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MineralMan

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5. Yes. That should have been easy to overcome, but

Reply to NNN0LHI (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 01:19 PM

Dec 2011

too many people were pissed off at Obama and didn't bother to vote. They screwed themselves into Scott Walker as Governor. Will he be recalled? I hope so. If he is, it may mean that many learned an important lesson.

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Politics is More than just Presidential [View all] MineralMan Dec 2011 OP

Very true, very obvious, known to those who actually work in campaigns, and sure to be ignored by... TreasonousBastard Dec 2011 #1

the executive is SUPPOSED to be weak, but it doesn't work that way in reality. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #2

We are seeing the result of a weak executive branch right now. MineralMan Dec 2011 #6

Last election the difference in having a Dem governor and a Scott Walker clone was 20,000 votes NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #3

Yes. That should have been easy to overcome, but MineralMan Dec 2011 #5

Congress is 90% of our problems Aerows Dec 2011 #4