More 2012: Warren, Brown tied

ARIZONA: Ron Barber, looking to replace Gabrielle Giffords, couldn’t bring himself to say he was voting for Obama this fall?

MASSACHUSETTS: Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren are in a statistical dead heat, with Brown up 48%-47% in a new Suffolk poll.

NEW MEXICO: AP looks at the Senate race there. Its primary is June 5.

NORTH DAKOTA: It probably doesn’t help to be on a poster for a boat safety because of an accident you were in if you want to be Senator.

WISCONSIN: Political Wire: “A new Reason-Rupe poll in Wisconsin finds Gov. Scott Walker (R) eight points ahead of challenger Tom Barrett (D) in the recall race, 50% to 42%. A new St. Norbert College poll finds Walker leading by five points, 50% to 45%.”

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Here we go again let's print More 2012: Warren, Brown tied but let' not highlight that the most improtant race is shaping out to be a beating by Scott Walker. The head line should have had both races.

Typical MSNBC from the left.

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Reply#1 - Thu May 24, 2012 9:41 AM EDT

The actual poll results in Massachusetts:

Brown; 48%

Liz Warren: 1/32 % Cherokee...

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#1.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 3:41 PM EDT

In Massachusetts let's hope voters there will send a message to get tough on Walll Street and throw Scott "Centerfold" Brown out. Scott Brown traded his vote for 19 billion in breaks for banks -- a cost that was passed on to tax payers, as if TARP and the economic meltdown weren't bad enough. Brown should be thrown out of office for this reason only.

Scott Walker in Wisconsin is second only to Romney in regard to baldfaced LYING, repeated over and over. Scott Walker is running ads--paid for with outside money--to claim he has created jobs, but he isn't using the same metrics (using 3rd quarter benchmarks, etc.) that everyone else uses vis-a-vis other states.

The standard measure of job growth used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, is based on a survey of 3.5 percent of Wisconsin businesses. The BLS reports say Wisconsin was last in the nation in job creation between March 2011 and March 2012 and the only state to lose a significant amount of jobs.

Read more: http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/article_49308f76-a3c7-11e1-9cee-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz1votQoiIb

Let's hope Wisconsin voters will reject Wallker's magically turning a reported loss of 33,000 jobs into a gain of 23,300 jobs with his blatant diversion of suddenly "changing the spot of the ball" (a kind word for disingenuous ploy).

The bottom line is, Republicans have become completely void of "values" in favor of "the ends justify the means," and victory at any cost, even if it that means throwing the American people under the bus.

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#1.2 - Thu May 24, 2012 4:25 PM EDT
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not highlight that the most improtant race is shaping out to be a beating by Scott Walker.

You mean the Governor Scott Walker who managed to have the worst job loss numbers in the nation for 2011?

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Reply#2 - Thu May 24, 2012 10:35 AM EDT

The prank call to Scott Walker by supposed David Koch was bad enough, but now the video of Scott Walker with a wealthy campaign donor explaining to her is "Divide and Conquer" strategy -- WTF are voters in Wisconsin thinking? Even if you are a rightwinger who believes all the lies about so-called "union bosses" when you see how Scott Walker went after public-sector unions, carving out police and firefighters, and even after concessions were made, he continued his attack -- That was appalling enough. After pitting teachers against cops, he plans to go after private-sector unions next and blame those workers for all his budget woes. Any worker in Wisconsin (or the nation), what makes you think you're not next?

Fellow Americans -- Workers are NOT the cause of the Great Recession! Workers are the victims of the oligarchy (Wall Street/Big Business and $$$ in Politics). Just look at the $$$ in politics and it will lead you to Republicans, most specifically ones like Scott Walker and Scott Brown.

Stop this depression now, stop the corruption and greed -- Throw the Teapublicans out!

    #2.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 4:37 PM EDT
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    Scott Walker should be out by huge margin. Why are the voters of Wis. not recalling his record on job loss and trying his best to break teachers ,unions etc...

    Hope the voters next Nov dont forget G W Bush got us in this mess. We all cant be suffering from memory loss!!! GO OBAMA/T.BARRETT

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    Reply#3 - Thu May 24, 2012 10:49 AM EDT

    Hope the voters next Nov dont forget G W Bush got us in this mess.

    especially since Romney is surrounding himself with GWB advisors

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    #3.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 11:01 AM EDT
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    Wisconsin is in RECALL PINOCCHIO mode. Scott Walker is juvenile, a habitual liar, and a puppet of the Koch brothers, far right, out-of-state billionaires.

    THE RECORD:

    Attack collective bargaining rights for state workers as a preplanned prelude to bringing down the entire union movement in the state.

    Rescind women's right to equal pay legislation.

    Join in the syndicated effort of Republicans to suppress minority, elderly, and student voters with neo-Jim Crow laws.

    Lie, early and often.

    Govern the biggest job losses of any state, but circumvent official statistics and contrive "job creation".

    Call school teachers bad names in public while their students are watching them stand up for the Bill of Rights.

    Cut education funding to local school systems and give the proceeds away in tax cuts for wealthy citizens and major corporations.

    Turn Wisconsin into the red state of North Mississippi.

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    Reply#4 - Thu May 24, 2012 11:21 AM EDT

    It's obvious WI voters are voting for lying TV ads. Their to lazy to to get the truth, so they believe the lies Walker, Koch and all the other super pacs are spreading. Mark my words, they will have buyers remorse if they put Walker back in.

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    Reply#5 - Thu May 24, 2012 11:40 AM EDT

    Mo

    It is obvious that you are one of the dumbest people in America.

      #5.2 - Thu May 24, 2012 5:11 PM EDT
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      Walker looks to win. Very proud of those in Wisconsin for standing up against the unions.

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      Reply#6 - Thu May 24, 2012 11:40 AM EDT

      I'll bet your also proud of you and the people of WI for believing all the lies Walker is spreading.

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      #6.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 11:43 AM EDT

      Mo,

      I know you never answer any questions, but if you could tell me what lie's and prove they are lie's please.

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      #6.2 - Thu May 24, 2012 1:39 PM EDT

      Mo knows nothing except DNC spin.

      All he says is BS. Do not worry about his senseless dribble.

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      #6.3 - Thu May 24, 2012 1:43 PM EDT

      MRMSR: It started before Walker knew who he'd be running against. Just lie about every possible candidate because that's what he's good at - Lying.

      MADISON, Wis. - Newly re-elected Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett called it a "strange honor" to be attacked in ads two weeks before he announced he was running for governor in a recall election against Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

      That ad makes misleading claims about Barrett's record on unemployment, but also attacks former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, a Democrat who is also running in the recall election.

      The ad is being paid for by the Republican Governor's Association, but it's hard to determine that from the ad itself. The Republican Governor's Association set up the "Right Direction Wisconsin PAC" to pay for the ads, which it said is in compliance with campaign finance laws to spend money on politics in Wisconsin.

      "Going up," says the ad, prominently featuring an elevator. "Under Tom Barrett government spending went up $300 million and taxes went up every year but one."

      WISC-TV found this is true, and it's the same attack the RGA used on Barrett in the 2010 gubernatorial election, which he lost to Walker.

      The tax levy did go up over Barrett's tenure, and spending increased about $300 million since 2005. But as WISC-TV pointed out in 2010, spending in Milwaukee County under Walker, who was Milwaukee County executive at the time, went up about the same amount over the same time period.

      "And jobs, going down," says the ad. "Unemployment got 27 percent worse."

      WISC-TV found this is misleading. The RGA said unemployment went from 8.1 percent in April of 2004 when Barrett took office to 10.2 percent in January of this year. But the group missed what happened in between. Unemployment dropped for the first four years of Barrett's term, then jumped in 2009 to 11.9 percent when the recession hit across the country. It now stands at 10.5 percent.

      "And what about Kathleen Falk?" the ad asks. "Property taxes up every year. Unemployment tripled."

      Again the viewer needs to look at the whole unemployment picture. The RGA points out a jump from 1.7 to 5.2 percent during Falk's term. The details? Unemployment steadily crept up in the county, leveling off at just more than 3 percent. It nearly doubled in 2009 when the recession hit, and dropped back to about 5 percent.

      WISC-TV found that it's true that property taxes went up each year under Falk, although she limited most of the increases to 3 to 5 percent each year, which was generally lower than most counties in the state.

        #6.4 - Thu May 24, 2012 3:31 PM EDT
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        Geez, I read that the average American has the reading level of a ninth grader.

        Humm..Maybe that's skewing the data upward. Well, listening comprehension is pretty good. I've heard every rabel rousing talking point regurgitated that the PACS have tossed out there. Kinda sad through -- Maybe we should lower the voting age to 14 years old. BTW Ryan, log off- it's pass your bed time. But you do SOUND as if you have an opinion.

          Reply#7 - Thu May 24, 2012 12:58 PM EDT

          Scott Walker is an American hero!

          He stood up for the people against the thug unions.

          Thanks, Wisconsin radical Democrats. The fleebagger tactics and nasty despicable protests have not only helped Scott Walker's popularity, but will result in Wisconsin voting Republican in November!

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          Reply#8 - Thu May 24, 2012 3:37 PM EDT

          Liberals and Unions will be the death of this nation.

            Reply#9 - Thu May 24, 2012 5:12 PM EDT

            Over paid CEO's and shareholders are worst than liberals and unions

              #9.1 - Thu May 24, 2012 7:22 PM EDT
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              walker is going down, no matter how much he pays for poll results.

                Reply#10 - Fri May 25, 2012 8:30 AM EDT
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