Wisconsin Senate Recall-a-palooza: 2012 Edition

[DrScholl]

I read that they want to buy more time to allow the GOP Senators to regain ground, but I don't think tricks will do anything but draw more ire.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/wis-gopers-seeking-fake-dem-candidates-to-disrupt-in-state-senate-recalls.php

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[DrScholl]

I don't think national issues are going to effect these races at all. It's been heavily localized now and with most people having decided one way or another, it's quite late for any last minute changes.

[DrScholl]

Democrats win three seats, two at minimum.

[DrScholl]

Happy voter turnout is low? smh.

Consider the poster to posted that. Republicans perform best when most people don't vote.

[DrScholl]

2 Republican Senators recalled is a pretty good win, recalls are not a feat that is achieved with simplicity, so hard work paid off.

[DrScholl]

Not on this issue, in this state, and when there was a realistic chance of taking down five candidates.

These are all districts Republicans managed to win in 2008, which was a good year for Democrats. All spin aside, Democrats gained overall.

2 Republican Senators recalled is a pretty good win, recalls are not a feat that is achieved with simplicity, so hard work paid off. Kapanke was far to the right of his district & Hopper was embattled by scandal. To not knock off both of them would have been a complete failure for the Democrats.

And we all know that even those circumstances can sometimes not guarantee a win. Both are good wins.

[DrScholl]

Time to get ready to recall Jim Holperin!

Not with Crazy Kim Simac you won't. She doesn't pay taxes, avoids debates and thinks schools are run by Nazi's, while that's an ideal candidate to most right-wingers, it's not exactly a fit for a marginal seat.

[DrScholl]

I have to repeat again that the districts retained are more Republican than the state of Wisconsin on average and are all places Walker won anyway. He could perform well in all these districts in a recall and still lose. On a statewide level, it's not like Democratic and swing areas aren't going to play a role, there wasn't enough of that sort of territory in play for most of the recalls to be successful. It's a completely different ball game.

[DrScholl]

We have no idea how Walker will perform in other corners of the state that are not as Republican or not very Republican at all. Any gubernatorial recall will be about Walker, with Democratic strongholds in the mix. None of these recalls really had a lot of Democratic strongholds involved.

[DrScholl]

Good news for Democrats

http://twitter.com/#!/markos/status/102934233256951808

Just got @ppppolls results from two Wisconsin recall elections Tuesd. Dems will win both by double-digits. Remember, PPP nailed last week

[DrScholl]

Kim Simac is way over the top and made poor candidate for a marginal seat, so that's the reason for the shift.

[DrScholl]

The moral of the story is, you don't overreach just because you have total control of the government. If Republicans don't like it, they should have thought twice about pulling the plug on collective bargaining. Recalls are approved by voter signatures and clearly enough voters are on board in many districts. That's how the process works.