Progressives Target Wisconsin State GOP Senators With Recall Threat

Talking Points Memo:

A pair of national progressive groups are firing the first shots in what could become a full-scale recall campaign against Republican state Senators in Wisconsin, TPM has learned.

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Comments

[810robertk]

12:37 AM on 04/09/2011

the Progressives in Wisconsin MUST DEMAND that the Federal DOJ investigate the voter fraud in the State Supreme Court case. Can you think of even ONE Republican Clerk who wouldn't make sure that every vote was sent in? I watched h er interview. It was simple she was told to and was lying!!

[Siebenstein]

07:13 AM on 03/08/2011

Good. Where can I sign that petition?

[enoughalready]

01:48 PM on 03/02/2011

Better recall those GOP senators fast -

SB23 - will pre-empt localities from doing ordinances on paid sick days. Hearing today.

Walker and his co-horts are making sure the middle-class has nothing.

[stargazer13]

12:44 PM on 03/02/2011

My son just published a political fiction book !!

called ( When Pig,s Fly )

just got my copy and will now read it !!

we are some times on opposite side ,s and debate often !!

can,t wait to read it !! and give him my feed back !!

[Wisco-libertarian]

12:40 PM on 03/02/2011

Too funny ... national interest groups are interfering in Wisconsin's politics. Sounds just like the Koch bros, no? Oh, wait -- they're progressive, so I guess it's all right this time.

[Siebenstein]

07:14 AM on 03/08/2011

You got that right;-)

[Eidolas]

09:48 AM on 03/02/2011

Big deal. The fact that these efforts are spearheaded by "national progressive groups" says it all. Does it mean anything if someone outside Wisconsin signs a petition to recall a state Senator? There are recalls in the works against the Democrats who fled to Illinois too.

[stargazer13]

10:02 AM on 03/02/2011

well then may the best man make though all the recalls

[Eidolas]

11:17 AM on 03/02/2011

Likely has less to do with "best man" than the organization behind the recall efforts. If they get this budget battle settled, people will probably be less interested in recalling anyone, but who can say for certain? Personally, I think this is a debate that had to happen but the divide between the parties continues to get more vitriolic, which I don't think is to anyone's credit.

[4real]

09:00 AM on 03/02/2011

A recall is good but why didn't progressives get out and vote instead? Did they think giving control to republicans was going to work out in their favor?

[Jerry Aripez]

09:49 AM on 03/02/2011

the old adage hind sight is 20/20, yep people have opened their eyes, to the repercussions of staying home.

[stargazer13]

10:04 AM on 03/02/2011

and then there is this !!

Our voting machines can flip them like flapjacks at a boyscout breakfast

[4 EYES]

10:25 AM on 03/02/2011

You said a mouthful....8-)

[marilyn 63]

02:41 AM on 03/06/2011

but if we vote in huge numbers its not as easy for them to pull things. we have to over whelm them.

[thegreenhornet]

08:12 AM on 03/02/2011

Why just a threat? You have 70,000 potential petition signets in one place. Just get ot the petitions and getthe job done. Idle threats are worse than meaningless. They create a false sense of security when they are not acted upon.

[mnnyer]

09:30 AM on 03/02/2011

#53 My thoughts exactly. They need to put this into action, not just threaten to do it. That shouldn't be hard with all the energy behind this right now.

[thepheonix]

08:00 AM on 03/02/2011

The 14 Senators are slowly coming back. One of the Senators is pregnant and from reports is "extremely unhappy" being on the run. One or two will be back within days.

[mnnyer]

09:30 AM on 03/02/2011

No.

[Jerry Aripez]

09:51 AM on 03/02/2011

One that can't spell his user name correct, making pre(dic)itons...

[Exexecution]

12:56 AM on 03/03/2011

That's the way "phoenix" is going to be spelled in the future, it predicts.

[marilyn 63]

03:07 AM on 03/06/2011

LOL!!

[3echo9]

07:47 AM on 03/02/2011

After the Assembly voted to engross the Budget Repair Bill last Friday, Democrat State Rep Hintz turned to a female colleague, Rep. Michelle Litjens and said: "You are F***king dead!"...Those progressive and their wacky targeting.

[4 EYES]

10:12 AM on 03/02/2011

He apologized nearly immediately for his "heat of the moment" remark.

[3echo9]

10:23 AM on 03/02/2011

Really. Three days later is your definition of immediately? Oh, but he was swept up in “the heat of the moment”, he couldn’t help himself! If Mr. Hintz is so psychologically unhinged that he will threaten people’s lives because a vote didn’t go the way he wanted, then he has no business in government. Do you actually feel good about defending this man? That’s sad.

[TuoulumneFlower]

10:42 AM on 03/02/2011

Pay attention. He's right - the GOP in Wisconsin is dead. They cut their own throats.

[3echo9]

11:18 AM on 03/02/2011

Pay attention. He’s a crackpot with a who apparently not only gets off on massage parlor visits but also threatening other legislators.

[Sisa]

07:12 AM on 03/02/2011

Let's get the ball rolling here..... I got my walking shoes on and am ready to to hit the bricks gathering signatures...... Should be a snap. I keep meeting republicans infuriated by the assembly vote!

[GrandmaG]

09:04 AM on 03/02/2011

Bless you and good luck!

[4 EYES]

10:23 AM on 03/02/2011

I am glad this is happening. I heard Rs last week who were following the party line, expressing amazement at what SB 11 entailed. The polls show some shift in the support for the hard line Sc0tt!3 takes and his hard-line Senate supporters. IMHO, maybe 3 recalls could make it through...Good luck!....8-)

[ligligl]

03:42 AM on 03/02/2011

Don't forget the Guv...

[farmilyman]

02:45 AM on 03/02/2011

Just do it.