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Ever visit Stockholm?

Peter Schwartz — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:35:50 +0000

Ever visit Stockholm?

Maybe for a while but

trkingmomoe — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:55:08 +0000

Maybe for a while but demographics is changing. You can't force a large part of the population into poverty and expect to stay in power. Young people are watching their elders be foolishly led by slick political PR salesmen.

Yes and no in that order.

Flavius — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:08:40 +0000

In reply to The issue becomes: Can you

Yes and no in that order.

Altho I have understandably been criticized for defeatism I think this Wisconsin election and every other election for the forseeable future will be won by the Republicans because of their enormous financial advantage due to Citizens United.

There was an early Mad Ave slogan "Advertising Works". We can scoff but it's true.

I was once coached by the PR section of one of the major Mad Ave firms for an appearance on one of those early morning TV programs perhaps Good Morning America. Without any natural bent and with a fairly weak position to defend I was the clear winner -as the party I was essentially debating acknowledged afterwards. Not because of any initiative on my part just because the people coaching me had been so thorough, so smart that I couldn't lose.

Those are the same sort of people whom the Citizens United $s will be buying to destroy Obama in the fall. Obama will have his own hired guns but he'll be wildly outgunned.

The issue becomes: Can you

Richard Day — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:24:08 +0000

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The issue becomes:

Can you buy an election in the so-called Greatest Democracy in the world?

If you can, are we really the Greatest Democracy in the world?

The poll also showed the deep

Elusive Trope — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:35:03 +0000

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The poll also showed the deep division in Wisconsin, where 39 percent of respondents said they liked the job Walker has done and 38 percent said they did not like it. Twenty-one percent said they like what he's done, just not how he did it.

Walker leads Democratic challenger Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee, by just 3 percentage points in a new survey of likely voters (pdf) conducted by Public Policy Polling. Walker leads Barrett 50 to 47 percent, down from the 50 to 45 percent matchup PPP found in a poll conducted three weeks ago. The margin of error for this week's poll is plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

According to PPP, Walker—who was targeted for a recall after waging war on state public employee unions in 2011—is winning among men, whites, seniors and residents of the Milwaukee suburbs. Barrett leads among women, minorities, young voters and residents of Milwaukee County and greater Madison. Barrett is also winning independent voters 48 to 46 percent, a lead that is within the margin of error.

Currently, polls, campaign finance statistics and anecdotal evidence suggest Republicans are more engaged and excited than Democrats for the June 5 race.

This is depressing.

Thanks, this is extremely

rmrd0000 — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:04:56 +0000

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Thanks, this is extremely useful info.

The Governors of Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and Florida have been disasters. I wonder what they have in common?

Good blog. I'm passing it

MrSmith1 — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:35:12 +0000

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Good blog. I'm passing it along.