# Can Scott Walker be re-elected Governor of Wisconsin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 20, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184 "2014-06-20T00:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/301 "2014-10-30T15:33:10Z")
Looking forward to sending crow recipes to Shodan. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/302 "2014-10-30T17:14:42Z")
Maybe you have some leftovers from the Kerry victory. They freeze well. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/303 "2014-10-31T11:22:04Z")
So the SDMB liberal cheerleader team spends five months assuring each other that Walker won’t win and will be indicted. Then there will be a week after the election to discuss how Walker stole the election. And then we’ll have a new thread about how NOW Walker will be indicted for suresies. This way, the bulk of time is spent contemplating sunny fantasies, and only the briefest, absolutely necessary time is allotted to the real world. Which, now that I think about it, is pretty much a description of liberals, period. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/304 "2014-10-31T12:01:53Z")
Well, the topic of the thread has at least been answered. Scott Walker certainly CAN be reelected. Now Tom Corbett, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/305 "2014-10-31T12:43:26Z")
The fact is that Wisconsin overall is not at all like Madison or the near northeast side of Milwaukee. It’s an insular state full of vestigial ethnic enclaves (Norwegians in Dane County, Swiss in Green County, Poles in Rusk, etc.). They don’t like Black people: when times were good pre-70’s stagflation these small towns deliberately turned down growth to keep them from coming up from Chicago. (And, as I Facebook with my old classmates, I see that the tradition of getting great educations at the UW system, then having to seek careers out of state will only continue.) They talk about jobs, jobs, jobs; but really don’t want change. That’s a recipe for those jobs to be dead-end minimum wage. They are a state full of mean little people, and they like their mean little governor. Texas cursed with snow instead of blessed with oil. And recalling how they worshiped the philosophical claptrap of Vince Lombardi, I’m not surprised that that of Ayn Rand has found similar purchase. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/306 "2014-10-31T12:53:19Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > So the SDMB liberal cheerleader team spends five months assuring each other that Walker won’t win and will be indicted. > > Then there will be a week after the election to discuss how Walker stole the election. > > And then we’ll have a new thread about how NOW Walker will be indicted for suresies. You forgot [ul] [li]Starting a new thread discussing how any GOP victory is evidence of coming disaster for Republicans[/li][li]Assorted accusations that “Republicans only care about winning elections. Democrats care about the country.”[/li][li]Any mention after the elections of a correct prediction that the GOP would do better than disastrously will be labelled “gloating”.[/li][/ul] Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/307 "2014-10-31T13:03:53Z")
Shodan and Bricker, do you want some cheese with that whine? So it’s possible but in my opinion not certain that Walker could win. I find it incredible that such a scumbag could possibly win a second term but in the end the voters get the government they deserve. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/308 "2014-10-31T15:06:06Z")
And where is Walker getting the message that $7.25/hour is a “living wage”? [The Wisconsin Restaurant Association.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/30/scott_walkers_minimum_wage_farce_partner/) ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/309 "2014-10-31T16:21:53Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > But…but…dead heat! And Walker’s going to be indicted any day now! What about all that? Apparently, unlike you, I can face facts. In 2012 were you saying Romney would win in a landslide on October 31st? The way Rove and Faux News were? Hmmm? Look at the comment I made when posting Rassmussen poll last week. I said I trusted the Marquette poll more. I do because they were so accurate in 2012. Nothing doctrinaire, just facing facts. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/310 "2014-10-31T16:31:23Z")
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel endorsed Walker in both 2010 and 2012. This year they declared they were done making endorsements. But for a neutral paper, this editorial is pretty strong. One suspects the owner and the editorial staff do not see eye to eye. Burke’s history at Trek bike has come under attack over the last week, or so. [This is what the paper has to say about that.](http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/attack-on-mary-burke-consider-the-source-b99381534z1-280977622.html) **Attack on Mary Burke: Consider the source** > [@](#): > > The story was published by the conservative mouthpiece less than a week before the election — a classic political trick, an October surprise of innuendo and half-truths. It was intended by Walker partisans, if not the conservative mouthpiece itself, to confuse voters. As Burke’s brother, John, Trek’s chief executive, noted: “Mary is a good person. Mary spent 55 years building up her reputation. All of a sudden, you get this character assassination.” Indeed. > [@](#): > > Fact: The initial report surfaced in The Wisconsin Reporter, a pseudo-journalistic publication bankrolled by conservative foundations. The Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation gave the Reporter $190,000 in 2012 to help underwrite the website. The Bradley Foundation’s top executive is Michael W. Grebe, who also chairs Walker’s campaign committee. Consider the source. - and several more similar paragraphs. Then concludes: > [@](#): > > No voter should base his or her decision on 20-year-old twaddle from a fired Trek employee who now is a Republican county chairman — all dredged up a week before the election. There are plenty of good issues to vote on, including Burke’s record as a businesswoman. After all, she brought it up. But these reports prove nothing and say more about the attackers than they do about her. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/311 "2014-10-31T16:53:25Z")
Curious how the Republcans have been defending against “our guy is screwing things up (right now)” with “their candidate _used to do_ bad things”. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/312 "2014-10-31T22:10:38Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Apparently, unlike you, I can face facts. In 2012 were you saying Romney would win in a landslide on October 31st? The way Rove and Faux News were? Hmmm? No. I did say: > [@How Can Romney Possibly Win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-romney-possibly-win/632452/36): > > I think Romney’s got a shot, based solely on the economy. But I might be wrong. > > And if I am, and Obama wins a second term… well, he’s a decent man and a decent President, and the country won’t collapse. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/313 "2014-10-31T23:29:51Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > So the SDMB liberal cheerleader team spends five months assuring each other that Walker won’t win and will be indicted. > > Then there will be a week after the election to discuss how Walker stole the election. > > And then we’ll have a new thread about how NOW Walker will be indicted for suresies. You haven’t seen any of that from me. I believe that Walker will be abducted by aliens in the middle of his victory speech. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/314 "2014-11-01T01:02:50Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > You haven’t seen any of that from me. I believe that Walker will be abducted by aliens in the middle of his victory speech. Why would they abduct one of their own double agents? Walker is only there to serve man. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/315 "2014-11-01T05:22:20Z")
Probing. Please, Lord, let there be probing! And videos! ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/316 "2014-11-01T06:10:06Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Probing. Please, Lord, let there be probing! And videos! Have you no decency sir? Think of the children. No picture of any kind of any politician unless he/she/it is fully clothed. ---
**Author:** ![Reginald\_Hobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@Reginald\_Hobbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reginald_Hobbes)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/317 "2014-11-01T13:02:27Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > **Attack on Mary Burke: Consider the source** That editorial is just a series of ad-homs, with no actual rebuttal of the points made. It wouldn’t even fly as a post on this board. The former COO and HR director may indeed have axes to grind against Trek, but that is not proof that they are wrong. > [@eschereal](#): > > Curious how the Republcans have been defending against “our guy is screwing things up (right now)” with “their candidate _used to do_ bad things”. No one is saying Burke used to do bad things. They are saying she is unqualified. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/318 "2014-11-01T13:11:26Z")
> [@Reginald\_Hobbes](#): > > That editorial is just a series of ad-homs, with no actual rebuttal of the points made. It wouldn’t even fly as a post on this board. Are you kidding - they’d eat it up like fudge. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/319 "2014-11-02T02:04:04Z")
> [@Reginald\_Hobbes](#): > > That editorial is just a series of ad-homs, with no actual rebuttal of the points made. It wouldn’t even fly as a post on this board. > > The former COO and HR director may indeed have axes to grind against Trek, but that is not proof that they are wrong. > > No one is saying Burke used to do bad things. They are saying she is unqualified. Not what her brother said. ---
**Author:** ![Reginald\_Hobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@Reginald\_Hobbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reginald_Hobbes)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/320 "2014-11-02T11:09:57Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Not what her brother said. What exactly are you responding to here? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184.md?page=17)