It's Memorial Day, but hundreds lined up to early vote in recall in MILWAUKEE

[WI_DEM]

which should be (overall) good news for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett...

MILWAUKEE — Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are taking a one-day break from campaigning as they observe Memorial Day. Plenty of voters, however, still have the recall election on their minds.

She says she voted for the Democratic Barrett because she thinks Walker has sold out the state to corporate interests.
Hundreds of voters lined up at the Municipal Building in downtown Milwaukee on Monday to cast absentee ballots ahead of the June 5 election.

Fifty-year-old Cathy Cunningham of Milwaukee says she voted early so she could spend Election Day encouraging others to vote. She says she voted for the Democratic Barrett because she thinks Walker has sold out the state to corporate interests.

On the other side, 29-year-old Stephen Van Gelderen voted for Walker. He says he likes the Republican governor's fiscal policies and conservative position on moral issues.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/fc17dad56d2441ec8655e55752652a9a/WI--Wisconsin-Recall/

BTW, the articles says both Barrett and Walker took today off. I don't know about Walker, but today Barrett marched in a Memorial Day Parade in Beloit and is going to be shaking hands at BRATFEST in Madison.

[dragonlady]

1. Walker was at the military cemetery in Milwaukee

From the Journal-Sentinel:

Walker stayed more than a half-hour after the ceremony ended to shake hands and pose for pictures with anyone in the crowd who approached him. He was among the last to leave.

[Scuba]

2. I love the smell of Scooter's desperation.