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Gableman wins Supreme Court race (Wisconsin now has conservative Supreme Court)
Madison.com ^ | 4/2/08

Posted on 04/01/2008 10:12:27 PM PDT by LdSentinal

MADISON, Wis. -- Michael Gableman had 51 percent of Tuesday's vote compared with 49 percent for Butler with 93 percent of precincts reporting. Butler is the first incumbent justice to lose a re-election bid since 1967.

He joined the court in 2004 after being appointed by Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.

He built his campaign around the charge that Butler was a judicial activist. Gableman claims to be a judicial conservative.

While the race was officially nonpartisan, Democrats including Gov. Jim Doyle and liberal special interest groups campaigned heavily for Butler while Republicans and conservative outside groups worked for Gableman.

The state teachers union ran an attack ad against Gableman, while the state's largest business group went after Butler with an onslaught of ads branding him "Loophole Louie."

The election was viewed as critical since Butler is generally seen as siding with three other more liberal justices to create a 4-3 majority.

Steve Atwell, 50, development director for a Milwaukee-area nonprofit, said the television ads turned him off so much he didn't vote in the race.

"For me, it was a lot of mudslinging and back and forth, and I didn't feel informed," he said.

Robert Wiessinger, a 39-year-old water consultant in Wausau, voted for Gableman in part because the negative campaigning put him in an "anti-incumbent mood."

"Both sides threw a lot of mud. That's a place where dirty politics really doesn't need to be," Wiessinger said. "It really impedes what I think the judicial process is."

But Sandy Schumacher, 47, of Sun Prairie, said she voted for Butler because she particularly disliked Gableman's ads.

"They're awful. They're absolutely reprehensible," she said. "It demeans the integrity of the judicial system."


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: butler; court; gableman; judiciary; wi2008; wisconsin
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1 posted on 04/01/2008 10:12:28 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal
"It demeans the integrity of the judicial system."


2 posted on 04/01/2008 10:28:53 PM PDT by realdifferent1 (What do the people of China call their good plates?)
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Liberals hate to lose judicial elections. It’s what they use to thwart the will of the people. So since they lost, the process had to be absolutely horrible.

And remember the process the libs used against Bork and Thomas? That wasn’t ugly to them. It was fun.


3 posted on 04/01/2008 11:01:50 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: LdSentinal

Gableman is still no Diane Sykes.

This is important, given the number of RKBA cases in Wisconsin. (Imagine, until a supreme court ruling, it was illegal to carry a concealed weapon in one’s own home.)


4 posted on 04/01/2008 11:06:09 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: LdSentinal

Works for me. Dane County must have not turned out. For once.


5 posted on 04/01/2008 11:12:32 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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To: LdSentinal

Couple this with a decisive Scott Walker victory for Milwaukee County Exec and April 1st was a promising day for our state!


6 posted on 04/01/2008 11:29:14 PM PDT by Knute (Tell me again ONE good reason I'm living here in Wisconsin??)
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To: LdSentinal; Diana in Wisconsin; Kuksool; BlackElk; darkangel82; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; ...

Good news in WI, albeit uncomfortably close.


7 posted on 04/02/2008 2:03:31 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~***Just say NO to the "O"***~~~)
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To: LdSentinal
But Sandy Schumacher, 47, of Sun Prairie, said she voted for Butler because she particularly disliked Gableman's ads. "They're awful. They're absolutely reprehensible," she said. "It demeans the integrity of the judicial system."

Que?

8 posted on 04/02/2008 3:14:23 AM PDT by Impy (The democrat party, "Ridin' Dirty" since puberty.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yes it is good news.


9 posted on 04/02/2008 3:19:32 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I see they got rid of the “Frankenstien Veto” too. That’s good although it was loads of fun.


10 posted on 04/02/2008 3:23:48 AM PDT by Impy (The democrat party, "Ridin' Dirty" since puberty.)
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To: Luke21

Well said, fellow freeper, well said. Libs don’t know how to be gracious in any way, shape, or form, especially when they lose.


11 posted on 04/02/2008 3:32:39 AM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: LdSentinal

Good for Wisconsin> Now go elect a couple of conservative GOP Senators.


12 posted on 04/02/2008 4:37:30 AM PDT by NRG1973
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Yes, it was closer than I would have liked. The libs outspent conservatives 2-1, but Butler was quite disliked. In a previous run for the court, butler was soundly defeated. He only made it there because Governor Doyle appointed him, directly against the will of the people.

Doyle is a Hilleresc type liberal, he is radically anti-gun.

13 posted on 04/02/2008 5:04:58 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: LdSentinal

Good news bump, for a change.


14 posted on 04/02/2008 5:06:48 AM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: riverrunner
Alright! Congrats! Now would be a good time for a gun rights case to make it to the Supreme Court.
15 posted on 04/02/2008 5:07:40 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: fieldmarshaldj; All

A win is a win! And WI Republicans won on some VERY important matters yesterday.

Wa-Hoo! **Happy Dance** **Happy Dance** **Happy Dance**

Watch for all of the ‘Rat “Editorials” stating how we “stole” these elections, blah, blah, blah, before the end of the morning. But for now? Celebrate!


16 posted on 04/02/2008 5:29:02 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: LdSentinal

You know, I’m really becoming CONVINCED that State Level politics is where it’s at.

We can’t get the Feds to move off of First Base in our favor on ANY issue (personal & property rights, gun rights, closing our borders & booting out the illegals, religious freedom, high court issues, etc.) but if we all work on our local and state elections, we just might turn this ship around! :)

This was the first time an Incumbent on the WISC was bumped off in FORTY YEARS! Now THAT’S a VICTORY! :)

Hats off to Mark Walker, too. He’s my choice for Governor come 2010! (I wanted him last time around; we went with a weak-tit like Mark Green...now “State Ambassador to Third World Bumpkinville,” LOL!


17 posted on 04/02/2008 5:35:33 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Oops! SCOTT Walker, Duh! ;)


18 posted on 04/02/2008 5:37:24 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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19 posted on 04/02/2008 7:33:45 AM PDT by Hunton Peck (I'm supporting Michele Bachmann and James Sensebrenner this year. The presidency is just one office.)
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To: Hunton Peck
I like the way you think! Excellent tag line. :)
20 posted on 04/02/2008 5:56:12 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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