Bob Wirch projected as winner, D... WISCONSIN

[nadinbrzezinski]

[Tx4obama]

1. Bravo!

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. I just post

I have learned more about WI politics recently than I ever would think possible

[richmwill]

2. See what happens when Waukesha County Clerk Nickolaus can't print extra votes? (n/t)

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. I do smell a rat in that County

but that is sadly not just me. Perhaps one of these days I will be able to SPELL that name.

[HereSince1628]

9. It's pronounced Walk-ee-sha, Wauk is a native American word root

that shows up in a lot of place names here, sometimes as wauk as in Waukesha and Milwaukee and sometimes as woc, as in Oconomowoc.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. It's one of those words that truly trips me

Thanks though. What does the root mean? The proto linguist in me... I just love language.

[HereSince1628]

30. That I don't know...

[Oceansaway]

4. K&R..n/t

[a kennedy]

6. This is good news.....

:applause: :patriot:

[Firebrand Gary]

7. This is GREAT NEWS, C'mon Holperin!

[malaise]

8. Bravo Wisconsin

:yourock:

Looks like Koch et al will have to find a new line - you do like your unions.

[nemo137]

10. Just saw this on the twitters

I'm sort of cautiously optimistic, for the moment.

[BlueDemKev]

11. So it's now 16-17 in the WI Senate?

That is, 16 Democrats and 17 tea-baggers? Well, it's too bad we didn't win back the Senate, we could have used a big boost right now. Still, this should help slow down Walker's anti-worker agenda and hopefully organized labor will continue their outstanding efforts in helping to elect Democrats not only in Wisconsin, but all over the country as well!

[wiggs]

22. Not quite. I had heard on Hartmann that the numbers are tied except

for one republican who generally votes for labor and teachers, against Walker. So Nichols was saying that effectively pro-labor can control legislation.

[BlueDemKev]

26. Okay, so it's 17-16, but one of the seventeen tea-baggers actually has a few functioning brain cells

[highplainsdem]

12. Bravo, Wisconsin!

[Erose999]

13. Whats the holdup on the district 12 (Holperin) race?

[snacker]

15. I think parts of District 12 hand count ballots. n/t

[Erose999]

16. I support that then. Looks like more precincts have reported and Holperin's lead is gaining. And

Wirch has it in the bag.


WOOOOOOOOOO!!

[xmas74]

14. I'm so happy that the citizens of my home county

made that huge push to keep him!

[EC]

17. Such a sigh of relief...

I was really panicking - wondering what the hell we could do if he lost. That would have meant that somehow Kenosha suddenly got inundated with repubs, because the Dems here were ON IT BIG TIME! They called everyday, left door hangers and mailings for 2 weeks, every single day - at least 3 reminders.

[xmas74]

19. It doesn't mean that Kenosha went Repub.

What it does mean is that, unfortunately, a few family members who still live there got together and found ways to cheat the system.

Sorry about my family. I'm glad that they were outvoted.

[EC]

23. Don't worry, we'll deal...

Now Wirch will have to move into the city to accommodate the new boundary lines. Or he'll have to run in the new district which include Racine. Don't know how well known he is there.

[xmas74]

27. I have friends in Racine.

We were in elementary school together before I left the state. They've paid attention to the race and have been posting on FB about it all evening. Wirch should do just fine there-at least in Racine.

[WhiteTara]

18. moments ago he was down 1800 votes

where's your link?

[xmas74]

21. It's up on Milwaukee Journal.

I closed out the link a few minutes ago. Kenosha County started handing over totals and it was a guarantee that he'd win there.

[Goblinmonger]

20. Recall battle = Dems 2 and Reps 0

But the Republicans will still try to spin a win out of this.

Next stop--Walker.

[PeaceNikki]

25. We're 5/9 for the Senate recalls.

:thumbsup:

[gratuitous]

31. Well, apparently reality and its liberal bias have conspired once again

To deny Republicans and their doom-sayers a victory they deserved. Shame, Wisconsin! Shame, shame, shame!

[gratuitous]

29. Well, I was authoritatively told last week

That Democrats were doooooooooomed in Wisconsin, because when (not if) the two races tonight went against the Democrats, Democrats would be no better off than they were before all this wasteful, expensive, futile recall nonsense started. So, I'm waiting for a certain DUer to weigh in to tell us how awful this is.

[BlueDemKev]

28. On Wisconsin!

:beer: