NBC News: Walker emerges victorious in Wisconsin recall

msnbc.com ^ | June 5, 2012 | Michael O'Brien

[Free ThinkerNY]

Updated 9:56 p.m. — WAUKESHA, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived a furious recall campaign on Tuesday, emerging as the victor in a bitter fight over state budgets and collective bargaining rights.

NBC News declared Walker the projected winner over Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in a closely-watched campaign first prompted after Walker drove a bill stripping public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights through Wisconsin's legislature showed little signs of abating, according to exit polls.

The stark divisions that took hold after Walker drove a bill stripping public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights through Wisconsin's legislature showed little signs of abating, according to exit polls.

[DManA]

Fan-freaking-tastic.

[SaraJohnson]

This is going to sting the hating commies of Wisconsin.

[southernmomma]

Thank you Heavenly Father. Probably Holder and his DOJ monitors are wondering what happened. Didn’t they have a 119% turnout in Madison? I have news for the Dimwits. Do not under-estimate the power of the TEA PARTY!

[MtnClimber]

And the Republican Lt Governor wins by about the same margin. Any word about the four state senate Republican recalls?

[Castigar]

WooHoo! Even with all the rampant democrat voter fraud! The once proud democrat party is nothing but evil, thug, criminal, ends-justify-the means, shameless, worthless, lying, syphilitic, a$$holes.

But I’m holding back my criticism.

[wideawake]

Fox News was saying it was too close to call. Overcautious?

[moonshot925]

Barrett is going to do much worse than he did in 2010

In 2010 Walker got 52.29% and Barrett got 46.52%

Now Walker has 59.1% and Barrett has 40.1%

[garjog]

[kinsman redeemer]

Here’s a clip from DU:

NBC just projected walker the winner (Original post) still_one 9:52 PM OP
I would discredit them Woody Woodpecker 9:53 PM #1
How did they get the results so f***ng early? BlueStater 9:53 PM #2
There’s a science to this. FBaggins 9:58 PM #17
If it is valid, I have nothing but disdain for America’s Dairyland KamaAina 9:53 PM #3
HOW DO YOU CALL WITH 22% madashelltoo 9:54 PM #4
They claim to use key precincts and such bupkus 9:58 PM #15
22% of precincts does not mean 22% of votes cast... markpkessinger 10:01 PM #24
They represent less than 1 million votes. madashelltoo 10:06 PM #30
o wingzeroday 9:54 PM #5
F................ Smilo 9:55 PM #6
Sh**. jillan 9:55 PM #7
The polls are still open... rosesaylavee 9:55 PM #8
Not even 50% of the vote is in! THIS is sick! HOW do they annouce a winner? THE media needs lookingfortruth 9:56 PM #9
How??? Count the votes!!! nt shcrane71 9:56 PM #10
CNN has not called yet riverwalker 9:56 PM #11
CNN just called it for Walker DesertRat 10:03 PM #25
Not possible ... Myrina 9:56 PM #12
Sad day for what made America great. As unions go so goes the nation. nt nanabugg 9:57 PM #13
I feel exactly the same way hamsterjill 10:01 PM #23
Crap DesertRat 9:57 PM #14
I Feel Sick otohara 9:58 PM #16
That is BULLSH** - Milwaukee has only reported 7.5% of the votes LynneSin 10:00 PM #18
Go HERE...Guardian UK is updating the results every 60 seconds. Amerigo Vespucci 10:00 PM #19
With Turnout like that bucolic_frolic 10:00 PM #20
Looks like Huffington has done the same thing - lynne 10:00 PM #21
Barrett is not hitting his final previous % (yet) in any county and Walker is IamK 10:01 PM #22
There are still people waiting in line to vote in Milwaukee! htuttle 10:04 PM #26
The writing is on the wall - Unions are screwed. reformist2 10:04 PM #27
Why are they calling this race so early? Jamaal510 10:04 PM #28
Strange humbled_opinion 10:06 PM #29
yeah just saw it too florida08 10:07 PM #31
What would be the point of calling it if it’s not certain? Wabbajack_ 10:09 PM #32
Our Democracy is over

[molson209]

MSNBC Host Reacts To Walker Win: He Could ‘Be Indicted In The Next Few Days D’oh

[garjog]

Romney - Walker 2012

[TomGuy]

emerges!

lol

That makes it sound like Walker just squeaked by.

Currently, Walker is winning by a 165k margin. It is a shellacking!

[Clintonfatigued]

Scott Walker won and it wasn’t even close. The same goes for Rebecca Kleefisch, they both won by big margins. All that’s left is the state Senate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzlpTRNIAvc

[greatdefender]

This calls for a celebration!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeTgx_pj6m8

[NewJerseyJoe]

[DManA]

No you’re right. Can’t exhale until Barrett concedes.

All kinds of dirty tricks available.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“The writing is on the wall - Unions are screwed. reformist2 10:04 PM #27”\

Hah; good riddence!!! My new tagline!!!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Absolutely unreal fantastic news!!!!!!!!!

[oldenuff2no]

The dems cheated their butts off and still lost my a huge margin. Isn't life just great sometimes. I do have some advice for the liberal socialists, sit on it and spin.