Wisconsin Recall

Amanda Terkel

Wisconsin Recalls: Quirk In Election Law Could Throw Governance Into Disarray

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.03.2012

MILWAUKEE -- Right now, Wisconsin has a Republican governor and lieutenant governor. But after Tuesday's recall elections, the top two officials could...

Chuck Norris Jumps Into Wisconsin Recall

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.03.2012

Chuck Norris is jumping into the Wisconsin recall battle, telling Wisconsinites to ignore President Bill Clinton and vote for Gov. Scott Walker (R). ...

Amanda Terkel

Russ Feingold On The Key To Beating Scott Walker

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.03.2012

MILWAUKEE -- Former Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold is confident Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) is going to unseat Wisconsin Gov. Scott Wa...

The Script For Scott Walker Phone Bank Volunteers

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.03.2012

MILWAUKEE -- Much of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) time in the final days before Tuesday's recall election has been spent visiting his campaign of...

Walker Recall Smashes Record, Acts As National Referendum On Unions

Center for Public Integrity | Posted 06.03.2012

By Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity Tuesday’s recall election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker is the most expensive in Wisconsin history....

Amanda Terkel

Scott Walker Denies He Is Target Of Criminal Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.02.2012

MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) vehemently denied a new report stating he is the target of a criminal corruption probe on Saturday. Sp...

Amanda Terkel

Criminologist In Scott Walker Ad Says Governor 'Misrepresented' His Views

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.02.2012

MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) most memorable -- and controversial -- recall ad is one that goes after Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D)...

Wisconsin Recall Vote Holds National Implications

Reuters | Posted 06.03.2012

* Recall vote for governor an early test of voter sentiment * An early benchmark for the presidential race? * If recall ...

John Celock

Demcrats Confident Of Big Wisconsin Win

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 06.02.2012

WASHINGTON -- Despite polls showing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) maintaining a narrow lead in his bid to fend off a recall challenge Tuesday, natio...

Walker Rival Fails To Excite Ahead Of Big Day

Reuters | Posted 06.02.2012

By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE, June 1 (Reuters) - George Posker and Neal Muller, union workers at a small manufacturing plant near Madi...

Jason Linkins

Romney Goes Double Negative

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.02.2012

So far this year, the media has spent more time fretting about Barack Obama's negativity than it has on any of the arguments that were being mounted. Was Obama going too negative? Was it too soon? Oh no what is happening, in politics? And so the Obama campaign was broadly deemed to have "stumbled out of the gates." All of this presented Mitt Romney with a unique opportunity to come into June as the high-minded, positive candidate. Out of the gutter, above the fray, just talkin' economy with the folks, Obama is a nice guy who is in over his head. So we're at a loss to explain why Romney picked this week to cede this advantage, or at the very least risk, it by crawling down into the gutter himself. He closes out the month with a series of stunts that come across as either base or weird or vindictive, and none were absolutely necessary.

Amanda Terkel

Bill Clinton: 'Constant Conflict Is A Dead-Bang Loser'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.01.2012

MILWAUKEE -- Bill Clinton doesn't really like recalls. In fact, the former president spoke out against the process in 2003, when California was attemp...

Recall Becomes A Big Test For Conservatives

Reuters | Posted 06.01.2012

(Corrects punctuation in headline, changes date from May 31 to June 1) * Conservative "grassroots" groups seen raising $140mln in 201...

Amanda Terkel

Wisconsin Recall Candidates Tangle Over Crime Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.01.2012

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) accused Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) during the gubernatorial debate on Thursday of running an inappro...

Tom Barrett Invites President Obama To Wisconsin Fish Fry

Posted 06.01.2012

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett plans to continue aggressively criticizing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) Thursday night when the men meet f...

An Open Letter to FCC Chairman Genachowski -- Take Action and Stop Political Text Spam

Scott Goodstein | Posted 06.01.2012

Scott Goodstein

It's important for the FCC to address political text spam because this is more than just an annoying form of political communication; it's an invasion of privacy that costs you money.

Amanda Terkel

Bill Clinton Heading To Wisconsin To Campaign For Tom Barrett

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.31.2012

MILWAUKEE -- Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Wisconsin on Friday, adding a high-profile boost to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's (D) campaign...

Tom Barrett Gets More Third-Party Spending Than Scott Walker In Wake Of May 8 Primary

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.31.2012

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) was the top beneficiary of outside spending in the Wisconsin recall battle in the past month, with Democratic groups s...

Why President Obama Must Go to Wisconsin

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.31.2012

Paul Abrams

Wisconsin has been ground zero for the fight for the 99%. The president's place is with them. Win or lose.

Walker Vindication Blunts Opponent's Key Weapon

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.30.2012

MADISON, Wis. — Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration said Wednesday that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has finalized higher job n...

Wisconsin Recall: Near-Presidential Turnout Predicted

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.30.2012

Nearly 3 million people could turn out to vote in Tuesday's Wisconsin recall elections, according to predictions from the state's election agency. ...

Fresh Round Of Spam Text Messages Go Out Targeting Tom Barrett In Wisconsin Recall

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.30.2012

On Tuesday, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's (D) gubernatorial campaign office was flooded with calls from Wisconsinites who had received a spam text mes...

Amanda Terkel

Oops! White House Mistakenly Says Obama Has Not Endorsed In Wisconsin Recall

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.30.2012

WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Wednesday that he did not believe President Barack Obama had made an endorsemen...

Mark Blumenthal

New Wisconsin Poll Gives Edge To Scott Walker

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.30.2012

WASHINGTON -- The latest independent poll in Wisconsin shows Republican Gov. Scott Walker maintaining his lead over his Democratic challenger, Milwauk...

Is 'Right to Work' Next on Scott Walker's Agenda?

Mary Bottari | Posted 05.30.2012

Mary Bottari

Many are wondering if making Wisconsin a "Right to Work" state is next on Governor Scott Walker's agenda if he wins the recall election on June 5. Right to Work laws weaken unions by allowing members to opt out of paying dues.