Why not recall Walker again?

[lutefisk]

A recall petition can be filed against Walker on January 5, 2016. With all the blindside damage and overreach in the first two months of his second term, I think he would lose a recall election this time. Wisconsin is on life support and I don't see how it can survive four more years with Walker in office and no checks and balances. And think of all the ability a Democrat in office would have to right some wrongs, thanks to Walker's consolidation of power.

Why not? Is there some reason the process can't begin? What do we have to lose?
http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/recall

[yeoman6987]

1. Isn't it expensive? All the advertising

and then another election which is not cheep. Give it a try Wisconsin. But make sure voters don't vote him a fourth time.

[GusBob]

2. Part of me thinks the best way to get him out of the state

is send him to Washington. I am only half serious. But consider: some folks I know who are fans of his don't want him to leave the state for fear of all his "big bold initiatives" getting undone

[GuntherGebelWilliams]

3. When did Rebecca Kleefisch become a Democrat?

Because even if you did get Walker re-called you don't get a Democrat replacement automatically.

But go ahead, if he wins again you've added to his résumé.

If he loses you get Rebecca.

[lutefisk]

5. Kleefisch would be recalled too, as she was in 2012 nt

[midnight]

21. That is a selling point.

[rtracey]

4. and

and here is the big one......IT DIDN'T WORK LAST TIME

[Scuba]

6. Burnout. People have been so beaten down for so long I'm not sure we could muster the signatures.

[ewagner]

8. Agree....

the "divide and conquer" tactic worked before and he'll likely use it again....

and,

too (sic)

there were a lot of Democrats who felt that recall was improper last time....would probably feel the same way now.

[dhill926]

7. if I remember correctly...

one of the reasons that folks voted for the piece of shit during the last recall, was that they hated the idea of a recall...

[Lefta Dissenter]

9. Sadly,

you hit the nail on the head.

Sad nail, tired hammer.

[lutefisk]

19. Ironically, they'd say we're dividing the state

But still, what's to lose? They are monsters, why not fight back one more time?

[undeterred]

10. Because we don't have a strong candidate to run against him.

Sad to say, but out bench is not very deep.

Running Barrett a second time was foolish, but there weren't a lot of choices.

[yourout]

11. She is still a few years away but Rep Chris Taylor is the future of the Wisconsin Democratic Party.

I really hope she is our next Gov.

[midnight]

13. What if everyone let it be known to Mr. Feingold that he should run as Gov.?

He does want to hear from us.

[undeterred]

14. I think if he wanted to be Governor of Wisconsin

he would have run during the first recall.

We need more up and coming Democrats who are experienced at the state level and willing to run for statewide or national office. If Feingold does not run for Senate in 2016, who is going to run against Johnson? It should be easy to think of a few people who would be willing to run, but its not.

Edit: To run a Senate race you need to raise around $20-$25 million. Feingold can do that because he has both state and national support. But its a formidable amount of money for most candidates to raise, and anyone else who was thinking of running would have to be fundraising by now.

[midnight]

15. I don't think he wanted to run against Barret...

How much do you think it costs to run as Gov.?

[undeterred]

16. In the 2014 election

Walker-Kleefisch spent $36.4 million and Burke-Lehman spent $17.3 million.

http://www.wisdc.org/pr021715.php

It varies a lot from one state to another, and the costs continue to go up with every election.

[Kevin from WI]

17. There is a lot of money coming from outside of WI

to influence our elections. WI is the state that conservative money gives them the most bang for their bucks.

[midnight]

22. Yes… And that is what is driving the Scott Walker john doe investigation case 2.

[Still In Wisconsin]

20. I am sure Russ has been asked- pleaded with- many, many times.

But I believe Senator Feingold wants to be, well, Senator Feingold again.

[midnight]

12. Interesting concept lutefisk…. I wouldn't mind….

[AllyCat]

18. The only reason I can see to recall him is that it would pull his energy and money away from running

for POTUS. He will survive another recall. Wisconsin seems to like getting it in the backside with no lube. Sorry for the imagery, but I have NO FAITH in my fellow citizens voting to save themselves. They seem to want to save Walker, the rich, and guns. God. Gays.