Kloppenburg declares victory: With all precincts reporting, lead is … 204 votes

posted at 4:14 pm on April 6, 2011 by Allahpundit

Total votes cast: 1,479,976. Which means, assuming it holds up after the inevitable recount, the final margin would be … 50.0068% to 49.9931%. After spending six hours last night watching the tally see-saw on the AP’s election page, I’m actually surprised that we didn’t end up in a dead heat.

Possession is, as they say, nine-tenths of the law, so Kloppenburg’s declaring the state supreme court hers:

In a statement, Kloppenburg said:

“We owe Justice Prosser our gratitude for his more than 30 years of public service. Wisconsin voters have spoken and I am grateful for, and humbled by, their confidence and trust. I will be independent and impartial and I will decide cases based on the facts and the law. As I have traveled the State, people tell me they believe partisan politics do not belong in our Courts. I look forward to bringing new blood to the Supreme Court and focusing my energy on the important work Wisconsin residents elect Supreme Court justices to do.”

Partisans on both sides spent the last few hours today waiting for one last precinct in Prosser-friendly Jefferson County waiting to come in. But according to the Journal-Sentinel, even if that had broken overwhelmingly for him, the votes just weren’t there. Because the margin’s so narrow, the AP’s going to recheck its own totals county by county and post the final number today, so this might yet change — but barring a fairly significant error, probably not by enough.

Three bits of good news here. One: It was much closer than any of us thought it would be. I fully expected a four- or five-point Kloppenburg win given the left’s outrageously outrageous outrage over the collective bargaining law. A good omen for next year’s turnout. Two: As Kloppenburg’s own campaign acknowledges, because she won’t be sworn in until August, she probably won’t have a chance to rule on the collective bargaining law. She’ll be a stalwart hack for the left in opposing every other element of Walker’s agenda, needless to say, but on the key piece of legislation at stake, she’s likely arrived too late to do anything about it. And three: There is, I suppose, a chance of Prosser winning the recount, but after Norm Coleman and Joe Miller, how lucky do you feel?

It pains me to do it, but I think it’s time for a cameo from you-know who. Exit question: Should the Republican senate re-pass the collective bargaining bill — just to be on the safe side?

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Don’t get me wrong, m7 b-school kids are a likable, successful bunch. But they’re not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed.

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:18 PM

Said the dullest tool in the shed.

capejasmine on April 6, 2011 at 5:52 PM

CRR – the threads you choose to join are becoming predictable.

Hey tell me about the teacher in Wisconsin who was arrested for the death threat. Seems you missed that thread.

CWforFreedom on April 6, 2011 at 5:52 PM

Clearly within the margin of fraud in a union state.

Valiant on April 6, 2011 at 5:53 PM

See what I’m saying?

Sultry Beauty on April 6, 2011 at 5:51 PM

Yeah, it’s fishy, but it’s not illegal to only vote for one race.

Were they likely people bussed in just to vote for the Klopp? Sure. But, if they’re legally registered voters, than there’s not much we can do about it.

Good Solid B-Plus on April 6, 2011 at 5:53 PM

Fill me in. Why this Walking Tall stance on something that could be cured in the blink of an eye?

IndieDogg on April 6, 2011 at 5:49 PM

Well there are a couple of theories. One is some of the Republicans are balking because of the threats and possible loss of their seats. Another is that it will actually hold up the bill because Sumi will just put it on hold again for any reason or non-reason because she doesn’t want it enacted.They feel they will win in Court and they need to get it there asap since Prosser most likely will lose and Kloppy will vote against it. Those are the reasons I’ve read.

sandee on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

Before I went back for my PhD, I was a paralegal. I know a lot of lawyers, who range from very bright to not so smart. After completing grad school I went to work in a large multinational where I worked with lots of those “likeable” b-school types. Just like lawyers, they ranged from exceptional to not so impressive.

I find your comment to be elitist and somewhat bigoted.

Dee2008 on April 6, 2011 at 5:47 PM

I’m phrasing it somewhat contentiously. It’s the internet.

But my central point is true (that top b-schools don’t value objective indicators of intelligence as much as top law schools do). That doesn’t mean that smart people don’t go to top b-schools. But it does mean that going to a top b-school isn’t evidence that you’re smart.

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

/loves me some melted bunnay!

//dead choc-o bunnayyyy!

44Magnum on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

isn’t evidence that you’re smart.

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

Did you know Haley Barbour is a dude?

CWforFreedom on April 6, 2011 at 5:57 PM

Good Solid B-Plus on April 6, 2011 at 5:51 PM

Dang, I got sucked in. I know better. The only way to deal constructively with this twit is to ignore her.

Dee2008 on April 6, 2011 at 5:57 PM

Congratulations, lefties. You used your best, undemocratic mafia tactics to win a Supreme Court election in Wisconsin. You threw everything but the kitchen sink whoops, you threw a kitchen sink or two I think. And all you got was a 204 point margin.

204 votes. The union juggernaut in the end is worth 204 votes in a blue state like Wisconsin. Where there isn’t anywhere else to throw buses of hobos from downtown Chicago with dead peoples’ voter cards.

I am not mad at the voters of Wisconsin, because the actual voters of Wisconsin, judging by the margins, did not vote for Kloppenburg. Given all you threw at this race, there should have been at least a 5 percent actual margin that you could massage into a 10-pointer that would scare the crap out of any reformer.

Instead, with all the blatant fraud, you have just ceded your moral high ground, and revealed public sector unions for the Tammany Hall political machines they are.

See you next November

Sekhmet on April 6, 2011 at 5:59 PM

I will be independent and impartial and I will decide cases based on the facts and the law.

Hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!! And said with a straight face no less!

GarandFan on April 6, 2011 at 5:59 PM

sandee on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

Most likely they’re scared of a new round of backlash, threats, etc.

Good Solid B-Plus on April 6, 2011 at 6:01 PM

(that top b-schools don’t value objective indicators of intelligence as much as top law schools do)
 
crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

 
Strangely enough, my original question still stands.

rogerb on April 6, 2011 at 6:04 PM

See you next November

Sekhmet on April 6, 2011 at 5:59 PM

I love the optimism.

Like I said earlier, WI is certainly in play in 2012. And that’s great news.

Still, this loss is going to sting for awhile, unless we can pull a miracle in a recount. Need a hail mary pass. Where’s Flutie when you need him?

Good Solid B-Plus on April 6, 2011 at 6:04 PM

Oh well, the free society had a good run. So long.

Jim-Rose on April 6, 2011 at 6:05 PM

I have a dream. I dream that WI was wise to how the Dems steal the votes in their State and a video sting was setup and captured just that.

A girl can dream.

SoldiersMom on April 6, 2011 at 6:05 PM

But my central point is true (that top b-schools don’t value objective indicators of intelligence as much as top law schools do). That doesn’t mean that smart people don’t go to top b-schools. But it does mean that going to a top b-school isn’t evidence that you’re smart.

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

You are a master of goal post moving.

Scrappy on April 6, 2011 at 6:05 PM

I was in a union once, paid taxes. I then became a non union government worker and paid taxes … I am having a hard time figuring out why in your world union members are not tax payers.

Monkei on April 6, 2011 at 4:54 PM

Everyone pays taxes but the difference is that with the private sector unions they are battling for their fair share of the profits that their company makes. In the public sector, unions are battling the TAXPAYERS for their increase in pay and benefits. When there is a recession or depression the unions NEVER negotiate to give money back to the taxpayers but in the private sector unions can be forced to give back gains that can no longer be afforded by the host company. I have a solution for you and that is to let the taxes paid by the public sector unions be the only source of pay and benefit increases for them above a base salary set by the state. Then we can see how long they allow the union bosses to make 7 figure incomes and bottomless benefits. In your case you were a public sector union sponge and then became a public sector sponge union or not.

inspectorudy on April 6, 2011 at 6:06 PM

Are the people doing the recount union members?

JackOfClubs on April 6, 2011 at 6:06 PM

Ha…this is how you do it, GOP. Declare victory. Act like a winner. Even if the margin is 1 vote.

SouthernGent on April 6, 2011 at 6:07 PM

Exit question: Should the Republican senate re-pass the collective bargaining bill — just to be on the safe side?

They should pass legislation that completely lifts the privilege of collective bargaining from all public employees.

If feeling particularly magnanimous make it effective only if the current law is not in effect.

Slowburn on April 6, 2011 at 6:08 PM

But it does mean that going to a top b-school isn’t evidence that you’re smart.

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

Neither does going to an Ivy League school. Just look at our CIC for proof of that.

chewmeister on April 6, 2011 at 6:09 PM

Clearly within the margin of fraud in a union state.

Valiant on April 6, 2011 at 5:53 PM

My thoughts exactly. This should be a wake up call to those Republicans facing recall. The Republicans should pass everything they can, election reform, union busting, immigration rules,anyway they can strip money from the lib-unindustrial complex, while Prosser’s still on the bench.

Iblis on April 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM

Declare victory. Act like a winner. Even if the margin is 1 vote.

SouthernGent on April 6, 2011 at 6:07 PM

Yep -Good point.

CWforFreedom on April 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM

Get the lawyers for our side in there STAT. There’s got to be fraud on their side. Start with the college towns…

Fallon on April 6, 2011 at 6:13 PM

Clearly within the margin of noise if voters simply flipped a coin.

Kenosha Kid on April 6, 2011 at 6:14 PM

Send in the lawyers, it’s almost a certainty that there are more than 204 fraudulent Democrat ballots.

RJL on April 6, 2011 at 6:15 PM

Should they re-vote on the legislation? Absolutely, that should have been done as soon as the dems showed back up and the legal shenanigans began.

Koa on April 6, 2011 at 6:15 PM

Sorta like the AK gal, lsia winning? Again I thank all WI voters who voted for Posser. Now the union thugs have a heads up, flee the d’s if they don’t like what is happening, threaten businesses, spend millions to see to it you get you people in, and the state is sol! My heart aches for all you in WI who love and want your state to survive.
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letget on April 6, 2011 at 6:19 PM

Who the hell believes there wasn’t massive voter fraud?

Why the hell do we put up with the left stealing election after election?

Rush was saying today that Prosser had a 70-30 lead in the primaries. WTF?

katy on April 6, 2011 at 6:20 PM

UPDATE:

Walker Responds

maverick muse on April 6, 2011 at 6:21 PM

Kloppenburg declared victory Wednesday, although the state’s election chief Kevin Kennedy said he fully expects the unofficial vote totals to change as local election officials verify the counts.

“There will be changes because this is a very human-driven process,” Kennedy said. “We expect mistakes.”

maverick muse on April 6, 2011 at 6:22 PM

Walker says Supreme Court wasn’t referendum on him

Leadership

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:24 PM

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:35 PM

No, I read your entire post.

It was a standard Boilerplate Leftist Answer.

Del Dolemonte on April 6, 2011 at 6:29 PM

Worth repeating- How to stop the unions from stealing this election:

1: The lawyers the unions are importing are from out of state, and are almost certainly not licensed to practice in WI. CHALLENGE THEIR RIGHT TO BE PRESENT DURING THE RECOUNT. They can only practice law if the get a waiver by a court, if not licensed in WI. The Republicans should challenge every pro hac vise petition by the Democrats. This must be done in every county where the carpetbaggers attempt to set up shop, even in Democrat strongholds.v Appeal each and every decision to allow them to practice law in WI for the Democrats. Fight them every inch of the way.

The Democrats hire firms that specialize in winning recounts – fight like hell to prevent them from participating. Fight like hell every legal maneuver they try. Object. Object. OBJECT!

2: Preemptively put Soros-owned Sec of State LaFollet on notice the the slightest sniff of an attempt to “call” the election for Kloppenurg will result in an impeachment proceeding against him. Even if they cannot succeed at ousting LaFollet, the Republicans can cripple him for the next election if LaFollet tries to throw the election to Kloppenurg.

3: Insist that every absentee ballot be counted. Oppose each and every attempt by the Democrats to have them tossed out. Object to every “technicality” they raise, and emphasize the “Florida” rationale – that citizens have the right to have their vote counted, especially those voting absentee.

4: Invoke “direct action.” That’s what the Democrats ad unions do. No death threats, but TAKE THE GLOVES OFF!

Democrats/Unions threaten and intimidate. Play that against the hired lawyers, the local union leaders (especially the local teacher union official), the local Democrat infrastructure such as precinct captains, party officers. It is especially important to do this in areas where Republicans are strong: Identify these people. Publish the names and photos identifying as people who are trying to undermine WI elections.

Business owners: Refuse to serve them in restaurants. Refuse to allow them to patronize gas stations, grocery stores, etc. Let them drive 20 miles out of their way to buy gas or groceries. Target those businesses that knuckled under to the “Jim Parrott” threats and put up signs supporting the unions. Boycott them! It’s payback time!

Start a campaign against the hired lawyers beyond just making their day-to-day existence difficult. Take photos of them, post those photos around the counties identifying them as the ones trying to commit post-election vote fraud. Rent local bill boards with their pictures on them, pay for full page ads in the local paper with their pictures.

Look, they are enemies of democracy by trying to steal the election and the voters have a right to know who they are!

Remember when Dems slashed tires of Republicans in Milwaukee – and got a slap on the wrist, even though one of the perps was the son of an elected Democrat? The Acorn didn’t fall far from the tree, didn’t it? Remember when the unions super-glued the doors of businesses that either supported Walker or who did not put up a pro-union sign?

I’m not advocating breaking the law, but this behavior by Democrats and unions needs to be responded to in some fashion. The left show absolute zero concern for the property rights of Republicans – and have proved it time and time again. Further, they vandalized the WI state capitol, proving their disrespect extends to public property as well. Find a way to “pay them back” in some way.

5. Make WI both personally and politically too expensive for the Democrats to steal.

georgej on April 6, 2011 at 1:38 PM

NTWR on April 6, 2011 at 6:32 PM

As for Krugs as a “thinker”, he’s been discredited so many times it’s not even funny anymore. The Krugman Truth Squad, and Newsbusters, have been busting his dishonesty for years now.

Del Dolemonte on April 6, 2011 at 5:26 PM

Oh snaps! Watch out Paul Krugman, “Newsbusters” is on your case!

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:34 PM

Unlike the “source” you cited in the Beck thread (Media Matters), Newsbusters doesn’t have to run corrections on their shoddy work on a weekly basis.

As for the Krugman Truth Squad, they have been proving Paulie a liar for over a decade now. You really should check them out somethime.

Del Dolemonte on April 6, 2011 at 6:34 PM

Leadership

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:24 PM

204 votes doesn’t seem like much of a ‘referendum’ when we’ve been told that Walker is about as popular as cancer.

Good Solid B-Plus on April 6, 2011 at 6:46 PM

As for the Krugman Truth Squad, they have been proving Paulie a liar for over a decade now. You really should check them out somethime.

Del Dolemonte on April 6, 2011 at 6:34 PM

Krugman Truth Squad here.

NTWR on April 6, 2011 at 6:47 PM

I want mothers and crying babies bussed in … and where is PETA? That’s a D@mn waste of good chocolate bunnies… it’s inhumane!

CynicalOptimist on April 6, 2011 at 6:48 PM

Seriously though, if you don’t think Paul Krugman is a “credible thinker,” you’re the one who’s off the ranch. Try getting through an international economics class without running into him.

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Paul Krugman is an über-partisan hack who over the past decade has progressively lost all ability to offer dispassionate analysis and can no longer disguise the fact that he is a full-fledged Socialist.

steebo77 on April 6, 2011 at 6:49 PM

Paul Krugman is an über-partisan hack who over the past decade has progressively lost all ability to offer dispassionate analysis and can no longer disguise the fact that he is a full-fledged Socialist.

steebo77 on April 6, 2011 at 6:49 PM

Yeah, but…MIT! Nobel!

Good Solid B-Plus on April 6, 2011 at 6:50 PM

Should the Republican senate re-pass the collective bargaining bill — just to be on the safe side?

Yes, they should, but quack judges will stop at nothing. Republicans must learn that hand-wringing and delay equals defeat. Leftists know better.

The next time a quack judge issues a lawless decision, start impeachment proceedings without whimpering about outcomes. Stop demoralizing your base and energize it.

Take a page from the libturd handbook and punish by process. They’ll think twice when lawlessness is no longer free.

Feedie on April 6, 2011 at 6:50 PM

No he did not concede. I think he will fight this til the end.

I’m sure when the other libs are up for re-election but the republicans now know what they need to do for the next election. They need to get more of the burbs out to vote.

Brat4life on April 6, 2011 at 4:27 PM

I want to hear from someone in Wisconsin who is “in the know” about whether the Wisconsin GOP made this race a priority. It only received national attention when Palin
endorsed Prosser last week. The Wisconsin GOP should have
spent millions on combating the liberal ads that slammed
Prosser; they should have made millions of phone calls that
told voters how important this race was; what it meant to
the future gop agenda. Heck, I would have made calls from
Illinois! And I know the Tea Party tried to help out.

I am getting the sense that our state GOP’s are worse than
our leaders in the house/senate. Can that be?!

Amjean on April 6, 2011 at 6:51 PM

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

Your narcissism is endlessly more nauseating than your liberalism.

MadisonConservative on April 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM

204 votes doesn’t seem like much of a ‘referendum’ when we’ve been told that Walker is about as popular as cancer.

Good Solid B-Plus on April 6, 2011 at 6:46 PM

Why would the margin of victory be relevant as to whether or not it was a referendum on a certain policy/person?

It was certainly a referendum on his budget, at the very least, if not him as a person. The fact that it’s a close election shows that his policies aren’t as unpopular as liberals think, nor are they as popular as people like you seemed to think in the early days of this whole fiasco.

But again, it’s undeniable that given the high turnout, the money infused into the race, and the media coverage, this was not just about electing judges, this was about Walker’s policy. For him to say it’s not about him is cowardly and, whether you agree with him or not in terms of policy, it shows an utter lack of willingness to lead.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM

Walker says Supreme Court wasn’t referendum on him

Leadership

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:24 PM

Actually, I take it back. He doesn’t say anything of the sort in that article. The headline is totally BS. Stupid PR READ THE ARTICLE NEXT TIME YOU D-BAG.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:55 PM

But again, it’s undeniable that given the high turnout, the money infused into the race, and the media coverage, this was not just about electing judges, this was about Walker’s policy. For him to say it’s not about him is cowardly and, whether you agree with him or not in terms of policy, it shows an utter lack of willingness to lead.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM

This was about a single bill more than anything else. It was about the unions seeing a slight loss in power and prestige and doing everything they can to prevent it.

Good Solid B-Plus on April 6, 2011 at 6:57 PM

For him to say it’s not about him is cowardly and, whether you agree with him or not in terms of policy, it shows an utter lack of willingness to lead.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM

That’s quite a leap.

Scrappy on April 6, 2011 at 6:58 PM

City of Meqoun in Ozaukwee County caught destroying ballots prior to close of polls.

http://punditpress.blogspot.com/2011/04/wisconsin-city-caught-destroying.html?spref=tw

THIS IS BIG!!!

NOBODY IS REPORTING THIS!!!

tetriskid on April 6, 2011 at 6:58 PM

Here’s a prime example of Paul Krugman’s perjury, courtesy of Newsbusters…they are referring to an article Krugs wrote the middle of March. First, Krug’s direct quote:

“In early 2009, John Boehner, now the speaker of the House, was widely and rightly mocked for declaring that since families were suffering, the government should tighten its own belt. That’s Herbert Hoover economics, and it’s as wrong now as it was in the 1930s.”

Newsbusters’ Noel Sheppard, who is actually a businessman unlike Krugman, smacked him thusly:

“Actually, spending under Hoover increased by six percent in 1930, eight percent in 1931, and 30 percent in 1932. During Hoover’s four years, spending increased 47 percent. That’s actually more than spending has risen since the Democrats took over Congress in 2007.

So exactly how does Krugman get away with publishing such falsehoods on a regular basis?”

BTW, if you do a Newsbuster search on Krugman, they have well over 300 articles debunking his narrative. He’s an unusually good liar.

Del Dolemonte on April 6, 2011 at 7:02 PM

This is bulls***. These cheating scum need to be held accountable.

jawkneemusic on April 6, 2011 at 7:04 PM

Three bits of good news here. One: It was much closer than any of us thought it would be.

You know as well as I that does not matter. There are no points for coming in second. A loss is a loss.

The Wisconsin GOP, all of the GOP from coast to coast, had better not begin to cowtow to the unions because of this, though I suspect some of the Wisconsin GOP have already stocked up on ChapStick.

madmonkphotog on April 6, 2011 at 7:04 PM

For him to say it’s not about him is cowardly and, whether you agree with him or not in terms of policy, it shows an utter lack of willingness to lead.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM

You have got to be kidding me. All he has done is lead! Unlike the cowardly ‘rat fleebaggers…

ladyingray on April 6, 2011 at 7:04 PM

This was about a single bill more than anything else. It was about the unions seeing a slight loss in power and prestige and doing everything they can to prevent it.

Good Solid B-Plus on April 6, 2011 at 6:57 PM

Yeah but it’s Walker’s initiative. It would be disgraceful if he said it wasn’t about him, but I didn’t see anywhere in the article where he actually said that.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 7:06 PM

Well, well looky here. Wisconsin City Caught Destroying Ballots

sandspur on April 6, 2011 at 7:07 PM

oops, sorry tetriskid, I didn’t scroll the thread before I posted.

sandspur on April 6, 2011 at 7:08 PM

This is bulls***. These cheating scum need to be held accountable.
jawkneemusic on April 6, 2011 at 7:04 PM

This is a crux of failure outside the left. The libtard says: Hey, I get away with everything else — why not?

Feedie on April 6, 2011 at 7:09 PM

City of Meqoun in Ozaukwee County caught destroying ballots prior to close of polls.

http://punditpress.blogspot.com/2011/04/wisconsin-city-caught-destroying.html?spref=tw

THIS IS BIG!!!

NOBODY IS REPORTING THIS!!!

tetriskid on April 6, 2011 at 6:58 PM

Belling is an obnoxious radio host, but he’s straight up. HA should at the least headline this, if not post on it.

MadisonConservative on April 6, 2011 at 7:09 PM

You have got to be kidding me. All he has done is lead!

ladyingray on April 6, 2011 at 7:04 PM

I don’t think so. I don’t think he did a very good job explaining why he had to get rid of collective bargaining for PEUs forever instead of just making the cuts they were willing to make. He said it’s about the budget, but he was being dishonest with Wisconsinites. It wasn’t about the budget at all. He got all the budget demands he wanted.

BTW, I agree with him and presumably you. PEUs are unnecessary, bad ideas. I don’t want them anywhere. But don’t deceive people into thinking it’s a short term budget crisis issue, because it’s not.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 7:10 PM

Evidence of Wisconsin Voter Fraud Emerges

http://punditpress.blogspot.com/2011/04/evidence-of-wisconsin-voter-fraud.html

jjrakman on April 6, 2011 at 7:14 PM

Del Dolemonte on April 6, 2011 at 7:02 PM

Ever read Taranto’s “Best of the Web” over at WSJ? He’s all over Krugman on a daily basis. And quite humorous about it as well.

Scrappy on April 6, 2011 at 7:14 PM

He said it’s about the budget, but he was being dishonest with Wisconsinites. It wasn’t about the budget at all. He got all the budget demands he wanted.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 7:10 PM

Can’t fix the budget if you don’t fix the mechanisms by which the budget is consistently broken.

Scrappy on April 6, 2011 at 7:16 PM

Stiff upper lip there. Election counts are not that accurate, and there are plenty of examples of voter fraud to turn around 204 votes.

BTW, what do you think would happen if a Supreme Court Judge ignored clear evidence of voter fraud?

LOL! Checkmate. Even if she wins, the left has lost

AJStrata on April 6, 2011 at 7:16 PM

For IDIOTS like PR not to see the closeness of this race as proof that those siding with the unions are not near as numerous as they would like us to believe is hilarious.
Prosser should have lost by 10 points.

CWforFreedom on April 6, 2011 at 7:18 PM

tetriskid on April 6, 2011 at 6:58 PM

hello

holy macaronies

cmsinaz on April 6, 2011 at 7:20 PM

Walker says Supreme Court wasn’t referendum on him

Leadership

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:24 PM

Actually, I take it back. He doesn’t say anything of the sort in that article. The headline is totally BS. Stupid PR READ THE ARTICLE NEXT TIME YOU D-BAG.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:55 PM

Is the resident Obama voter talking out of both sides of his a$$ again?

HornetSting on April 6, 2011 at 7:20 PM

This is way too close to be contemplating losing. Get a grip.

paul1149 on April 6, 2011 at 7:24 PM

I believe during the primary, Prosser won with 60% of the vote. Congrats to Kloppenberg, those ballots from dead people weren’t gonna fill themselves out.

Dave in San Diego on April 6, 2011 at 7:24 PM

Actually, I take it back. He doesn’t say anything of the sort in that article. The headline is totally BS. Stupid PR READ THE ARTICLE NEXT TIME YOU D-BAG.

Proud Rino on April 6, 2011 at 6:55 PM

Another one of those smart attorney types I see.

CWforFreedom on April 6, 2011 at 7:29 PM

The kenite won…

Soon the House of Represenatatives…

True_King on April 6, 2011 at 7:30 PM

Should the Republican senate re-pass the collective bargaining bill — just to be on the safe side?

YES! And include the police and firefighters this time, like Ohio did.

parteagirl on April 6, 2011 at 7:31 PM

John Fund was on Dennis Prager’s show this morning talking about how it’s so easy to register the same day with a fake name and address in WI that it’s completely reasonable to assume democrats stole this. You could make up and name and address, vote, then go to the next county and do it all over again. These POS stole this and there needs to be an investigation. The WI attorney general needs to do something about this.

Also, how can one, such as this Kloppenburg, openly admit they will not follow and apply the law, but actively work to fight against the governor before any case is even bought in front of her? She’s openly admitted shes not going to be an impartial judge but a tool of the Unions in order to enact their agenda. Can’t this woman be disbarred or at least forced to recuse herself from any case that has to do with Walker and their Budget repair bill?

jawkneemusic on April 6, 2011 at 7:32 PM

Question: Is it up to Prosser alone to decide on a recount? Or can others do it?

Also, the way it works in Texas, is that however your precinct voted for governor in the most recent election, is who gets to be election judges in that precinct. Sounds like, with Walker just being voted in, there would be a lot more Republicans helping with a recount than there was in MN in 2008.

Voter fraud most certainly happened yesterday. Same day registration? That’s an invitation to trouble. PLEASE RECOUNT!!! And verify voter legitimacy while you’re at it!

parteagirl on April 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM

tetriskid on April 6, 2011 at 6:58 PM

Hope Belling takes this all the way and follows up big time!

katy on April 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM

Belling is an obnoxious radio host, but he’s straight up. HA should at the least headline this, if not post on it.

MadisonConservative on April 6, 2011 at 7:09 PM

Yeah, maybe people should contact Ed, or Allah…

http://punditpress.blogspot.com/2011/04/wisconsin-city-caught-destroying.html?spref=tw

tetriskid on April 6, 2011 at 7:49 PM

parteagirl on April 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM

John Fund also mentioned that these people who were making up fake names and address then voting the same day of registration, they didn’t figure out these address’ were bogus until months after when they tried to send them a Thank for Voting card. In one election, up to 1,500 address’ came up as fakes.

jawkneemusic on April 6, 2011 at 7:50 PM

Good luck Wisconsin…break out your wallets and smile while you hand over those taxes. Pretty soon there will be NO private sector to work for private companies to tax the living sh!t out of for your unions. We’ll see how that works out down the road. Things are not getting better in this country and I wouldn’t count on a public union job too much further into the future. Better save what you steal while you can.

NJ Red on April 6, 2011 at 4:43 PM

I had just posted something close to this early this AM. They will come to the end of the rainbow. But there won’t be any money left. And unless they lived frugal and saved they will be working a job like I have, with no benefits at all. Paying for healthcare, paying for everything. Even if they vote their false savior Feingold in… you can’t print money at the states level, and there aren’t any more funds to raid, except their pension fund.

wi farmgirl on April 6, 2011 at 7:51 PM

According to the official math of the Democrats, that 204 vote lead for KlodHopper means that Prosser won the election because the her victory was too small.

RhymesWithRight on April 6, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Are you kidding me, Allahpundit? It’s 204 votes and you’re not gonna frickin’ call for a sharp and serious challenge to this? Unbelievable, no wonder the corrupt left keeps winning if our side is so damn wimpy and spineless that they won’t call for a recount, lawyer up and start fighting all the fraudulent ballots and bogus counts.

EasyEight on April 6, 2011 at 8:01 PM

Everyone pays taxes but the difference is that with the private sector unions they are battling for their fair share of the profits that their company makes.
inspectorudy on April 6, 2011 at 6:06 PM

A small but important point: workers are not paid a share of the profits (unless they have a $ stake in the company), they’re ultimately paid with the revenue. In fact in a typical operation they get the lion’s share of the revenue, or at least labor generally accounts for the largest piece of it, profits commonly being the smallest piece after all costs of production and reinvestment have been taken into account (which is why leftists are stupid when they go around thinking that union pay increases have been taken out of the boss’s pockets).

Sharke on April 6, 2011 at 8:06 PM

50.0068% to 49.9931%

Recount?

ReformedAndDangerous on April 6, 2011 at 8:08 PM

John Fund was on Dennis Prager’s show this morning talking about how it’s so easy to register the same day with a fake name and address in WI that it’s completely reasonable to assume democrats stole this. You could make up and name and address, vote, then go to the next county and do it all over again. These POS stole this and there needs to be an investigation. The WI attorney general needs to do something about this.

Also, how can one, such as this Kloppenburg, openly admit they will not follow and apply the law, but actively work to fight against the governor before any case is even bought in front of her? She’s openly admitted shes not going to be an impartial judge but a tool of the Unions in order to enact their agenda. Can’t this woman be disbarred or at least forced to recuse herself from any case that has to do with Walker and their Budget repair bill?

jawkneemusic on April 6, 2011 at 7:32 PM

First thing you do is cross-check the college towns. If there are large numbers of same-day registrants at Stout, Eau Claire, Stevens Point, etc., it should be pretty easy to cross-check and see if any of these students also voted absentee back in their hometowns. If they did, you prosecute them. All it would take is 103 students to do this and you’d have Kloppenburg’s margin of victory.

Here’s the thing — you wouldn’t be able to necessarily prove that they voted for Kloppenburg, but the important part is documenting the fraud itself and making it clear that in future elections, this will be discovered and prosecuted. That will stop the abuse going forward.

And if enough examples do arise, Kloppenburg gets a poisoned chalice. I know that’s a lousy way of looking at things, but I’m frankly pretty tired of the Marquess of Queensbury way that Republicans deal with these issues. You have to make cheating hurt too much, especially for young people.

As to your second part, I doubt Kloppenburg can be disbarred. But she can be disgraced. I fully expect that if she succeeds, she’ll try swing her gavel like a 10-pound maul, at least at first. But if she does that, the next time a lib on the court comes up for election, it will be fair game to bring up Kloppenburg’s hackery.

Mr. D on April 6, 2011 at 8:10 PM

First thing you do is cross-check the college towns. If there are large numbers of same-day registrants at Stout, Eau Claire, Stevens Point, etc., it should be pretty easy to cross-check and see if any of these students also voted absentee back in their hometowns. If they did, you prosecute them.
Mr. D on April 6, 2011 at 8:10 PM

Awesome! I tell anyone who will listen that solutions exist for most of our problems. Liberalism is the only thing standing in the way.

Feedie on April 6, 2011 at 8:17 PM

At 204 votes out of 1,479,976 you’re nuts to not challenge it as hard as you can and keep this leftist crone from corrupting further the legal system in Wisconsin and let the public Union thugs back into the driver’s seat so quickly. I mean, who gives a carp about the legislative process when the left has figured out that you only need to control enough judges to just make up the laws you want?? And what is the point of democratic elections if they are stolen by corruption unchallenged, making a mockery of our entire system??

EasyEight on April 6, 2011 at 8:20 PM

The morons in Wisconsin deserve the screwing they are going to get. I hope their economy collapses.

woodNfish on April 6, 2011 at 8:26 PM

The morons in Wisconsin deserve the screwing they are going to get. I hope their economy collapses.

woodNfish on April 6, 2011 at 8:26 PM

Thank you so much for your kind words. Appreciated.

wi farmgirl on April 6, 2011 at 8:28 PM

So to recap the week so far:

1) Glen Beck gets shoved off FNC, after advertisers abandon him due to a MM-led boycott.
2) A Koch-funded study formed to challenge the consensus on global warming ends up…supporting the consensus, and
3) Kloppenburg wins the WI election.

…and it’s only Wednesday.

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 4:22 PM

Wow. You really hate Beck. But last time I looked, he had one of the top-rated shows on FNC, the 3rd most popular radio talk show in the country, and multiple bestselling books. In fact, he’s one of the very few people to have a bestselling book on both the fiction and non-fiction NYT list at the same time. Besides which, every year he does a tour of the country doing live shows that are sold out.

I’m not really one of Beck’s biggest fans, but there’s no denying he’s done incredibly well at virtually every form of media in existence. Well, with the exception of photography, dancing, and the fine arts. So give up on the delusion that he was “driven” from the air by the Mighty Left. It just makes you look really, really petty.

tom on April 6, 2011 at 8:30 PM

Time for disenfranchised businessmen and taxpayers to vote with their feet. A U-haul is faster.

Feedie on April 6, 2011 at 8:36 PM

Thanks for your opinion on Paul Krugman’s (Yale B.A., MIT PhD) intelligence, “sandee” from Hotair.com.

I love the internetz.

crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 4:55 PM

Then you might enojoy this.
Which Ivy Leaguer (Congresswoooooman) believes Neil Armstrong landed on Mars?

redridinghood on April 6, 2011 at 8:43 PM

Time for disenfranchised businessmen and taxpayers to vote with their feet. A U-haul is faster.

Or if you live in Wisconsin push your gutless GOP leadership to challenge this 204 vote “lead” all the way to the bitter end and make the Unions fight for this victory instead of rolling over so easily.

EasyEight on April 6, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Another silver lining, for those of us in Indiana and other fiscally conservative states, is that jobs, capital, and hard working citizens will eventually look for more welcoming locations. Come on down!

FalseProfit on April 6, 2011 at 9:00 PM

EasyEight on April 6, 2011 at 8:52 PM

That is ideal, but there has to be more to them than the feckless (R)s in Congress. Last November, some of those were punished and the rest put on notice. And still, they persist with the charade.

Feedie on April 6, 2011 at 9:08 PM

Said the dullest tool in the shed.

capejasmine on April 6, 2011 at 5:52 PM

LOL, crr6 is such a terrible debater that it must have specialized in the Straw man argument with a side interest in the red herring and ad hominem attack.

Daemonocracy on April 6, 2011 at 9:09 PM

No way will a conservative win a recount; even if the conservative wins the recount.

Mojave Mark on April 6, 2011 at 9:11 PM

Email info@justiceprosser.com with your name, county, email, and phone number to find out how you can help out in the recount effort.

reshas1 on April 6, 2011 at 9:13 PM

Any updates on the ballot shredding concerns, or was that covered today somewhere else?

Bishop on April 6, 2011 at 9:16 PM

(that top b-schools don’t value objective indicators of intelligence as much as top law schools do)
 
crr6 on April 6, 2011 at 5:54 PM

It’s a doubleedged sword putting people who the left wants to succeed over the people who can

your bastions of higher learning are becoming fluffier every day

Thomas sowell mentions this when, say, AA are accepted into ivy league schools only to be immediately put into remedial courses

they fail quickly or are pushed along and in the end lefties provided no service but a diservice

Sonosam on April 6, 2011 at 9:16 PM

Any updates on the ballot shredding concerns, or was that covered today somewhere else?

Bishop on April 6, 2011 at 9:16 PM

No. Allahpundit is getting into 2012 pimp for Obama mode.

tetriskid on April 6, 2011 at 9:28 PM

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