Gov Walker projected winner

[bizguy]

Originally Posted by whatsthat

Democracy died cause Dems were unsuccessful recalling a Democratically elected Gov?

You had better duct tape your head to keep if from exploding before you ponder that too long...

[whatsthat]

Originally Posted by bizguy

You had better duct tape your head to keep if from exploding before you ponder that too long...

Ponder too long? Let me simplify

The dude in the video should have duct taped his head

So Walker was elected based on the agenda he campaigned for

Dems want to recall the newly elected Gov cause they dont like his agenda and couldnt defeat him in the election

Dems claim democracy died cause the elected Gov wasnt recalled and his election stands.

Such idiocy

[whatsthat]

Originally Posted by dmp9898

Listening to the Breitbart video Democracy died because they were outspent 34 million to 4?

And as usual.......the truth evades the Dems

Spending Gap? Media Ignores $21 Million Unions Spent in WI
by Ben Shapiro

The spin from the left on the morning after their disastrous Wisconsin recall election failure is that Governor Scott Walker (R-WI), who walked away with the election, did so because he spent oodles of money.

Politico’s takeaway: “Money shouts.” “Walker wins one for the plutocrats,” trumpeted Joan Walsh of Salon.com. “Outspent 7-1, Democrats couldn’t beat Scott Walker with a strong ground game.” Media Matters’ favorite Washington Post columnist, Greg Sargent, cited the Citizens United decision allowing corporate political spending no less than five times in his recap of the election – despite the fact that not one dollar spent in Wisconsin would have been illegal before Citizens United. The Post’s Chris Cillizza said, “Being outspent 10-1 (or worse) is never a recipe for success in a race. Democrats cried foul over Walker’s exploitation of a loophole that allowed him to collect unlimited contributions prior to the official announcement of the recall in late March.” Daily Kos said that with Walker’s spending edge, “It shouldn’t even be close.”

This is false.

Not so fast. As it turns out, labor unions spent an additional $21 million on the recall election. When it came to state senate recall elections back in September 2011, Democrats outspent Republicans $23.4 million to $20.5 million.


While Politico’s Glenn Thrush says that there’s “only one paragraph you really need to read this ayem, courtesy of the Center for Public Integrity,” then quotes a paragraph talking about Walker’s biggest donors, that’s hackish reporting. The CPI actually adds:

In terms of strict numbers, Walker spent some $30 million; Barrett and the unions spent $25 million. That’s not a 7-to-1 differential. And when you add in unions’ inherent advantage in ground game, you’re talking about a better-than-even split for Barrett

http://www.breitbart.com/

[whatsthat]

38% of Voters from Union Households Voted for Walker
By Susan Jones

June 6, 2012

(CNSNews.com) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says "there's no doubt" that union members were among those who voted to keep him in office in Tuesday's recall election.

The network exit poll for the special election showed that Walker won the votes of 38 percent of voters who said they were a union member or lived in a household with a union member.

"I'm talking to workers here this morning, talked to a lot of manufacturers across the state over the last year and a half, but particularly the last months in this campaign, and I find that at plant after plant, there are construction workers and others in manufacturing who appreciate the fact that we turned our state around. And I think they wanted more of that in the future," Walker told Fox & Friends Wednesday morning. "They wanted us to go forward."

The exit poll showing that Walker got 38 percent of the vote from people living in union households was conducted by Edison Research for ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, Fox News and the Associated Press

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/38-v...s-voted-walker

[rbrodner]

At least 38% of union members have some intelligence. That's a hopeful start.

[dmp9898]

Originally Posted by whatsthat

38% of Voters from Union Households Voted for Walker
By Susan Jones

The exit poll showing that Walker got 38 percent of the vote from people living in union households was conducted by Edison Research for ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, Fox News and the Associated Press

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/38-v...s-voted-walker

This doesn't surprise me. The State of Washington unionized their IT workers and it was anything but a quick operation. They finally resorted to the "If you don't join the union then your raise will wait" IT employment there now carries the Must join the Union condition.

My brother also moved to Maine and to take the job there included the condition that he join the union. Since he had been out of work for over 6 months he didn't have much choice, needless to say when they did a lay-off the union didn't help at all.

Unions aren't the be-all, end all that they once were

[Nelson]

I was in a management position in a state agency both before and after the Governor signed a collective bargaining agreement with the unions.

Prior to the introduction of the union contract, the sky was the limit on promotions for ALL employees, with no regard to seniority...the only criteria was really job performance. After the contract was in place a huge sign "Stop, Do Not Pass" was put up in the career ladder of younger, less senior employees. It was impossible to promote anyone based on their job performance, the only thing that mattered was how long they occupied a chair.

We ended up with a dual system, management people were subject to performance reviews with set objectives, and their salaries were based on their attainment of their objectives, as well as their ability to advance on their career ladder. Non-management people were strictly governed by the union contract...everyone got the same raise, or no raise, regardless of the quality of their work, and the possibilty of moving up the career ladder only was there based on seniority with no regard to performance.

It is very possible that the 37% of union employees in Wisconsin who voted in favor of Governor Walker was made up of the younger employees who realise that the union is anything but their friend.