So, can Walker still be recalled? Or did he get away with it?

[LaydeeBug]

I am not from Wisconsin.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Yes. These state legislature elections had nothing to do

with recalling Walker. According to state law you have to wait a year before recalling a governor, which is why they can't do it until January. But that process is not related to yesterday's elections.

[shraby]

2. He can be recalled, but he has a "free year" to do damage.

The petitions can start being circulated from what I understand, 90 days before his year is up.

[hlthe2b]

6. Only about six more months to do damage.. if successfully recalled

[Hart2008]

3. Why is this post on the Presidency forum?

I realize we all feel passionately about these questions, but can't we read?

I know being a Dem means that we don't quite belong to an "organized" party, but I am beginning to understand why we have had so much voter "error" problems....


:shrug:

[AndyTiedye]

7. Control of the States Could Determine the Outcome of the 2012 Elections

The teabaggers control 27 states.

That's 27 teabag governors. 27 teabag-controlled legislatures. 27 teabagger secretaries-of-state.
Those states have 270 electoral votes.

The recall was our last chance to reduce that number.

They will be doing this in those 27 states:


They could even call off the Presidential election in their states and simply award their electoral votes to the Republican candidate, whoever it is.
I wouldn't put it past them.

[99 Percent Sure]

8. +1. *LOL* Okay?! eom

[LaydeeBug]

12. I apologize. I thought I had posted in General Discussion. My bad. nt

[Dawgs]

14. Really?

After all these years, this is what concerns you?

I think the Democratic party has bigger problems than where someone puts a post on DU.

[mymomwasright]

4. Timing the recall to take place in Nov 2012

According to Wisconsin Dem leadership.

[AtomicKitten]

5. Not if the final tally is being counted by Kathy Nickolaus in Waukesha County.

[Robbins]

9. He got away with It

No matter how much you spin It Republicans won the recall.There are 2 recall of Democrats next week and If Republicans win 1 then
all this time and money only gave Democrats a 1 seat pickup.Republicans will not hestate to contunue.And what makes people think
If Republicans couldn't be recalled a few months after the antiUnion Bill what makes you think a year and a half later Walker will
be recalled.

Plus the Democrats will help Republicans If Supercongress has cuts to Social Security,Medicare,and medicaid while the Military and
Rich get off.

[bigmonkey]

10. So, give up now, and for the rest of your life?

Is that your message?

[sybylla]

13. You underestimate.

All this money and time gave us so much more:
-energized our base in 6 red districts (out of 33 senate districts total) and three districts currently held by Dems.
-placed real Dem senate candidates with real support in red districts and gave these "safe" pukes a run they've never had.
-left surviving republicans wounded and facing another election in 2012 - without all the koch/vos/chamber money behind them.
-turned two red districts blue, districts Walker needs to win a recall.
-put the 18 republicon assembly representatives whose districts are inside these 6 Senate districts on notice - they know exactly what last night's results mean and every one of them is up next year.
-developed a grassroots organization and a strategy for winning in red districts that will more than succeed in blue ones whether it's during a recall or for next year's general elections.

I honestly don't see what makes you think Walker won't be recalled. :shrug:

[Dawgs]

15. Uh, the only people that could vote yesterday were in red districts.

Walker would be recalled by the WHOLE STATE; INCLUDING MADISON AND MILWAUKEE - two cities that didn't get to vote yesterday.

[sybylla]

11. Oh yeah. In fact the results are good news for recalling Walker.

We flipped two republican districts to blue - districts that supported Walker last time. We pushed the Dem vote out in 4 more very red districts where we've never had so many show up.

Even if our efforts yesterday cow a few republican state legislators into backing off, Walker has a bad case of teh crazy along with a very powerful line-item veto to revise craft any passed legislation in the image of the Koch brothers.

Walker's hubris is not at an end. He's probably the only puke in the state not shitting bricks today (mainly because I'm not sure he's capable of feeling anything but hubris). Which only bodes well for a recall. He'll continue on with his dirty tricks, which will only mobilize our side not only for recalling Walker, but for recalling any of the other republican state senators who won last November in predominantly Dem districts - all at the same time.

[recadna]

17. All six repub districts wen for Obama in 2008.

And they went all for Walker in 2010. They are swing districts.

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