Let's get our messaging straight: KLOPPENBURG WINS!!!

[kpete]

Messaging, messaging, messaging!!!

KOCH BROTHERS LOSE

Wisconsin Democrats Pre-Celebrate Kloppenburg Win

Posted Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:13 PM | By David Weigel

In a conference call organized by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Wisconsin Democratic Senators Mark Miller and Chris Larson were nearly ready to congratulate JoAnne Kloppenburg on winning a seat on the state Supreme Court.

"This is a very significant victory," said Miller, "regardless of the outcome."

As they spoke, Kloppenburg led the vote count with a few precincts still left to tally. That freed up Larson and Miller to speculate about what would happen if she won.

more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/04/06/wisconsin-democrats-pre-celebrate-kloppenburg-win.aspx

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WED APR 06, 2011 AT 01:51 PM EDT
Let's get our messaging straight: KLOPPENBURG WINS!!!
bywilbur

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This is a total Wisonsin smackdown of Scott Walker

Prosser should really understand it is time to leave the stage.

Prosser sticking around is just hurting Wisconsin.

There is serious businesss to conduct and Prosser is just gumming up the works by trying to challenge this.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/06/964040/-Lets-get-our-messaging-straight:KLOPPENBURG-WINS!!!

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12:37pm: Great news - those "missing" two precincts in West Allis (suburban Milwaukee County) were either empty or already counted. So MKE is done and Kloppenburg's vote lead remains unchanged at 224. Now we just wait for Lake Mills (JeffCo) to count. And then, of course, on to the absentees.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/8655/april-5-election-results-thread-7

1:52pm: Amazing fact from the National Journal:
If Kloppenburg's narrow margin holds up through the potential recount, it will be just the fifth time a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice has been unseated since the court's establishment in 1852.
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/04/wisconsin-resul.php

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Updated AP numbers (11+ / 0-)
Total 3629/3630

Prosser 739,043 50%

Kloppenburgh 739,379 50% -- the Winner

"Proud to proclaim: I am a Bleeding Heart Liberal"

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No automatic recounts in WI (4+ / 0-)
The loser has 3 days to ask for a recount. If the margin is less than .5%, the state has to pay for the recount. So in order to get the recount, he'll first have to acknowledge he lost.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/06/964040/-Lets-get-our-messaging-straight:KLOPPENBURG-WINS!!!


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http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/04/06/wisconsin-update-kloppenburg-wins

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Recount inevitable BUT Unofficial tally and now Rep. Mason announces:
Kloppenburg wins by 233.

Results Mapped.
http://uppitywis.org/recount-inevitable-unofficial-tally-and-now-rep-mason-announces

[PeaceNikki]

1. Lake Mills is in

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x827393

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[Stuart G]

3. kick nt

[Blue Owl]

4. And better yet Prosser/Walker LOSES

Truth be told I don't believe it was that close.

[socialist_n_TN]

18. Actually I don't either...........

It's just an opinion, but I think that there were some voting shenannigans going on just to keep it close. In a fair count, Kloppenburg probably won comfortably.

[riverwalker]

5. Thank you Wisconsin!!

remember Wisconsin! should be the new democratic rallying cry.:bounce: :bounce:

[Snotcicles]

14. I liked that rally sign that read, Don't make me go all Wisconsin on you. nt

[Life Long Liberal]

6. Is this 100% final?

[kpete]

8. Wisconsin Supreme Court Election: Kloppenburg ekes out victory; Recount more than likely

The last remaining Wisconsin precinct in Lake Mills has apparently split roughly 700 votes in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race down the middle. That split allows JoAnne Kloppenburg to keep a margin of somewhere between 220 and 230 votes above incumbent Justice David Prosser (there are conflicting reports as to the precise number, but they all fall within that spectrum). The next step is very likely a recount. According to News 3 reporter Jessica Arp on Twitter there is no automatic recount trigger in Wisconsin and it needs to be called by a campaign. Arp adds "if vote within one half of one percent (about 7,000) cost of recount will lie with the state/counties."
With cost of a recount not a factor for the Prosser campaign the recount is very likely. His campaign has three days to make the request. Any recount attempt is sure to draw parallels to the 2008 Minnesota Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman. Franken came out of the final count with a 225-vote victory.
In the February 15, 2011 primary for Wisconsin Supreme Court Prosser received 54.7 percent of the vote. Kloppenburg only managed 25.2 percent with the remaining 19 percent being split between Joel Winnig and Marla Stephens.
http://www.dane101.com/current/2011/04/06/wisconsin_supreme_court_election_kloppenburg_ekes_out_victory_recount_more_than_l

[Old and In the Way]

13. I wonder what changed between 2/15 and 4/6?

:-) Very interesting - looks like at least 10% of the voters in Febriuary had buyer's remorse.

[HankyDubs]

21. Maybe Scalia will stop the recount

right after he sprouts wings

[JTFrog]

7. K&R!

[Old and In the Way]

9. Shouldn't have been this close.

I would hope that the absentee ballots reflect a lot of motivated voters who wanted Kloppenburg and wanted to make sure their vote wasn't monkeyed with.

[Doctor_J]

11. I feel that way too

With all of that rage, it should have been a landslide. This is certainly not a "resounding smackdown" of Walker.

[lutefisk]

16. Wisconsin's not as smart as we look, apparently.

Sometimes I wish we could have East Wisconsin and West Wisconsin...

[Old and In the Way]

17. Must be close to 700,000 multi-millionaires in Wisconsin.

Or maybe 700,000 anti-socialists.

I find it fascinating that we turn out 100's of thousands in demonstrations while the other side needs an astroturf organization to herd a few thousand to demonstrate for Walker...yet the results show how evenly split this state is. I guess crowd aversion / agoraphobia is a real issue for Republicans...even around people who share their political thinking.

[teacher gal]

10. YAY! nt

[lutefisk]

12. The people of Wisconsin have spoken and the Democratic Party clearly has been given a mandate

It's time to move on.

[ReggieVeggie]

15. well, let's hope that turns out to be true

messaging that you won before knowing the full truth would be eerily reminiscent of...

[Name removed]

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[socialist_n_TN]

20. PROSSER IS GOING TO ASK FOR A RECOUNT????

What the hell does he think he's donng??? He's trying to divid the state with this recount shit! Why don't he just go back to private live? The Peple have spoken!

(And yes, spelling intact. I'm getting into that RW mood about recounts :))

[malaise]

22. What a lovely day

Go Wisconsinites :yourock:

Thank you Fabulous 14. This is the model - fight back!!