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27. Oh Ok. Actually Scott Walker Recall: Obama Campaign Gets Involved

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:36 PM

Jun 2012

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is jumping into the Wisconsin recall, focusing on educating and registering voters in advance of the June 5 election.

Tripp Wellde, the Wisconsin state director for the Obama campaign, sent an email to supporters on Thursday night to get them fired up to support Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Democratic nominee looking to unseat Gov. Scott Walker (R)...

On Saturday, the Obama campaign will be hosting "Own Your Vote" events around the state, described as "organizing phone banks and knocking on doors to make sure Wisconsinites are registered and ready to own their vote on Election Day."

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In February 2011, Organizing for America (which became Obama for America in the presidential election) also jumped into Wisconsin, helping promote rallies and protests against Walker's attempts to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees. The group helped get out the vote in the state senate recalls last summer.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/scott-walker-recall-obama-campaign_n_1508209.html?1337121704

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GOP Election Fraud in Wisconsin [View all] FarLeftFist Jun 2012 OP

I hope that Wisconsin has a law about this sort of thing GarroHorus Jun 2012 #1

Given their current state of fundraising rules Tushon Jun 2012 #2

LOL n/t GarroHorus Jun 2012 #3

It's called "A Koch and a Smile". Kurovski Jun 2012 #31

Nothing will be done. freshwest Jun 2012 #4

Nothing ever gets done in cases like this. hamsterjill Jun 2012 #6

I spoke to a voter who actually received one of these calls jsmirman Jun 2012 #7

I will dream with you. hamsterjill Jun 2012 #8

people have been convicted for this. Kurovski Jun 2012 #32

Looks like two individuals, right? hamsterjill Jun 2012 #33

I believe it happened in Florida and elsewhere as well. it's not unheard of. Kurovski Jun 2012 #35

+1. the money men don't want it. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #11

True, but if Democrats were doing, something would definitely be done. The media would be all over sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #24

Yet, I said something about it an another thread and the poster trashed Democrats as the crooks. freshwest Jun 2012 #25

There should be a law.. ananda Jun 2012 #5

Why didn't Obama support Tom Barrett? Pavlo Jun 2012 #9

Thanks for your concern...n/t monmouth Jun 2012 #10

Pavlo, your link says: 'Oh, No's! A 404! and has a pic of an unhappy guy. freshwest Jun 2012 #13

Is there another wage-lowering, anti-union, free-trade agreement in the works at the Federal level? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #14

Are you forgetting that Pres Obama took the time truedelphi Jun 2012 #15

odd question and observation sequence. chknltl Jun 2012 #19

many in our own party 2pooped2pop Jun 2012 #20

That's not the link I wanted to use Pavlo Jun 2012 #26

Oh Ok. Actually Scott Walker Recall: Obama Campaign Gets Involved SunsetDreams Jun 2012 #27

I'm sorry, but I'm going to be petty here: AllyCat Jun 2012 #28

"Whenever a Republican and/or disruptor comes here, they call it the "Democrat" party" abolugi Jun 2012 #30

First of all Pavlo Jun 2012 #34

There were some pretty severe prosecutions in New Hampshire if I recall wial Jun 2012 #12

Oh yeah so severe that they did it again in WI n/t dinopipie Jun 2012 #16

yes, figuratively, of course 2pooped2pop Jun 2012 #21

You mean some fines a few years after the election? Doctor_J Jun 2012 #23

If the confessed War Criminals Bush and Cheney get a pass dinopipie Jun 2012 #17

Wisconsin voters went against their own best interests... Brooklyn Dame Jun 2012 #18

And we need to take every gain in stride. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #29

thats election fraud. not voter fraud PatrynXX Jun 2012 #22