Posted on 03/07/2011 4:11:36 AM PST by bjorn14
As improbable as the last three weeks have been in state politics, Wisconsin is about to embark on another wild ride into the political unknown - a series of legislative recall campaigns on a scale the nation has rarely, if ever, seen.
"I don't think there's a precedent for what's going on in Wisconsin," said Gary Moncrief of Boise State University, an expert on legislative politics. "I don't think there's ever been a case where pretty much everyone has been subject to a recall attempt at one time on both sides. That's really amazing."
Formal recall campaigns have now been launched against 16 state senators - eight Republicans and eight Democrats. That's everyone in the 33-member Wisconsin Senate who is legally eligible to be recalled this year.
Even though state law is designed to make recalls difficult and rare, some political insiders expect the petition drives now under way to succeed in forcing multiple lawmakers to face recall elections this summer.
Much like the ongoing budget fight, the recall battles could play out on a national stage. The two parties and groups across the political spectrum will be invested in the outcome, with Wisconsin now serving as the state testing ground in a broader struggle over government spending, unions and the public workforce in the run-up to the 2012 election.
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If they do, that means that they will spend money that could be spent elsewhere.
Well, I read the whole article. You’d think that they’d list the Senators. Isn’t that part of the 5 Ws rule? Typical Milwaukee urinal.
Yes, but please don't wish that on us. :(
They’re all the even numbered districts elected in 2008.
Odd numbered districts were elected in 2010.
Republicans:
2 Cowles
8 Darling
10 Harsdorf
14 Olsen
18 Hopper
20 Grothman
28 Lazich
32 Kapanke
Democrats:
4 Taylor
6 Coggs
12 Holperin
16 Miller
22 Wirch
24 Lassa
26 Rissa
30 Hansen
We only need to worry about three repubs. They have more to be concerned about.
You can get 2008 results on ballotpedia; you just have to dig for them a bit.
The most vulnerable Dem is Holperin. Several of the Dems won by wide margins — it was a Dem year but in a recall election anything can happen....
The Republicans had better look at changing the election laws before the recalls. Make it difficult for the flee baggers to win through fraud. Voter ID, no same day registration, stricter residency requirements for students, etc.
ON WISCONSIN; ON WISCONSIN - PLUNGE RIGHT THROUGH THAT LINE!
I will lay odds that the recall petitions concerning the Republican Senators will contain a large number of out-of-state individuals of the union persuasion.
Check out the reader comments. Lots of paid union shills filling the pages.
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