Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Wisconsin -- Center of the GOP universe?

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Good article from the Daily Beast explaining some of the stakes for the GOP in the recall, and (maybe) one more reason why they've put u...

Obama tweets for Barrett

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It seems like the extent of his personal support.
Monday, June 4, 2012

Slate's on overreading the recall and November

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As I've said before , I think this is correct, with the exception that it could have an impact on Wisconsin (both presidential and Senat...

Pro-Recall Group sends mailing with neighbors' voting histories -- massive privacy breach or crowdsourcing voter turnout efforts

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The Greater Wisconsin Committee  (a pro-recall group) sent out a campaign mailing listing the names of neighbors and their voting history, ...

DOJ to monitor recall election sites

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Here

AP's FAQ on the recall

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This one , by the AP's Scott Bauer (I've talked to him a number of times), is pretty good.
Sunday, June 3, 2012

What to Expect When You're Expecting a Recall -- Wisconsin Gubernatorial/Legislative edition

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June 5 is D-Day for the recall. Governor Scott Walker, currently leading in the polls, is facing off against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Li...
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Latest Democratic Poll shows Walker ahead by 3

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Again, the Democratic poll (by PPP) shows Walker leading 50-47%, so not the best sign for Barrett. As one of my reader's noted, we have...

Recall spending tops $63.5 million, most expensive race in Wisconsin history

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No surprise here , and when all reporting is said and done, it may hit that $100 million figure. But I have to wonder about the focus on Cit...

Some additional coverage on Wisconsin

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I have comments in these two articles, one in the USA Today , the other in Roll Call .

California: Fullerton Recalls taking place on Tuesday, divide city

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Lost in the Wisconsin recall story is the three Fullerton City Council recalls taking place on Tuesday. These recalls are the result of the ...

Alaska: Attempt to recall entire Holy Cross City Council blocked by City Council

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I'm unsure of what the end result is here, but we certainly can chalk it up to the ever-growing "refusing to schedule your own reca...

Idaho: Changing the law, post-recall loss

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Here is a look at one example of changing a recall law to limit recalls. In 1971, two Idaho legislators (from the same area, Idaho Falls) w...

MJS' Craig Gilbert on Fox

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Here's a look back at how the Walker recall got going.
Saturday, June 2, 2012

The national stakes

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The article mentions Walker as a rock star for the right. I have thought this was going to be the case from very early on  -- surviving a r...

Politico interviews former officials who faced recalls

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Unsurprisingly, all the officials  appear to be against recalls. The piece is really more for color, but it fails to properly convey the rea...
Friday, June 1, 2012

At least 182,000 absentee ballot taken out

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This is actually less than in 2010, when 231,000 absentee ballots were taken out. However, most of the clerks don't track the ballots, ...

Short profile of third party gubernatorial candidate

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He's been ignored, but here's a brief write-up on the possible impact of Hari Trivedi, the third party gubernatorial candidate.

India: Tripura Left Front pushing for recall

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Here

Montana: Troy Mayor loses recall vote

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This is not the mayor of Troy, Michigan, who is also facing a recall vote. It is Donald Banning , who lost 123-190 on May 24.