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Poiuyt

(18,125 posts)
1. Nice ad but I'd still be hammering home the point that Wisconsin is last in the nation in
Sun May 20, 2012, 05:25 PM
May 2012

job creation. Republicans aren't typically concerned about corruption in politicians (unless it's a Democrat), but they'd be more likely to respond to the fact that Walker's putting the WI economy down the toilet.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
2. The ads have been jobs jobs jobs for ~2 weeks that memes done it's job. time to push emotions & GOTV
Sun May 20, 2012, 07:06 PM
May 2012

Considering they spent money on them, I think the jobs ads will continue to run, so it's not like
Barrett is abandoning the jobs story. But the competing narratives thing has muddied the message there.

IMHO the fire that was in 1 million bellies needs to be reignited, the Pro-Walker counter-protests never had over a few odd thousand.

The Recall has a 20-1 advantage on people angry about Wisconsin governance.

The Recall MUST tap into and release the power of that reservoir.

Ethics, cronyism, pay-to-play politics all are issues that will help do that,
people here hated the R's adoption of the most radical issues of the ALEC agenda
written by out-of-staters for corporate interests that are out-of-state.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
3. Walker was already investigated for ethics.
Sun May 20, 2012, 07:39 PM
May 2012

None were found.

I think the Democrats need to keep hammering on this. It's another wake-up for his tepid supporters who haven't heard much about it because they're not DU members.

His rabid supporters would overlook his eating babies and punching old ladies.

 

tcaudilllg

(1,553 posts)
6. you confuse legal ethics for moral ethics.
Tue May 29, 2012, 02:33 AM
May 2012

Who cares about his supporters - it's the swing vote we're after.

midnight

(26,624 posts)
5. I would love to know what Walker said to the prosecutors.. Is that a fair assumption that we should
Sun May 20, 2012, 11:29 PM
May 2012

be able to know this?

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