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by Zandar| 133 Comments
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Democrats in Wisconsin needed about 540,000 signatures in 60 days to trigger a recall election for Republican Gov. Scott Walker. Today was the deadline, and they posted a seven figure number. Democrats and organizers filed petitions Tuesday afternoon with more than a million signatures as they sought to force a recall election against Gov. Scott …
Fire Walker Chronicles: A Million Reasons To Say NoPost + Comments (133)
by Zandar| 28 Comments
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The massive political game of chicken that is the recall effort against Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker (working title? Recall: The Electoral Opera) entered a new phase as former GOP State Senator and Republican-friendly judge J. Mac Davis ruled in favor of the Governor as expected, saying now that the burden of vetting the recall …
Fire Walker Chronicles: The GOP’s Signature MovePost + Comments (28)
by John Cole| 78 Comments
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Lovely: Impressed by the effectiveness of the liberal Center for American Progress, a group of conservative journalists and operatives are preparing to engage in their own sincerest form of flattery — launching an advocacy group with a similar name and mission but very different target. Part assault on CAP and part homage, the Center for …
A New Virus To Be Injected Into the Public DiscoursePost + Comments (78)
by Zandar| 92 Comments
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Looks like not only will Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker get his day in court to argue that the state’s recall process is unconstitutional, but that Democrats will be locked out of the case, unable to present arguments to defend the recall. A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that Democratic recall organizers cannot challenge a …
Fire Walker Chronicles: Home Field ShutoutPost + Comments (92)
by DougJ| 126 Comments
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The more I follow politics, the more I like it when libruls do things like this: You know, people with kids are driving by. And you know there are little kids who are 8, 9, 10 years old who are old enough to be able to read that and might say, ‘Mommy, what does that …
by Zandar| 37 Comments
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How terrified is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and the state’s GOP about the news that in just 30 days, Wisconsin Dems have already obtained 90% plus of the signatures they need to trigger a recall election? Why, they’re scared enough to actually try to sink the whole proceeding with this pathetic tactic. Wisconsin Republicans have …
by Kay| 50 Comments
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DougJ linked to this NYTimes piece on for-profit colleges yesterday. Read the whole thing, or I’ll just give you my summary: the federal government attempted to regulate for-profit colleges, a huge army of lobbyists descended, and the federal government gutted the regulations. Arne Duncan isn’t quoted in the piece, but I’ve been reading up on …