Wisconsin Senate Recall-a-palooza: 2012 Edition

[Badger]

Laid-off teacher Shelly Moore is running against Harsdorf. Sounds like kind of a weak recruit in comparison to the succession of state representatives that have been announcing lately.

As one of only two R's facing recall who represent a Kloppenburg district, such a third tier candidate seems like a real wasted opportunity.

EDIT: Plus she was polling only 48-44 against "unnamed Democrat" (caveats of "generic party candidates" running stronger in polls than actual identified people duely noted, but still....), and assuming Kapanke and Hopper are in serious trouble, this vulnerable district would swing control of the Senate. The WI Dems have to do a better job of candidate recruitment here.

EDIT 2: Her comments speaking at a recent pro-union rally:

"We bleed Packer green and Brewer blue and Badger red. We believe that the three major food groups are beer, cheese and bratwurst. And we breathe union," Moore said.

Okay, maybe she's got potential appeal after all.

[Badger]

Can't say I'm surprised at this, it's an obvious idea.

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What's funny is that there are really no other top tier democrats in that Senate district, Shilling is really about it (or was until Doyle won the special election)... Who would they have drafted that could even get the signatures to get on the ballot?

Fred the crazy right wing milkman, who is still a registered Democrat despite being in the John Birch Society.

Seriously, this isn't a game to get a formidable primary opponent to Schilling, but just to buy time by sticking someone---ANYone---on the ballot to force a primary.

[Badger]

Sadly, I suspect voters will ignore such cheap shenanigans in the long run and the delay will in fact benefit GOP candidates so long as they themselves have no fingerprints whatsoever on the fake primary challengers.

[Badger]

Recalls of the three Democratic Senators are approved. All the Republican seats are apparently going to be up on July 12, but the Democratic seats are going to be up a week after, on July 19.

WTF?

[Badger]

Recalls of the three Democratic Senators are approved. All the Republican seats are apparently going to be up on July 12, but the Democratic seats are going to be up a week after, on July 19.

WTF?

They were scared of appearing partisan by disqualifying only the Democratic petitions, despite their being evidence of clear fraud.

I meant why two separate election dates a week apart?