Speaking of Union-Busters

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1. wengler says:

   January 17, 2012 at 11:25 pm

   Michigan should do the same before Detroit is taken over by their governor-dictator.

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   • James E. Powell says:

     January 18, 2012 at 1:17 am

     Does that place up north have a process for recalling a governor?

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     • Linnaeus says:

       January 18, 2012 at 1:24 am

       Yep. Tried it once already, actually. 800,000 signatures were needed in order to put the recall on the ballot in 2011, but the recall group fell short. They’re trying again for 2012.

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2. bobbyp says:

   January 17, 2012 at 11:36 pm

   Well, OK. I was hoping to cash a Mitch Daniels place ticket.

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3. Halloween Jack says:

   January 18, 2012 at 10:39 am

   Has anyone been found to run against him? Russ Feingold, for instance?

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   • Mike Crichton says:

     January 18, 2012 at 12:34 pm

     Sadly, Russ has made it clear that “spending time with his family” and “enjoying his retirement from politics” is more important to him. :-P

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   • sue says:

     January 18, 2012 at 1:52 pm

     The focus has been on collecting (and vetting) signatures, so coalescing around a candidate would only have been a distraction. There are 10 or so serious names that have cropped up, a few of whom have pretty much declared their intentions. Kathleen Falk, former Dane County Executive (where Madison is), officially announced today. As for Feingold, he would have been great, but at this point he’s said no often enough that it probably would work against him if he actually did decide to run: we don’t need a reluctant candidate, since that’s one of the things that did in the Democrats in 2010 (and that reluctant candidate, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, is now making hemming and hawing noises about getting into the game; during the recall he wouldn’t even commit to signing a recall petition, so I really hope no one wastes energy on him).

     The general consensus is that people don’t want the Democratic Party to pick a candidate for us, which has been the unfortunate procedure in most elections around here. To their credit, the state party seems to be listening, and they’re actually saying nice things about primaries. So there will most likely be a primary, and it won’t be a primary of a real Dem vs. a fake Dem.

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