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27. Interesting. A funny side note: there was a recall election yesterday

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:20 AM

Jun 2012

in the city of Fullerton, California for 3 Fullerton City Council members whose heads were on the chopping block for their inadequate oversight of the Fullerton Police Department before its officers beat a mentally ill man to death (Kelly Thomas).

Last night, in the local election coverage, the local Fox affiliate's reporters and analysts kept calling it a 'Recount election'. I shit you not! They did it so many times, that I was yelling at the TV set before the broadcast was over. Then I realized it was probably a Freudian slip for a guilty conscience

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Analysis: Why did Barrett lose and Walker win? [View all] coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 OP

Self-kick for a little added exposure. I chose #8 ("I don't know why") for reasons coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #1

It seemed doomed from the start as so many Wisconsinites are opposed to recalls. Common Sense Party Jun 2012 #2

I almost think i should make this a formal choice for the poll. I guess I was coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #4

Add to that being outspent and a weak candidate, and it's a bad recipe. nt TheWraith Jun 2012 #47

And an expensive one. Common Sense Party Jun 2012 #50

Other - No consensus for recall RZM Jun 2012 #3

Excellent points. I think maybe I shoudl make this option a formal choice in the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #6

I agree Quixote1818 Jun 2012 #8

Barrett already lost to Walker once before Shrek Jun 2012 #5

Interesting. I suppose I thought of this recall election as coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #9

One may asumme that, however, Walker won by a bigger margin (both total votes and as kelly1mm Jun 2012 #18

Excellent point. So is your take on this that Wisconsinites simply felt a recall was coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #20

I think that some in WI did not like the recall as a tactic, and others did not like the protests kelly1mm Jun 2012 #35

I personally would love to see the Dems move to a 'scorched earth' policy (provided, of course, coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #40

I agree that cutting already earned pensions would be problematic and possibly illegal. But for kelly1mm Jun 2012 #48

Many didn't like the recall process EC Jun 2012 #7

Using the Adlai Stevenson strategy wasn't a good idea. GarroHorus Jun 2012 #10

I take your point, but want to point out that Walker is not fit to lick the dirt coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #13

any consulation warrior1 Jun 2012 #11

I am guessing AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #12

Wisconsin as I remember it from the 90s is a very weird state electorally, because coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #14

What was Barrett offering apart from being not-Walker? Mairead Jun 2012 #15

Definitely share your feelings about the overall tilt of politics in the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #16

I agree with you: it was a referendum on Walker -- and the Dems blew it. Mairead Jun 2012 #36

there were multiple factors at work. kenfrequed Jun 2012 #17

mid-west fair-play. no do-overs pansypoo53219 Jun 2012 #19

Interesting. So Dems should have coalesced around a single candidate earlier, rather coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #23

Cathleen Falk clffrdjk Jun 2012 #32

What do you think Barrett should have done differently this time around? coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #38

Maybe we needed a better candidate. craigmatic Jun 2012 #21

Several factors, not least of which was a shit-ton of out-of-state money... truebrit71 Jun 2012 #22

A most righteous rant (and definitely appreciated). I constantly remind DU coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #25

For me mick063 Jun 2012 #24

Interesting. A funny side note: there was a recall election yesterday coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #27

All of the above. PeaceNikki Jun 2012 #26

Hope we get to hear more of your thoughts and feelings on this in the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #29

I dunno, the asshole n00b trolls who fucking stalk me are getting annoying. PeaceNikki Jun 2012 #30

It was an election of catastrophic misperceptions... cynatnite Jun 2012 #28

Well, the exit polls suggest that a statistically significant number of coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #31

PeaceNikki made a good point. Doing that might have changed the outcome. n/t cynatnite Jun 2012 #34

I would say it's a combination of "All of the above" to varying degrees. Kaleva Jun 2012 #33

Some reason why election fraud is not on this list? eowyn_of_rohan Jun 2012 #37

I debated whether to include a choice and decided not to, because coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #43

what short changes the democratic process is having our votes counted in secret eowyn_of_rohan Jun 2012 #49

All of the above except the money. Chan790 Jun 2012 #39

Excellent points that seem to contradict the results of this poll. The rural and coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #45

"All politics is local." Tip O'Neill Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #41

recalls should not be reruns of elections with a choice between candidates. yurbud Jun 2012 #42

How interesting! Another case where exit polling "was off" Mairead Jun 2012 #44

Urban/non-urban divide Retrograde Jun 2012 #46

This exactly matches my memories of Wisconsin politics from the early 90s, the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #52

The vote count was rigged by the RepubliCONS. fasttense Jun 2012 #51

It's impossible to prove a negative, i.e., to prove that Republicans did coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #54

It's a combination of massive outside contributions and Wisconsinites not liking the idea of recalls boxman15 Jun 2012 #53

Yes, after a couple early responders to this poll made that coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #55

Isn't that funny? Cali voters *love* recalls, but wisconsin voters, we're told, hate them. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #56