DiabloViejo
03-16-2012, 08:56 PM
Republicans Are Imploding in Wisconsin
Class Warfare Exists (It's only class warfare when you fight back.) (http://www.classwarfareexists.com/republicans-are-imploding-in-wisconsin/)
There are five Republicans up for recall in Wisconsin on June 5th; make that four – one of them just resigned. Having already seen two Republican state Senators recalled last year by the people of Wisconsin – state Senator Pam Galloway has decided to resign her position for what she is characterizing as “sudden health problems” in her family. This decision has repercussions – the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports :
Galloway’s resignation will cause the Republicans to lose their Senate majority. Republicans would hold 16 seats and Democrats would hold 16 seats. It marks a dramatic change from a year ago, when Republicans held a commanding 19-14 majority in the Senate. It was narrowed to 17-16 in August when Democrats gained two seats in recall elections.
The new, 16-16 split will be brief, and one side or the other should take control in May or June, when recall elections are expected to be held for state senators. Control of the Senate will again be up for grabs in November, when half the senators will be up for election.
Of course – just six days ago – tens of thousands protested on the Wisconsin capital to show that the anger and animosity towards Governor Walker and the Republicans who supported his extreme agenda was not gone. A recent poll from PPP (http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_WI_030112.pdf) – showed that President Obama had a commanding lead in Wisconsin over Mitt Romney – 53 – 39. In 2004 – Wisconsin had the smallest margin of victory in all of the states in the U.S. when John Kerry barely beat George W. Bush.
BTW:
Newly revised jobs figures show Wisconsin with the biggest decline in total jobs in the US over the past 12 months. Bureau of Labor Statistics--Jobs Report (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.t05.htm)
Gov. Scott Walker To Use Foreclosure Settlement Money To Balance His Budget, Not Help Homeowners
By Pat Garofalo on Feb 10, 2012 at 10:45 am
Think Progressive (http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/10/422744/walker-settlement-budget/)
PolitiFact: Scott Walker Enacted "the biggest cuts to education in state's history" Politi Fact (http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/feb/19/kathleen-falk/recall-candidate-kathleen-falk-says-governor-scott/)
Brian Williams challenging Governor Walker for his education cuts and forcing him to defend his position. This is the sound of Walker realizing his talking points aren’t working: YouTube (http://youtu.be/awd1xoAe-Mc)
Wisconsin ranks 46th in job growth (courtesy of Philadelphia Fed) Fed Data (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av9MH4ivi9Q3dFdpVVFzeUpMVE5uRWwyTk1BZU5OW mc#gid=0)
Class Warfare Exists (It's only class warfare when you fight back.) (http://www.classwarfareexists.com/republicans-are-imploding-in-wisconsin/)
There are five Republicans up for recall in Wisconsin on June 5th; make that four – one of them just resigned. Having already seen two Republican state Senators recalled last year by the people of Wisconsin – state Senator Pam Galloway has decided to resign her position for what she is characterizing as “sudden health problems” in her family. This decision has repercussions – the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports :
Galloway’s resignation will cause the Republicans to lose their Senate majority. Republicans would hold 16 seats and Democrats would hold 16 seats. It marks a dramatic change from a year ago, when Republicans held a commanding 19-14 majority in the Senate. It was narrowed to 17-16 in August when Democrats gained two seats in recall elections.
The new, 16-16 split will be brief, and one side or the other should take control in May or June, when recall elections are expected to be held for state senators. Control of the Senate will again be up for grabs in November, when half the senators will be up for election.
Of course – just six days ago – tens of thousands protested on the Wisconsin capital to show that the anger and animosity towards Governor Walker and the Republicans who supported his extreme agenda was not gone. A recent poll from PPP (http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_WI_030112.pdf) – showed that President Obama had a commanding lead in Wisconsin over Mitt Romney – 53 – 39. In 2004 – Wisconsin had the smallest margin of victory in all of the states in the U.S. when John Kerry barely beat George W. Bush.
BTW:
Newly revised jobs figures show Wisconsin with the biggest decline in total jobs in the US over the past 12 months. Bureau of Labor Statistics--Jobs Report (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.t05.htm)
Gov. Scott Walker To Use Foreclosure Settlement Money To Balance His Budget, Not Help Homeowners
By Pat Garofalo on Feb 10, 2012 at 10:45 am
Think Progressive (http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/10/422744/walker-settlement-budget/)
PolitiFact: Scott Walker Enacted "the biggest cuts to education in state's history" Politi Fact (http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/feb/19/kathleen-falk/recall-candidate-kathleen-falk-says-governor-scott/)
Brian Williams challenging Governor Walker for his education cuts and forcing him to defend his position. This is the sound of Walker realizing his talking points aren’t working: YouTube (http://youtu.be/awd1xoAe-Mc)
Wisconsin ranks 46th in job growth (courtesy of Philadelphia Fed) Fed Data (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av9MH4ivi9Q3dFdpVVFzeUpMVE5uRWwyTk1BZU5OW mc#gid=0)