Rasmussen: Wisconsin - Obama 47 Romney 48

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/platinum/election_2012_state_polls/wisconsin/crosstabs_2012_wisconsin_president_august_15_2012

>>...that would mean a good chunk of Walker voters want Obama now? - i don’t think so!!<<

Not to throw cold water, but there is one element of Walker’s 2nd victory (but not the first one) that you need to consider. We’d already had a recall election of Supreme Court Justice Prosser, and Walker had been elected only the year earlier, so undoubtedly some of Walker’s voters in the recall election were just sending the message that enough is enough, and that all the recall efforts were wasting people’s time and money. And some people who thought that way, and voted for Walker, are probably moderates who often vote Democrat.

There was a fairly strong sentiment that people supporting the recall just wanted a do-over, and where would that ever end if it was encouraged?

That said, it sure feels like this state is starting to lean Republican. After the 2010 elections the GOP had solid control of the Assembly, the Senate, and the Governorship. Offsetting that, the Senate recalls resulted in the Dems holding the Senate 17-16, but now they have to defend seats that the GOP redistricted for November, but not for the recalls. The feeling is that control of the Senate will revert back to the GOP in November, and Ryan being on the ticket should help that cause too.

>>Only president in the modern era to have more people working the day he ends his term than the day he took office.. the ONLY one.<<

I think you meant to say he’ll have “less” people working the day he ends his term than the day he took office....(which is likely to end up being true.)

Norseman, additionally I think a lot of moderate Dems in WI, and elsewhere, are looking at Obama and saying to themselves “this is not what i signed up for”

...and ya gotta love the fact that between March 2011 and February 2012, Wisconsin membership in AFSCME dropped from 64,000 to 35,000 when the ban for automatic dues deduction for public employees was implemented...i’m not sure where it is currently - 28,000??

...Ryan doesn’t hurt either...WI looks good for Romney and Ryan imo

Yes, that should be LESS and there is no PROBABLY about it, there is no way the economy is going to generate remotely enough jobs between now and november for this not to be true, nor January even when his term officially ends.

Obama will be the ONLY president in the modern era to have less people working, actually fewer total people, working the day his term is over than when he took office, combine this with the fact that his administration was during a time of relative peace, (Yes, I know we had troops in active combat in both Iraq and Afghanistan, during his term, not trying remotely to belittle those troops, but I mean there is no serious military threat to the domestic US economy) and you have the most scathing indictment of the complete and utter ineptitude that is this administration.

Norseman, additionally I think a lot of moderate Dems in WI, and elsewhere, are looking at Obama and saying to themselves “this is not what i signed up for”

...Ryan doesn’t hurt either...WI looks good for Romney and Ryan imo

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