Scott Walker is in trouble

[marmar]

from Mother Jones:


New poll numbers are out for Wisconsin's gubernatorial recall rumble. They're not pretty for Gov. Scott Walker.

Overall, Wisconsinites are split on whether to Walker, 49 percent to 49 percent. In a hypothetical general election, Walker trails Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett 49 percent to 46 percent, and lags behind former Dane County executive Kathleen Falk 48 percent to 47 percent, according to a new survey by the left-leaning Public Policy Polling. The last time PPP surveyed Wisconsinites, Walker led Falk by 8 percentage points and Barrett by two.

PPP's margin of error is 3.3 percent, which means these match-ups are essentially dead even right now. But PPP president Dean Debham said the numbers are encouraging news for Wisconsin Democrats in their push to oust Walker. "These are the most encouraging numbers we've found for Democrats in Wisconsin related to the Walker recall since last August," Debnam said in a statement. "Walker's numbers had been seeing some recovery, but now it appears they've turned back in the wrong direction. The big question now is whether Democrats can find a candidate to take advantage of Walker’s vulnerability."

Even among lesser-known Wisconsin Democrats, including some who've given no indication that they would challenge Walker, the match-ups are close. US Congressman Ron Kind leads Walker 46-45 is the other Democrat who leads Walker, 46-45. Secretary of State Doug LaFollette, former US Congressman David Obey, and state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout all trail by just one or two percentage points. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/02/scott-walker-democrats-tom-barrett-kathleen-falk

[DocMac]

1. Good vibes to the good people of Wisconsin.

[charmay]

3. Thanks for the vibes!

We need every vibe, wish, yen, yearn, hope that we can get.

[DocMac]

6. Things are gonna be fine. YW

[aquart]

2. Is he frying extra crispy in deep, over-used oil?

Is he doing a perp walk in an orange jumpsuit and leg irons?

So far, all he's got is stress. And it ain't nearly enough.

[Thinkingabout]

4. Did Scott Walker ever add the cost of a recall when he was pushing his agenda?

He can blame no one but himself for his unreasonable agenda and now the money will be spent. He needed a job stewart to advise him when he was doing wrong but thought he knew more. Hope this halts his aspirations of president. Now we all know who he is. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for the dems.

[pacalo]

7. If he were really concerned about the cost of the recall & if he had any decency,

he should have resigned. Having created policies that go against the interest of so many people, resigning is a no-brainer for anyone who claims to care about how much this recall is costing.

Recall is the ONLY defense the people have against his authoritarian approach. He, of all people, has no right to hold the cost of the recall against the people who are defending their quality of life.

He needs to read the Declaration of Independence, which says in part:

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

[DefenseLawyer]

5. Any chance Feingold gets in this thing? n/t

[LiberalFighter]

8. When they defeat him they need to send him to a prison at least 3 states away.

They also need to get rid of the Fitzgerald brothers and their dad.

[Canuckistanian]

9. Best 5 words I've heard in a while

And I LOVE the "Mini-Me" poster, because that's what Walker is.... a shill and servant for the Koch brothers and ALEC.

[Zalatix]

10. That's ridiculous, really, why isn't he behind even FURTHER?

I mean, it's great that he's probably going to lose, but this shows that nearly 1 out of every 2 Wisconsin voters would stick with this idiot.

That's NOT good. Just like it wasn't good when 56 million people voted for McCain in 2008 despite his absolute raving lunatic of a running partner; and we saw the consequences of that in 2010.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Any trouble he gets

is well deserved.

[Blue Owl]

12. The ice is thin and the winter is warm

What's that cracking sound beneath Focker's feet?