Little-Acorn
05-28-2012, 12:46 AM
As polls show Democrats fallng father and farther behind in their effort to alter the outcome of the Wisconsin gubernatorial election of 2008 (at least they called it that when it was a Democrat govenor being recalled in California), various high officials in the Democrat party are trippig over each other, issuing contradictory statements, and even contradicting themselves in the same speech as they try to explain away the rejection of Democrat efforts.
DNC Chairman Debbie Schultz said in a speech today that the June 5 Wisconsin recall election would not have any particular carryover to the national Presidential election in November... but a few minutes later in the same speech while begging for money, she said that the Jun 5 recall was "the first important national election". In a separate speech today on CNN, she announced that the recall election would be a "test run" for the nationwide election in November. Apparently she has not yet gotten her story straight, and isn't sure what "facts" she wants to try to trick people into believing.
CONCLUSION
Two out of three Schultzes agree: It will have a nationwide effect.
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Democrats, losing ground in Wisconsin, play down recall election
by David Lauter
May 27, 2012, 6:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Recent polls have pointed toward a victory for Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin’s June 5 recall election. But here’s the clearest evidence to date that national Democratic party officials believe their side is losing: Democratic officials are playing down the potential impact.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) insisted in a television interview that a loss for the Democratic candidate in the recall, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, wouldn't have any implications for other races, such as the presidential election.
“I think, honestly, there aren’t going to be any repercussions,” Wasserman Schultz said on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” program. “It’s an election that’s based in Wisconsin.”
Public employee unions and liberal activist groups have spearheaded the effort to recall Walker, who became a hero to conservatives last year when he pushed a bill through the state Legislature that ended most collective bargaining rights for state workers. Although Walker’s opponents gathered more than 900,000 signatures on recall petitions earlier this year – in a state where Walker was elected governor with just over 1.2 million votes – polls have indicated that the effort to end his tenure early will probably fall short.
Some Republican strategists believe a successful defense of Walker will put them in good position to contest the state in November. President Obama carried Wisconsin by a wide margin in 2008, but the state was among the closest in the nation four years earlier.
Wasserman Schultz also pushed back against complaints by some Democrats in Wisconsin that the national party has been too stingy in supporting Barrett.
“We put more than $250,000 into the race already,” she said, noting that she was heading for Wisconsin on Tuesday for a Barrett fundraiser. “We sent out an email this week to our more than 2 million-plus donor base from the Democratic Party, telling them that the first important national election is the June 5 election to recall Scott Walker and elect Mayor Tom Barrett, and asking our considerable donor base to contribute.”
The interview was taped Friday for broadcast Sunday.
DNC Chairman Debbie Schultz said in a speech today that the June 5 Wisconsin recall election would not have any particular carryover to the national Presidential election in November... but a few minutes later in the same speech while begging for money, she said that the Jun 5 recall was "the first important national election". In a separate speech today on CNN, she announced that the recall election would be a "test run" for the nationwide election in November. Apparently she has not yet gotten her story straight, and isn't sure what "facts" she wants to try to trick people into believing.
CONCLUSION
Two out of three Schultzes agree: It will have a nationwide effect.
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Democrats, losing ground in Wisconsin, play down recall election
by David Lauter
May 27, 2012, 6:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Recent polls have pointed toward a victory for Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin’s June 5 recall election. But here’s the clearest evidence to date that national Democratic party officials believe their side is losing: Democratic officials are playing down the potential impact.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) insisted in a television interview that a loss for the Democratic candidate in the recall, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, wouldn't have any implications for other races, such as the presidential election.
“I think, honestly, there aren’t going to be any repercussions,” Wasserman Schultz said on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” program. “It’s an election that’s based in Wisconsin.”
Public employee unions and liberal activist groups have spearheaded the effort to recall Walker, who became a hero to conservatives last year when he pushed a bill through the state Legislature that ended most collective bargaining rights for state workers. Although Walker’s opponents gathered more than 900,000 signatures on recall petitions earlier this year – in a state where Walker was elected governor with just over 1.2 million votes – polls have indicated that the effort to end his tenure early will probably fall short.
Some Republican strategists believe a successful defense of Walker will put them in good position to contest the state in November. President Obama carried Wisconsin by a wide margin in 2008, but the state was among the closest in the nation four years earlier.
Wasserman Schultz also pushed back against complaints by some Democrats in Wisconsin that the national party has been too stingy in supporting Barrett.
“We put more than $250,000 into the race already,” she said, noting that she was heading for Wisconsin on Tuesday for a Barrett fundraiser. “We sent out an email this week to our more than 2 million-plus donor base from the Democratic Party, telling them that the first important national election is the June 5 election to recall Scott Walker and elect Mayor Tom Barrett, and asking our considerable donor base to contribute.”
The interview was taped Friday for broadcast Sunday.