Scott Walker recall goes live

[LastVoter]

John King on CNN just said that 68% of today's voters were non-union members, 32% were union members. In 2010, it was 74% non-union member, 26% union member.

PS - It's only 4:30 in Wisconsin, and there's still 3.5 hrs of voting left. Why is the media breaking its self-imposed no-leaked exit polls before polls close rule?

I thought the media's imposed that rule only until 5.

[LastVoter]

The scary thing for Walker must be that it's not yet 5 PM there...

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[LastVoter]

I wonder why Feingold declined to run, if 8% of Walker voters are voting against Walker, I am sure that number would be less if it was Feingold running. Also the base would be even more enthusiastic since probably 70 to 80% would be voting FOR Feingold.

[LastVoter]

Intrade is unfazed by the exit poll.

Give it time, It will definitely hit 75-25 at least at some point tonight.

[LastVoter]

IRC now.

[LastVoter]

Just thought I should pop in and say boo yah!

In a serious note, there is a huge waste of millions of dollars and over a year of hell living in this state. Hopefully this means that Barrett is done, or if he chooses Walker can beat him for a third time in four years in 2014. Good speech by Walker, time to move Wisconsin forward.

He still has to survive the courtroom.
It's remarkable how stable R turnout is, 1.26 mil in 08, 1.13 in 10, and probably about 1.2 now.

[LastVoter]

Still Walker is taking a lot of the counties that Obama won in 2008.

...That tends to be what happens when you compare a Democrat +14% election to a Republican +7% one.

Does that mean that the Wisconsinites prefer R's at the state/local level and D's at the National/Federal level?

No, democrats don't vote as much in non-Presidential years, and their campaign got destroyed($ 30mil vs $3mil).

[LastVoter]

Menominee county is quite FF, I would have thought that Milwaukee would be more blue than the Native Americans though.

[LastVoter]

What matters is we took the Senate, so Walker will at least be leashed.

That isn't true (the part about leashing Walker).

From the America-hating nutjobs at DailyKos: "Lehman's victory gives Democrats a majority of seats in the chamber, though the legislature is not scheduled to meet again until next year—that is, after the November elections in which control of the body will once again be up for grabs. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/06/1097772/-Daily-Kos-Elections-Morning-Digest-Scott-Walker-survives-recall-but-Democrats-take-state-Senate?detail=hide

So contrary to what a lot of Dems on this board are saying, y'all really got N-O-T-H-I-N-G out of this recall, no matter how you slice it.

Really? I'm sure that Walker would be calling a special session or equvalent first thing today if that Senator wouldn't be recalled.