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Poll: Scott Walker Opens Up Lead on Opponents (PPP Poll)
National Review Online - The Corner ^ | April 16, 2012 | Christian Schneider

Posted on 04/17/2012 7:02:55 AM PDT by C19fan

Ever wonder what it takes to sanitize a Daily Kos post of all the snark and pompous windbaggery? We found out today, when their very own poll showed Wisconsin governor Scott Walker opening up a lead on his two primary Democratic opponents in the pending June 5 recall election. (One imagines the Daily Kos author typing that post while looking like Sylvester the Cat having swallowed a bag of alum.)

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012polls; elections; walker
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To: C19fan
I think this recall election is more important than the POTUS.

So we have the possibility of Saul Alinsky's phiosophy prevailing *state-wide* versus *nationwide*? Yes,Governor Walker's important but if forced to choose which *one* I'd rather see lose it's Walker.

And no,I *don't*,in fact,want to see Walker lose.

21 posted on 04/17/2012 8:31:11 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Unlike Mrs Obama,I've Been Proud Of This Country My *Entire* Life!)
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To: kabar

The graph shows vividly the results of Reid and Pelosi taking control of the Senate and House in 2007 and then food stamp usage increasing at warp speed as Zerobama took over the presidency in 2009.


22 posted on 04/17/2012 8:34:45 AM PDT by RightWingConspirator (Obamanation--the most corrupt regime since Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe)
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To: C19fan

Ooops...worded that badly.I wish FR would allow editing of posts after they’re up.I meant to say that if Walker *or* the Republican nominee had to lose I’d rather it be Walker.But I want both Walker *and* the Republican nominee to win.I only want Osama to lose.


23 posted on 04/17/2012 8:35:16 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Unlike Mrs Obama,I've Been Proud Of This Country My *Entire* Life!)
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To: RightWingConspirator

The Obama administration has actually been encouraging greater use of food stamps. They have been advertising for more people to sign up. They have rewarded states like Oregon with a monetary bonus for increasing the size of their food stamp rolls.


24 posted on 04/17/2012 8:44:22 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Qbert

I think we need to see the evidence before judging the Democrats’s assertion about the Walker spokeswoman. :)


25 posted on 04/17/2012 9:17:08 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: Westbrook
Governor Walker's official site:
http://www.scottwalker.org/

Thanks for contributing!

26 posted on 04/17/2012 9:57:00 AM PDT by Jean S
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To: C19fan

Do you really think there will be an electorally normal 2016 with either of the Obamneys at the helm? Occasionally conservative Justice Kennedy is the only thing between the USA and an outright transmogrification (pace Calvin) of the political system. Neither Obamney will appoint a conservative Justice if we lose one of the ones we have and Republicans in the Senate, no matter how it is composed, will not vote to leave a seat vacant just because the president will only appoint socialists.


27 posted on 04/17/2012 10:26:57 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: kabar
Everything that follows Obama in 2016 will just be rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

I don't think we will have access to the deck chairs to rearrange them- with either Obamney. And even with a Republican Romney presidency it is not the Republicans who will get to run the New Socialist America.

28 posted on 04/17/2012 10:30:11 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: wbill
Elections have consequences. Which, I'm sure, has been completely lost on the MSM.

It has not been lost on the MSM. MSM just doesn't like those consequences.

29 posted on 04/17/2012 10:32:11 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: C19fan

Not more important, but very important.


30 posted on 04/17/2012 10:34:16 AM PDT by Williams
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To: C19fan

WI is the race to watch and I’ll tell you that IL politicians are watching that race. They want to make similar moves here in Illinois, but are afraid. I suspect that MI, OH and other Dem strongholds are doing the same. If the unions look weak here it’s over for the public sector unions.


31 posted on 04/17/2012 10:42:32 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Hieronymus

I don’t think you’re scoring it correctly. Romney is my last choice this time around. He’s a political weather vane, whichever way the wind blows he’s going that way. If we elect a conservative Congress he’ll go along with them.

He’s got a reputation, deserved or not, for being a turnaround guy. He’ll have to turn things around. The biggest danger is him surrounding himself with Kenes boys and ruining things faster.


32 posted on 04/17/2012 10:47:41 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD
Good point. More important than the Walker recall OR the election for POTUS is CONGRESSIONAL SEATS! Romney will be held to account for his actions by a majority conservative Congress because unlike 0bama he is white and won't have a race card to hide behind.

Anyone who thinks a Romney presidency would be 'the same as 0bama' is fooling themselves. If 0bama goes, so goes the CZARS. Even if the ONLY difference between 0bama and Romney is the purging of the CZARS, the vote for Romney is entirely worth it. These thugs (CZARS) are behind much of the carnage going on in America and need to be stopped. A conservative Congress would ensure Romney not continue with such nonsense.

33 posted on 04/17/2012 11:12:45 AM PDT by FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs
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To: FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs

My question is this: WHY is the congress allowing these Czar positions to be paid with tax money? Those positions are not elected and not authorized by anyone in congress. What reason besides the gutless GOP / Congress are We the People allowing these unelected socilists appointees to DO this carnage.

Self inflicted wounds. Same with all the executive orders, new EPA rules, Dept. of Education and on and on. WHY are we allowing these idiotic rules to be pushed down our throats?


34 posted on 04/17/2012 11:22:47 AM PDT by WaterWeWaitinFor (If we don't help make a change, then who will? It starts with us.)
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To: Hieronymus

“By my scoring, it was probably game set match at some point in the Republican primary. We need a president who can lead a u-turn.”

And it’s appropriate that you made this comment in a thread discussing Walker.

If there is one Republican in America who should have been leading the ticket this year, it is Scott Walker.

A soft-spoken but intelligent man of character and principles, who says what he wants to do and then sticks with it, not giving up against the greatest of adversaries. (Aside: compare these qualities with Romney...)

What is leadership supposed to be about?


35 posted on 04/17/2012 11:31:46 AM PDT by Road Glide
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To: C19fan; Jean S

Ditto, I’m in IL and donated and doing everything I can to help Governor Walker fight the Union Thugs from hell.


36 posted on 04/17/2012 11:47:22 AM PDT by Dengar01 (Go Bulls!!! Go Blackhawks!!! Go White Sox!!!)
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To: Dengar01

Me too!


37 posted on 04/17/2012 11:50:18 AM PDT by Lando Lincoln (But that's just me.)
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To: Proud2BeRight

Was is a Volt? Or at least a UAW made vehicle?


38 posted on 04/17/2012 11:56:31 AM PDT by matt04
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To: cableguymn

This is also basically a referendum on union reform much more than it is a race between two candidates. Unfortunately we lost one of those in Ohio. We lose another one of these and the issue’s going be dead for a long time like Social Security reform was after Bush failed to get it through.


39 posted on 04/17/2012 11:58:01 AM PDT by JediJones (From the makers of Romney, Bloomberg/Schwarzenegger 2016. Because the GOP can never go too far left.)
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To: RightWingConspirator

The graph also shows how as soon as Newt took the House in 1994, things changed dramatically and food stamp usage went way down. As soon as Newt left in 2000 and Bush was elected, the numbers immediately started climbing back up to their pre-Newt levels.


40 posted on 04/17/2012 12:11:57 PM PDT by JediJones (From the makers of Romney, Bloomberg/Schwarzenegger 2016. Because the GOP can never go too far left.)
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