Posted on 05/22/2012 10:39:25 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Recall supporters have turned their attention from character assassination to cannibalism.
With recent poll numbers suggesting they’ll lose their 15-month campaign to take down Gov. Scott Walker, the recallistas have begun to eat their own. When the blaming and hating is done — when the smoke clears and the sun dawns June 6 — Walker likely will be the last man standing.
In Wisconsin, the blaming began last week when liberal Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent posted what he called an exclusive on the recall race. An “unnamed top Wisconsin Democrat” was “furious” the Democratic National Committee would not pony up $500,000 to help pay for the state party’s get-out-the-vote operation, Sargent reported.
The state Democratic Party was left to put out the fire, which erupted online throughout the recall community. Party officials spent the better part of a day saying they weren’t the source of the story — and, oh, by the way, they still want the half-million dollars. When that added gasoline to the bonfire, state Dems tried to calm loyalists by pointing to a Democratic Governors Association pledge of $700,000 to the recall effort.
They neglected to tell their followers that that money was part of $2 million already pledged — pledged and most likely spent by now. The DGA has been sending the majority of its money to a front group called the Greater Wisconsin Committee. That group is behind some of the third-party, anti-Walker television ads airing for the better part of the past month.
Today, the cannibalism continued in the Wall Street Journal. There, union and Democratic officials and strategists are suddenly muttering aloud that the recall hasn’t just become a potential lost cause but could have a ripple effect on November’s presidential election.
In anecdote after anecdote, unnamed officials lamented their fundraising disadvantage vis-à-vis Walker, meanwhile DNC and Obama White House staffers say the recall was always moronic. Some brazenly said they never wanted the recall in the first place, saying the risks nationally were always far greater than the rewards the party could reap from it.
In the meantime, Madison’s liberals blame their counterparts in Washington, D.C. Washington blames Madison in some type of “circular blame squad.” In the end, Wisconsin will be millions poorer, and in all likelihood Walker will remain governor of the Badger State.
Kevin Binversie is a Wisconsin native who has been blogging on the state’s political culture for more than eight years. He has served in the George W. Bush administration from 2007-2009, worked at the Heritage Foundation and has worked on numerous Wisconsin Republican campaigns in various capacities, most recently as research director for Ron Johnson for Senate. Contact him at kevin.binversie@franklincenterhq.org.
Wisconsin: Blame game for direction of recall...
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All of the Walker Recall reminds me of this:
Genesis 19:7-19(KJV)
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Get a double.... with any luck this will indeed bleed into November
On other June 6ths, Midway and Overlord. A good day for victory over evil.
I’m getting a atd nervious about the LtGov...Kleefish is a wonderful lady..I can’t believe she could lose...you’d need to ahve rec all advocates splitting their votes, and/or, people coming out just to vote for the Lt Gov ....no way
I’m getting a atd nervious about the LtGov...Kleefish is a wonderful lady..I can’t believe she could lose...you’d need to ahve rec all advocates splitting their votes, and/or, people coming out just to vote for the Lt Gov ....no way
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