Scott Walker recall goes live

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If Barrett wins, I sort of hope he gets recalled this term for the lulz.

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Funny how DailyKos cherrypicks all the pro-Barrett results while conveniently ignoring Walker's current lead in raw votes (even if they're probably unrepresentative).

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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.

That money barely influences election results?

[Nichlemn]

I wonder if this year's "Good news for John McCain" meme will be "Bad news for Mitt Romney"? I also recall that Romney's "underwhelming" primary wins were apparently very bad news for him.

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Still Walker is taking a lot of the counties that Obama won in 2008.

...That tends to be what happens when you compare a Democrat +14% election to a Republican +7% one.

Does that mean that the Wisconsinites prefer R's at the state/local level and D's at the National/Federal level?

No, not really. It's only two elections in different climates with different candidates. For instance, Jim Doyle won by larger margins than Kerry or Gore. 

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There might be a good case for restricting donations if there was evidence that lots of money can buy elections. There isn't.