I read it as "We can't name the unnamed person, but here are two seemingly unrelated events to think about."
http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml...
Most of the way there. Just over 500,000 signatures collected.
[url=http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/1... wrote:Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel[/url]]Tim Russell, a former campaign and county aide to Gov. Scott Walker, was arrested by authorities on Thursday as part of the ongoing John Doe investigation into Walker staffers, sources said.
Charges to be announced at noon today.
I'm going to make a prediction here. If the John Doe investigation starts to look like it could result in charges against Governor Walker, he will resign, putting Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch in charge. The Wisconsin GOP will immediately sue to have all the recall petitions invalidated, since the ones being circulated specify recalling Governor Walker and Lt. Governor Kleefisch. Their argument will be that since Kleefisch is now Governor (not Lt. Governor), a new recall effort will have to be made. The case will go to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, who will rule in the GOP's favor.
Spoiler:I hope my prediction is wrong.
While a clever tactic, wouldn't a resignation in the Governor's Office be a huge political blow for the Wisconsin Republican party? Especially when it would result in a lightweight like Kleefisch in the office?
Somebody figured out that maybe this particular dirty trick would not look as good as thought in the upcoming challenges.
No official number announcement until the filing on Tuesday, but just saw this come across Twitter.
[url=https://twitter.com/#!/cog_dis/statu... wrote:Chris Liebenthal[/url]]On my way to the recall office to drop off the signatures that will put the total over a million. #wirecall #wiunion
Total number of votes cast for Scott Walker in the 2010 election: 1,128,941.
It's still gonna be a hard fight (especially since our election law gives Governor Walker unlimited funds), but that's a great milestone to clear.
Let the legal challenges begin!
Right -- while they're complaining about 'out of state money', Governor Walker is .... out of state, raising money.
hosted by the head of AIG.
AKA an arm of the Federal government.
hosted by the head of AIG.AKA an arm of the Federal government.
They are a tail of the Federal government.
Which, for the purposes of this metaphor, is a dog.
Hypnotic.
It's not supposed to be exciting--and no, not just because it's Wisconsin.
Would be cool if they provided a live tally of "valid" signatures. Can't imagine how much traffic the site would get on the run up to the "magic number"
* GAB attempts to rule out "fake" signatures that are otherwise valid (one would hope that Mr. Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop would not be inadvertently disenfranchised during this step)
Thank you so much, Dimmerswitch.
You know, Dimmer, between you and Phoenix Rev in the Gay Marriage thread, this has turned into a remarkably informative corner of the World Wide Web. Thanks for putting in the huge amounts of effort, to both of you.
Oh, and Edwin's an amazing resource, too, in the Occupy and Police State threads.
* GAB attempts to rule out "fake" signatures that are otherwise valid (one would hope that Mr. Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop would not be inadvertently disenfranchised during this step)
Sheesh, no wonder he goes by Jack Sparrow.
I read every post but I never have anything good to say.
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