Walker campaigning to keep his job

[DaGoose]

If he didn't go beyond what he promised he wouldn't be in the fix he's in.

With petitions for a recall election now circulating, Walker is running television advertising defending his record during his first 11 months in office. Soon, Republican volunteers will begin going door to door, making phone calls and writing letters to the editor arguing that his most controversial initiative, which stripped public employee unions of most of their bargaining rights, was justified by the state's fiscal problems.

Walker will try to stop the recall election, or delay it for months, by challenging the validity of signatures that must be turned in by Jan. 17. Recall supporters must gather 540,000 names of registered voters. State elections board workers will manually review all the signatures for obvious mistakes or missing information. Republican Party officials said they also will scour the petitions but would not elaborate on their methods.

Sounds like it's gonna get dirty and the GOP is being secretive about what they're gonna do.

"I have little doubt the Democrats are going to be able to get the signatures," Thompson said. Recall organizers reported collecting 105,000 signatures in just four days.

One poll conducted in the days before the petition drive began found 58 percent of respondents in favor of recalling Walker. His disapproval rating was also at 58 percent. Walker won election last November with 52 percent of the vote.

Sounds like Walker's got his work cut out for him!!

Wisconsin governor campaigning early to keep job - Yahoo! News

 

[Trajan]

*snore*

 

[Greenbeard]

Sounds like Walker's got his work cut out for him!!

Probably. As noted in another thread, Walker's only defense for his overreach is that it was necessary to fix the state's economy. Except Wisconsin has now fallen to the back of the pack with four straight months of private sector job loss (as well as public sector losses piled on).

Net private sector job creation since Walker took office at the beginning of the year: 10,000.

Wisconsin loses 12,500 private-sector jobs in July - JSOnline

Wisconsin lost 12,500 private-sector jobs last month in the deepest single-month decline since the depths of the 2008-'09 recession, effectively annulling most of the previous month's gains.

Gov. Scott Walker, who last month credited his administration's business-friendly policies for big job gains in June, attributed the July job losses to turmoil in the national and international economy as well as to uncertainty created by the state's special recall elections.

Wisconsin loses 800 private-sector jobs; unemployment rises - JSOnline

Wisconsin lost an estimated 800 private-sector jobs last month while the unemployment rate ticked higher to 7.9% from 7.8%, prompting Gov. Scott Walker to announce a three-city state tour "to listen to the concerns of job creators."

Job losses also continued in the local government sector, which includes schools as well as city halls and county agencies across the state. Those entities lost an estimated 1,800 jobs.

Including all public and private sectors, the state lost a net 2,300 non-farm jobs in the one-month period, adjusted for seasonal factors. [...]

August marks the second consecutive month of private-sector jobs losses in Wisconsin, putting a halt to seven previous months of job creation in the state.

State private-sector employment slides for third straight month - JSOnline

Wisconsin shed private-sector jobs for the third consecutive month in September, while employment at government agencies and public schools registered its deepest drop in decades.

The latest monthly snapshot of Wisconsin's labor market confirms that the state continues to plod ahead with growth that's too tepid to generate new jobs for those without the skills needed for niches that are expanding.

Wisconsin lags nation in payroll growth - JSOnline

Payrolls increased in 39 states in October, while the jobless rate dropped in 36 states, indicating the labor market is steadying across much of the nation.

Wisconsin posted the nation's biggest payroll losses, with employment dropping by 9,700 jobs in October compared with September, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Tuesday.

The bureau said Wisconsin was the only state with a statistically significant decline in employment, dropping from 2,757,200 jobs in September to 2,747,500 jobs in October. However, the state unemployment rate, which doesn't include jobless people no longer actively searching for new work, dropped to 7.7% from 7.8%.

Scotty, you got some 'splainin' to do.

 

[jillian]

If he didn't go beyond what he promised he wouldn't be in the fix he's in.

true. he should have stuck with the issues he campaigned on. his saying it was about the budget was always a lie. the unions had agreed to the financial give-backs.

people like police and firemen. they like the teachers who teach their kids.

he messed up.

 

[Sarah G]

If he didn't go beyond what he promised he wouldn't be in the fix he's in.

true. he should have stuck with the issues he campaigned on. his saying it was about the budget was always a lie. the unions had agreed to the financial give-backs.

people like police and firemen. they like the teachers who teach their kids.

he messed up.

Walker taking that prank call from the fake Koch brother didn't help. He came right out and said he was planning to bust the unions.

 

[DaGoose]

If he didn't go beyond what he promised he wouldn't be in the fix he's in.

true. he should have stuck with the issues he campaigned on. his saying it was about the budget was always a lie. the unions had agreed to the financial give-backs.

people like police and firemen. they like the teachers who teach their kids.

he messed up.

Exactly. He could have gone down as a tough but fair Governor who bargained hard and did a lot to save Wisconsin a lot of money. But he decided to go beyond that and (probably at the urging of the Koch Brothers) give the voters MORE than he campaigned on.

He could have made a good GOP POTUS candidate but now he's considered a "wing nut" and he'll be lucky to hold onto his current job.