....she looks like Alexander Hamilton.
Posted on 04/20/2011 9:23:08 PM PDT by smoothsailing
April 20, 2011
JoAnne Kloppenburg certainly had the right to ask for a statewide recount on Wednesday.
But we had hoped that she wouldn't - and the state would be better off if she hadn't.
We understand the motivation. The final county-by-county canvassing of the state Supreme Court election revealed that Justice David Prosser won a narrow victory, a reflection of how polarizing the new governor and his policies have become. The heat generated by the controversy over those policies most likely spurred the significant turnout for a spring nonpartisan election and a 7,316-vote win for Prosser - less than 0.5% of the 1.5 million votes cast.
That's slim, but it's not likely that a statewide recount will change the outcome. Were it a margin in the hundreds of votes, perhaps, but Kloppenburg has to recognize that it's not.
The state Government Accountability Board says it is ready for a recount; the board had anticipated that one would be requested. But it is already requesting some $40,000 extra to deal with a possible 16 recall elections anticipated as a result of some senators leaving the state to avoid a vote on Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining proposals and other senators voting for them.
Earlier, the GAB said a statewide recount in the Supreme Court race might cost as much as $1 million. Given that the state is already scrambling in its current budget to make ends meet and that the next budget won't be any prettier, this is an expense the state can ill afford...
(Excerpt) Read more at jsonline.com ...
Kloppy and her commie union comrades should have to pay for any recount. The unions have the bucks, let them pay for it!
Kloppy and her commie union comrades should have to pay for any recount. The unions have the bucks, let them pay for it!
The arch-liberal Journal Sentinel editorial board says a recount is unnecessary. That’s unexpected.
I only made it .. this far!
Total BS
Pay for the cost by firing union employees.
....she looks like Alexander Hamilton.
The first one, a machine re-count, is a freebie since the margin is less than .5%.
If Klopditz and her union handlers don’t like the outcome of that, they’ll have to pay for any further recounts. At least I’m pretty sure that’s the way Wisconsin law lays it out.
I’m betting the final count will increase the lead...that is why the paper doesn’t think it is a good idea. They know what will not work this time around,
I’m still laughing after her ‘victory’ speech.
Yes, I was surprised as well, that's why I thought it was worth posting.
...and she sounds like Pelosi.
Me too, she seemed so convinced! :-)
That was the first time that I had ever seen what she looked like.
My first thought was of Dorothy, apologizing for dropping the house on her sister....
Why are republicans always polarizing and dems are uniters of their party?
They know there’s no way to cheat and win down 7317 votes (they found one more for Prosser).
lol, me too
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