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Christopher Toner: What's at Stake in the Wisconsin Recall Election
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Wisconsin's recall election is on, pitting Gov. Scott Walker against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. If Mr. Walker is voted out of office on June 5, what other politician will be willing to step forward to address America's entitlement challenges? Mr. Walker's record is well known: He limited collective bargaining for government labor unions and trimmed health-insurance and pension benefits, bringing them more in line with private business. Organized labor thinks Mr. Walker's reforms should be the end of his career. They argue, first, that public workers just wanted to "have a voice" in their employment. But public-school teachers are more...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
Tom Barrett demands Scott Walker explain legal defense fund
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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett demanded Tuesday, May 16, that Gov. Scott Walker disclose any advice state election officials gave him about forming a defense fund linked to a secret probe of his associates. The Republican governor hasn't been charged in the investigation but Democrats insist he created the fund because he's a key figure in the probe. Barrett, a Democrat who will face Walker in a June 5 recall election, has demanded for weeks that Walker reveal exactly what's going on.
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
In the Walker-Barrett do-over, how many will re-do their votes?
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As divided as Wisconsin voters are along party lines, both sides think they can win some defections June 5. Republicans think some voters who opposed Scott Walker in 2010 won't vote against him now because they don't like recalls. Democrats think some people who voted for Scott Walker in 2010 won’t do so again because they have buyer's remorse.Do these two groups of potential “defectors” exist in any meaningful numbers? Could they decide the outcome in a close race?Think of June 5 as two elections.One is a do-over for people who voted in the 2010 Walker-Barrett contest, which Walker won by 124,638 votes...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
Primary results: It's Barrett vs. Walker, round 2. (Interesting Observations)
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Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett won Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary by a wide margin setting up a rematch of the 2010 Wisconsin governor's race. Barrett will face Governor Scott Walker in a recall election June 5. Barrett held 57% of the vote over next closest competitor former Dane County Commissioner Kathleen Falk's 35%. WPR programming note: Tom Barrett joins Kathleen Dunn on the Ideas Network Wednesday at 9:30 am. Madison firefigher and union leader Mahlon Mitchell won in the Democratic Lt. Gov. race to challenge incumbent Republican Rebecca Kleefisch. State senate recall candidates Kristen Dexter, Lori Compas and Donna Seidel survived...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
Wisconsin: Walker, Barrett in dead heat in recall showdown, poll says
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Madison - Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are locked in a dead-even race for governor, according to a poll released Wednesday by Marquette University Law School. The poll also showed Barrett leading his Democratic rivals in Tuesday's primary. The winner of the primary will face the Republican governor in the June 5 recall election. Among registered voters, Barrett led Walker 47% to 46%. That 1-point lead was reversed when considering only likely voters, with Walker holding 48% and Barrett holding 47%.That's "just about as close to a tie as you can possibly get," said the poll's director,...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
Labor group's pro-Falk TV ads vanish
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Public employee unions had everything lined up. Their nemesis, Gov. Scott Walker, was facing an unprecedented recall election. Their hand-picked candidate, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, came out of the blocks running. Their front group was set to spend millions to help push Falk over the top. So what went wrong? Wisconsin for Falk, a coalition of labor groups, has spent an estimated $3 million on statewide TV ads and multiple slick fliers touting Falk's candidacy - all without seeing her gain traction against the Democratic front-runner, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. The most recent public and private polls show...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
Barrett and Falk debate electability against Scott Walker
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When Gov. Scott Walker went up with an ad last week attacking Tom Barrett, he was looking to weaken a potential June opponent. But Barrett used it as a badge of honor, because it seemed to bolster one of his main arguments to Democratic voters in the May 8 primary -- that he’s the opponent Walker takes most seriously. “I think it’s a bit of a back-handed compliment from the Republicans,” said Barrett spokesman Phil Walzak, who said the Walker ad shows “they’re clearly more concerned about facing Tom Barrett in the general election than any other candidate.” Is Tom...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
US Justice Department to monitor Tuesday's election in Wisconsin
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The U.S. Justice Department says it is dispatching observers to watch over Wisconsin's presidential primary on Tuesday. The Justice Department said Monday its poll watchers will be in Milwaukee to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights laws. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group. Milwaukee is required under the law to provide assistance to Spanish-speaking voters. The Justice Department sends hundreds federal observers to monitor elections around the country every year.
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
Union leaders urge Barrett not to run in recall race
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Leaders of the state's largest teachers union and the state employees union met privately with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett this week to discourage him from running in possible recall election next year against Gov. Scott Walker. But Barrett rebuffed the union bosses. According to an email obtained by No Quarter, Wisconsin Education Association Council President Mary Bell, WEAC Executive Director Dan Burkhalter and other top union officials had a face-to-face meeting with the Democratic mayor on Monday to discuss the potential Walker recall race. "Despite attempts to communicate the issues you laid out very clearly in our meeting on Saturday,...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
Reprimand of Guantanamo Chief Urged, Nixed
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WASHINGTON - A military investigation into FBI reports of prisoner abuse at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, recommended that the base's former commander be reprimanded, but a top general rejected the recommendation, according to a congressional aide familiar with the inquiry's findings. In the latest examination of a facility that has become a battleground over the U.S. treatment of detainees from the war against terrorism, the aide said investigators recommended that Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller be reprimanded for failing to oversee the interrogation of a high-value detainee, which was found to have been abusive. But Gen....
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 07:52:29 PM
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