.talkingpointsmemo.com/election/results/wisconsin-governor
I'm sure there's a better source somewhere.
ed: Yeah huffpo is better.
Except it looks like they re-elected Wanggaard. Sorry.
Barrett just conceded
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Aaron Strife
Banned
Christmas is canceled
cartoon_soldier
Member
Saving himself for the proper moment
Ron Paul is still active
Johnson is tracking to beat my magical 6% though. TIPPING POINT!!!
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Fuck off with that shit. Seriously PD, don't be a twat. I was asking you a legitimate question.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Man, I'm kind of glad now I didn't donate to Barrett like I said I would.
Probably would have made the difference. I'm just like Obama.
Probably would have made the difference. I'm just like Obama.
Dude Abides
Banned
That is precisely why he can't fire them up.
Gary Whitta
Member
COME ON PROP 29!
Also:
Also:
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Now there's only another 1-2 weeks of incredibly boring WI fallout discussion on the talk circuit, hopefully. I could never get jazzed up about the recall, though I see a slippery slope from public unions to a right-to-work dystopia. Anyway.
Hold onto your hats. Healthcare ruling is next, and it's going to be terrible.
Seriously, if Obama gets reelected -- with this economy, with this unemployment, with this American population, with this media, with this Supreme Court, with everything that should be giving every sane Democrat red flags all over the place -- it will be a miracle. I don't want to see public opinions or electoral maps, I'm looking at the endgame. A fucking miracle.
It's all his fault, FWIW, but still.
Hold onto your hats. Healthcare ruling is next, and it's going to be terrible.
Seriously, if Obama gets reelected -- with this economy, with this unemployment, with this American population, with this media, with this Supreme Court, with everything that should be giving every sane Democrat red flags all over the place -- it will be a miracle. I don't want to see public opinions or electoral maps, I'm looking at the endgame. A fucking miracle.
It's all his fault, FWIW, but still.
ProfessorMoran
Member
Not surprised Walker won but the margin was bigger than I expected, not sure whether this will put Wisconsin into play but this will give the GOP much more momentum in the swing states.
The closest I can come to figuring this out is that there are quite a lot of people that are "sick of the elections" and dislike the recall altogether and really bought the argument that our tax dollars are all being wasted on this recall, and so they went to go vote Walker.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Side note: TNR's new sub-section "the plank" fucking blows. I liked having Tim Noah's section segregated out.
Gary Whitta
Member
CA: Prop 29 is winning, yay!
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Side-side-note: What if Romney actually is a moderate keynesian, doesn't fight gay marriage or the DOMA repeal, and pulls out out of Afghanistan on schedule?
I dunno. Maybe he's only lying about the stuff I don't like.
I dunno. Maybe he's only lying about the stuff I don't like.
Frank the Great
Banned
every time you start to think president romney wouldn't be too bad, two words should pop into your head: supreme court.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
The 7-1 spending in WI should give Democrats pause for 2012. Between Citizens United spending, gerrymandering, and voter ID/voter suppression laws, GOP got this shit locked down, yo.
I try to remember that where people are informed, educated, and given the ability to vote, they vote Democrat. Want to beat them? Keep 'em ig'nant, stupid, and don't let 'em vote.
I try to remember that where people are informed, educated, and given the ability to vote, they vote Democrat. Want to beat them? Keep 'em ig'nant, stupid, and don't let 'em vote.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
What's he gonna do, appoint someone that thinks corporations are people, thinks the government doesn't have a right to care for those that care for themselves, and is against civil rights for all while picking winners and losers along ideological lines on every single issue?
We already have that.
OH NO, I'M SO SCARED
Whenever someone says "I'm not X" it usually means "Yes, I'm gonna to do exactly X".
Gets annoying after a while.
cartoon_soldier
Member
One thing I hope Dems and Liberals realize now, is that just grassroots organizing won't win you elections anymore if you are outspent 8-1 on TV.
Invisible_Insane
Member
The point being that more of it is worse. And impossible to reverse.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
You're right. Here's the post without the phrase that offended you so badly that you chose to post for the eighth time in this massive thread. oh dear me
now please, respond with dignity or gtfo
now please, respond with dignity or gtfo
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