DNC Chairman: Wisconsin recall election will be a "test run" for the Nov Pres. elect

[Little-Acorn]

As Democrat hopes fade in Wisconsin, DNC chairman Debbie Schultz has popped up to announce that the recall effort against Gov. Walker will reflect the likely outcome of the Presidential election in Nov. 2012.

Good.

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/27/wisconsin-recalls-a-test-run-dnc-chair-says/

Wisconsin recall's a 'test run,' DNC chair says

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CNN Producer Gabriella Schwarz

Washington (CNN) – Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Sunday classified Democratic efforts in the Wisconsin recall election as a “test run” for the presidential race.
“It’s given the Obama for America operation an opportunity to do the dry run we need of our massive, significant dynamic grassroots presidential campaign,” the Florida representative said of the battleground state on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Wasserman Schultz, who is scheduled to campaign with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on Tuesday, said he has a “real opportunity” to oust incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker in the June 5 election. But she was quick to add it will also test the Obama re-election campaign and the grassroots operation in the state.

Recent polling shows Walker with an edge over his Democratic rival heading into the recall election, the culmination of a two-year fight following the passage of a law that moved to curtail the collective bargaining rights of most Wisconsin state employees.

Republicans insisted the bill was necessary to close the budget shortfall and control the skyrocketing costs of public employee benefits, while Democrats argued it was an attempt to gut public-sector labor unions, one of their core constituencies.

Recent polls show President Barack Obama holding a steady advantage over Mitt Romney in hypothetical general election match-ups in the swing state. Obama carried Wisconsin by almost 15 percentage points in 2008 over GOP candidate Sen. John McCain. But the president may face a tough fight in November following Republican wins in the 2010 elections that included the governor’s mansion and two House seats.

[4horsemenrule]

Here is proof that the recall election is not going the way Democrats thought it would

and Debbie was right when she said it wil be a test run for Obama's re-election bid. People who are pissed off at the Democrats and Pres Obama will turn out is massive numbers to vote against them





WASHINGTON — Recent polls have pointed toward a victory for Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin’s June 5 recall election. But here’s the clearest evidence to date that national Democratic party officials believe their side is losing: Democratic officials are playing down the potential impact.

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) insisted in a television interview that a loss for the Democratic candidate in the recall, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, wouldn't have any implications for other races, such as the presidential election.

“I think, honestly, there aren’t going to be any repercussions,” Wasserman Schultz said on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” program. “It’s an election that’s based in Wisconsin.”

Public employee unions and liberal activist groups have spearheaded the effort to recall Walker, who became a hero to conservatives last year when he pushed a bill through the state Legislature that ended most collective bargaining rights for state workers. Although Walker’s opponents gathered more than 900,000 signatures on recall petitions earlier this year – in a state where Walker was elected governor with just over 1.2 million votes – polls have indicated that the effort to end his tenure early will probably fall short.


http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-democrats-play-down-wisconsin-recall-election-20120526,0,2760222.story