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Other election issue around the nation
OTHER ELECTIONS The highlight of Tuesday’s elections was the gubernatorial recall vote in Wisconsin, which Republican Gov. Scott Walker won over his Democratic challenger. Mitt Romney swept the five states holding Republican presidential primaries...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Donald M. Payne, Jr., Dianne Feinstein, Cancer
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beats back recall
Tribune Washington BureauMILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, handily defeated an effort by labor unions and Democratic activists to end his tenure early, surviving a recall contest that capped more than a year of political turmoil and deep division in...Tags: David Lauter, Politics, Elections, Democratic Party, Chicago Tribune
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O'Malley blames GOP money advantage for Wisconsin loss
Democrat Tom Barrett's defeat in Wisconsin is also a loss for Gov. Martin O'Malley and his Democratic Governors Association which poured about $3.2 million into the attempt to topple Republican Gov. Scott Walker. O'Malley noted in a statement that...Tags: Government, Politics, Democratic Party, Bob McDonnell, Auto Racing
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Milwaukee mayor gets slapped
KIAHMilwaukee mayor, Democrat Tom Barrett, felt the sting of defeat not once, but twice last night. First, when he conceded Wisconsin's gubernatorial recall election to Republican Governor Scott Walker, and secondly when a supporter slapped Barrett in the...Tags: Politics, Elections, Scott Walker
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Cable TV news the biggest loser in Wisconsin recall
The Baltimore SunUPDATES WITH LINK TO RESPONSE POST BY GRETA VAN SUSTEREN: After watching coverage of the Wisconsin recall, I am convinced more than ever that it's time for a major press gut check. We have been in real trouble for a long time with cable TV news, but we...Tags: Barack Obama, Journalism, Greta Van Susteren, MSNBC (tv network), Media Industry
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Wisconsin vote slaps labor and Democrats, but not necessarily Obama
There may be no more appropriate metaphor for the impact of Wisconsin's combustible recall election for governor than what happened to Democratic challenger Tom Barrett moments after he publicly conceded defeat to Republican incumbent Scott Walker....
Tags: Barack Obama, Government, White House, Politics, Democratic Party
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Ed Schultz warns Wisconsin voters of robocalls telling them no need to go to polls
The Baltimore SunUPDATED Tuesday 1: 30 p.m. with confirmed reports of voter-suppression robocalls. While I have had many issues with the partisan nature of Ed Schultz's coverage from Wisconsin in the last year, I have to admit that Monday night the MSNBC host appeared to...Tags: Government, Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, MSNBC (tv network)
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The lesson of Wisconsin: OK for Obama, terrible for unions
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's victory in Tuesday's recall election doesn't mean President Barack Obama is going to lose his re-election bid — or even that he will lose Wisconsin. But it clearly shows that organized labor is a seriously weakened...
Tags: Barack Obama, Government, John Kasich, Politics, Pension and Welfare
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Wisconsin governor hailed at conservative conference in Rosemont
Clout StreetBasking in neighboring Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recall-election victory, conservatives convened on the outskirts of President Barack Obama’s hometown Friday to tout the Wisconsin experience as a model for the fall while listening to...Tags: Barack Obama, Rick Santorum, Politics, Bob McDonnell, Scott Walker
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Wisconsin paves way for Romney landslide
The Sun has concluded Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's victory in Tuesday's recall election was not predictive of a Barack Obama loss in November based on exit polling which showed many of those who voted for Governor Walker would also vote for President...Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Politics, Elections, Scott Walker
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Billionaires' new hobby: Politics
Surrounded by dozens of supporters at an evening campaign rally in Madison on May 30, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Democratic candidate for governor in Wisconsin's tumultuous recall election, had something encouraging to tell the crowd: The fact his...
Tags: Government, Politics, Entertainment Events, Democratic Party, U.S. Supreme Court
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Hard year for unions
In 2010, Republican Scott Walker was elected governor of Wisconsin by a margin of about 6 percent. His party also won control of both houses of the state Legislature, which allowed Walker to reduce the power of public sector unions over state and...Tags: Government, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Scott Walker, National Government
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