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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocratic group infuses another $1 million into Wisconsin recall election
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/24/democratic-group-infuses-another-1-million-into-wisconsin-recall-election/With less than two weeks to go until the recall election of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the Democratic Governors Association says it's spending an additional $1 million to try and oust the Republican governor.
The DGA announced Thursday morning that the additional $1 million will be used to support television commercials already running statewide in Wisconsin, as well as to beef up get out the vote efforts in the 12 days remaining which remain until the June 5 vote.
The DGA says that the new expenditure brings to over $3 million the amount the organization has spent in Wisconsin, which they say is more than what they spent in the state in both the 2006 and 2010 gubernatorial contests, and "underscores our commitment to highlighting Scott Walker's worst-in-the-nation record on job creation."
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Democratic group infuses another $1 million into Wisconsin recall election (Original Post)
cal04
May 2012
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A long hoped for ad about Walker's 'divide and conquer' and the Fitz' reliance on ALEC
HereSince1628
May 2012
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littlewolf
(3,813 posts)1. outstanding ... I understand that
the polls are much better then
people were being led to believe
Selatius
(20,441 posts)2. Scott Walker only won because the Democratic base stayed home.
However, I find that anger is a great motivator to change. If there were ever an ad that could anger the base to the point where they came out to vote just to vent that anger, now would be the time to air such an ad.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)4. A long hoped for ad about Walker's 'divide and conquer' and the Fitz' reliance on ALEC
for legislative guidance, the things that ignited the protests in late winter 2011 has never appeared.
Timing is everything, of course.
If such an ad has been made and it's waiting on the shelf, then a million $$ will buy some media time to get it play.
You are absolutely correct that we really MUST rekindle the passion that led to this:
kentuck
(111,110 posts)3. Unions are still a big part of the Democratic Party...
But they no longer have the pull that they once had. Sad.