Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Recall Walker Begins November 15

And the insanity continues...

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

The state Democratic Party chairman said Monday the recall effort against GOP Gov. Scott Walker will begin on Nov. 15, setting up a likely year of expensive political battles in Wisconsin in 2012.

Mike Tate made the announcement on the "The Ed Show" with Ed Schultz on MSNBC. Tate said recall efforts would be coordinated with the group United Wisconsin and would begin shortly after the first opportunity - one year after Walker was elected in November 2010.

After the recall this summer of two senators who supported Walker and his legislation repealing union bargaining, Tate and recall organizers are now aiming for a much larger target. The effort comes on top of an open race for U.S. Senate in the state and the presidential race - where Wisconsin will be a likely battleground - and sets the stage for a solid year of high-stakes politics in 2012.

...Recalling Walker won't be easy. Just to trigger an election, organizers will need to gather more than 540,000 signatures in 60 days.

Tate said he was confident Democrats could collect the signatures, but that would be only part of a recall. He said he believed Walker would be able to raise $70 million to defend himself in a recall election.

The group United Wisconsin says that so far nearly 203,000 people have registered on its website to sign recall petitions. The group keeps the names confidential; therefore, its figures can't be independently verified.

This is guaranteed to be an utter waste of time and money and hours and hours of programming on MSNBC.

The tens of millions of dollars spent on an effort to recall Scott Walker could do so much good in so many other ways.

Walker's policies are working. Taxpayers are benefiting.

Recall Walker for succeeding?

No. No. No.

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