Re: Wisconsin recall in dead heat, new poll shows

[RichTravsky]

Dan Joseph wrote:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-wisconsin-recall-in-
> dead-heat-obama-leads-new-poll-shows-
> 20120502,0,5578706.story?track=rss
>
> The hotly contested issue of whether to recall Wisconsin's
> Republican governor has the state's voters evenly divided,
> according to a newly released poll.
>
> Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, his most
> likely Democratic opponent, were virtually tied, with Barrett
> leading 47%-46% among all registered voters and Walker ahead 48%-
> 47% among those most likely to vote, according to the poll by
> Marquette University Law School.
>
> Barrett holds a strong and growing lead over three other
> Democrats a week before the party's May 8 primary, the poll
> showed.
>
> Both parties have seen the recall as a forecast for November's
> presidential election. But the contest between President Obama
> and Republican Mitt Romney is not nearly as close as the recall.
> Obama led by 51%-42%, the poll showed.
>
> Although Republican strategists hope Wisconsin will be
> competitive in the fall, Romney's campaign has not begun to air
> advertising in the state as it has in some swing states where
> polls show a closer contest.
>
> In the recall, "voters have substantially made up their minds,"
> with very few undecided over Walker, said pollster Charles
> Franklin, who directs the poll.
>
> Walker became a hero to conservatives nationwide when he pushed
> a bill through the state Legislature last year repealing
> collective bargaining rights for state employees. He has raised
> more than $25 million to fight the recall, with contributions
> from wealthy conservatives nationwide.
>
> Unions have contributed heavily to the Democrats, and total
> spending for the race could top $60 million, officials on both
> sides say.
>
> Democrats are going to lose this one. America is not a
> communist country.

This is not good for John Doe Walker. All that outside moneuy and a tie is
it?