Scott Walker recall goes live

[oakvale]

Sad, if not surprising. The people of Wisconsin had a chance to toss out a corrupt, quasi-fascist criminal and instead quite possibly kept him in office by a larger margin than he originally won by.

Matt Yglesias said it best...

Exit polls clarfy that WI recall outcome will be settled by deeply confused swing voters who lack coherent political views.

Oh well, with any luck Walker will be in prison in a few months, anyway.

EDIT: Haha, Obama leads Romney in the exit poll. What the hell kind of confused person is an Obama/Walker voter?

[AmericanNation]

MSNBC's O'Donnell & Heilemann still touting the WI exit poll numbers on Obama vs. Romney. Encouraging sign, they say.  LOL, can you say stuck on stupid.  

The salary of 1500 Union operatives from around the country isn't counted among other things. Spending was probably close.

MSNBC: "I'm sure the prez woke up this morning & thought, 'I hope Walker wins by 10 points. That'd be good for me!'"

[Jayhawker]

This is what happens when you try to recall a Governor who did nothing wrong.

Not surprised - I had this race pegged around a 7-8 point Walker win. Romney needs to make a play for this state.

[Lief]

So Republicans spent tens of millions to keep a criminal in office for a few months until he's thrown in jail? Huh.

[Governor Scott]

Sad, if not surprising. The people of Wisconsin had a chance to toss out a corrupt, quasi-fascist criminal and instead quite possibly kept him in office by a larger margin than he originally won by.

Matt Yglesias said it best...

Exit polls clarfy that WI recall outcome will be settled by deeply confused swing voters who lack coherent political views.

Oh well, with any luck Walker will be in prison in a few months, anyway.

EDIT: Haha, Obama leads Romney in the exit poll. What the hell kind of confused person is an Obama/Walker voter?

Swing voters suck.

[ShadowOfTheWave]

Great news. The mafia....oh sorry I mean the corrupt unions and their attempts to deceive the WI public have clearly failed.

[CathKhan]

It was this or watching "Fight Club" fir the 1st time. Incredible movie.

[So the Heroes Fall]

EDIT: Haha, Obama leads Romney in the exit poll. What the hell kind of confused person is an Obama/Walker voter?

That's what I can't figure out.

[Simfan34]

A victory for common sense governance!

[netzero19]

[RogueBeaver]

I doubt that Walker will win by such a huge margin. 8-9 once Milwaukee/Madison come in.

[Lief]

This may be a much better night than expected for conservatives. About 50% of the vote in and Walker's up nearly 20 points, AND we get to bash the media's head in over silly 50-50% exit poll projections.

So Republicans spent tens of millions to keep a criminal in office for a few months until he's thrown in jail? Huh.

Hahaha...listen to the libs cry! Sour grapes much?

Let's see if you're even still here in November when we watch Romney lose. In the meantime, enjoy "bashing the media's head in" because their initial exit poll was slightly wrong ().

[Keystone Phil]

So Republicans spent tens of millions to keep a criminal in office for a few months until he's thrown in jail? Huh.

LOL

Hey, remember how Walker's "illegitimate child" was going to sink him in the final weekend? Keep dreaming, boys.

[LINCOLN REPUBLICAN]

Neither Wisconsin nor America will be pushed around by union bosses.

Sorry Barack.

[AmericanNation]

EDIT: Haha, Obama leads Romney in the exit poll. What the hell kind of confused person is an Obama/Walker voter?

That's what I can't figure out.

1) The exit poll sucks.  Maybe off 10%
2) Romney hasn't started a campaign in Wisconsin yet.  Wait a few days.

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

This is what happens when you try to recall a Governor who did nothing wrong.

Not surprised - I had this race pegged around a 7-8 point Walker win. Romney needs to make a play for this state.

Considering he's trailing by double digits in the very exit poll that has Walker winning this thing, perhaps not.

[LINCOLN REPUBLICAN]

Walker
Campaign: $29 million
Outside Groups: $16 million

Barrett
Campaign: $3 million
Outside Groups: $6 million

Also, could this site get any f**king slower during an election night?

Big deal.  It's not Republicans fault if Wisconsin Dems can't raise the big bucks.  And let's face it, it takes big bucks to compete in and to win elections in this era.

[AmericanNation]

The real class warfare is not "Rich v. Poor" - it is the entrenched political class and public unions V. us the taxpayers

Lawrence O'Donnell just declared President Obama the big winner in the Wisconsin recall election. Um... his guy lost

So will New York Times put Wisconsin results on A10 or maybe in the classifieds

On Tuesday we saved Wisconsin; in November Wisconsin will save America!

Nice to see a man of great integrity stand tall against thugs and emerge victorious.   

Barrett's post-election party menu: Champagne made from sour grapes (glasses filled only 41.2%)

[Jbrase]

Let's see if you're even still here in November when we watch Romney lose. In the meantime, enjoy "bashing the media's head in" because their initial exit poll was slightly wrong ().

Slightly wrong? lolno

[Lief]

The real class warfare is not "Rich v. Poor" - it is the entrenched political class and public unions V. us the taxpayers

lol

[cinyc]

Interesting to note, Walker is actually LEADING in Milwaukee County right now, though only 13% is reporting. Barrett carried that in 2010 with 61%.

PS - CNN news anchor is reporting in front of a bunch of pro-Barrett cry babies live right now, and it's funny (in a pathetic sort of way).

Most of Milwaukee proper isn't in.  It's mainly Milwaukee County suburbs.  Barrett should do better when Milwaukee reports more.

[Pacific Councillor LiberalJunkie]

It's funny as soon as the Republicans win the delusional members pop up.

[Pacific Justice IBDD]

Politico has called the election for Walker

[Governor Scott]

Walker
Campaign: $29 million
Outside Groups: $16 million

Barrett
Campaign: $3 million
Outside Groups: $6 million

Also, could this site get any f**king slower during an election night?

Big deal.  It's not Republicans fault if Wisconsin Dems can't raise the big bucks.  And let's face it, it takes big bucks to compete in and to win elections in this era.

Good job missing the point.

[Proud Lieberal from Northeast]

So, Walker is the first Governor to survive a recall election, right?