Wisconsin is going turn into Alabama with cheese.
It's "Wississippi," thank you very much!
Wisconsin is going turn into Alabama with cheese.
It's "Wississippi," thank you very much!
And the biggest joke about Wisconsin is that there is only one train line, Amtrack Hiawatha line from Milwaukee to Chicago.
Bigots in suburban Milwaukee don't want a subway to keep minorities from Milwaukee to reach the suburbs. Reason Kochsucker Walker sent the high speed train funds back to DC for the line that was proposed from Chicago to the Twin Cities. And the French train maker Togo is suing the state for their start of cost trying to rehab the old A O Smith site in Milwaukee to build trains for the Midwest with the replacement parts.
Plus Milwaukee is the only city 400K + that has no trains or subways. Even smaller Cleveland has one as they are picked on in popular culture here. See what happens when you get a State full of Germans with more moving up from Illinois? Go figure with Hitler :yesyes:.
Give it back to Canada that'll show em!!!
Tell me more about this rail service. In NJ the Amtrak runs on the same line as NJ Transit. 2 sets of rails each way since the Amtrak doesn't stop at all stations. Are you saying that there are no local stops along your 2 Amtrak lines (north to Minneapolis and south to Chicago) that share for intermediate local service?
Unfortunately at this point MSNBC has called Scott Walker getting reelected.and with 3 wins in 4 years likely to run for the GOP nomination for President in '16.
Saved a hour of my life not going to the polls.
Well you're just part of the problem.
No. Back up and read the part where I said the Marquette Poll are usually on. Week before the election Walker in the poll was up 7% and won by 5%.
The real problem was only 54% went to the polls in WI from the 81% in 2012 that elected Tammy Baldwin Senator. Dem supporters just don't get up for mid-terms and the Gov race held also during the mid-terms.
I've gotta back Mongo on this. Don't let pollsters determine your behavior. And besides, you have local elections and ballot measures that directly affect your community and pocketbook. It doesn't take many votes to get a high school gym built the size of Madison Square Garden.
I was about to hype up a Scott Walker 2016 run. Then I watched his victory speech.
Updated by Andrew Prokop on November 7, 2014, 8:00 a.m. ET @awprokop andrew@vox.com
The very beginning is nice, as Walker thanks God for his win and gets some applause. But it's all downhill from there. His delivery is stilted. His facial expressions are alternately blank and smug. He chooses strange words to emphasize ("that's just not the American dree-eeam," he says twice). Overall, he looks and sounds like a whole lot like a Milwaukee County Executive — and not at all like a potential president. I've seen Walker speak before and knew he wasn't the most charismatic guy around, but watching this speech during a truly great week for him really drove this weakness home to me.
The very beginning is nice, as Walker thanks God for his win and gets some applause. But it's all downhill from there. His delivery is stilted. His facial expressions are alternately blank and smug. He chooses strange words to emphasize ("that's just not the American dree-eeam," he says twice). Overall, he looks and sounds like a whole lot like a Milwaukee County Executive — and not at all like a potential president. I've seen Walker speak before and knew he wasn't the most charismatic guy around, but watching this speech during a truly great week for him really drove this weakness home to me.
As many political commentators have pointed out, Walker faces a "Pawlenty problem." That's in reference to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who seemed on paper to be a perfectly good 2012 nominee for Republicans.
When Pawlenty actually ran, though, he ended up exciting no one. He failed to distinguish himself in debates, went nowhere in the polls, and ended up quitting the race in August 2011 after embarrassingly being defeated in the Ames straw poll by Michele Bachmann. And Pawlenty's poor performance was against a field where front-runner Mitt Romney looked flawed and everyone else seemed like a joke.
The 2016 GOP field could be much more crowded with formidable figures. Chris Christie and Ted Cruz both suck all the oxygen out of whichever room they're in. Marco Rubio resembles Barack Obama in being young, talented, and a potential historic demographic first. Other likely candidates, like Rand Paul and Rick Perry, may not be the most talented orators, but are unmistakably unique personalities that will clearly stand out from the field. Even Jeb Bush has the claim to fame of being George W. Bush's brother.
Walker's problem will be figuring out how to get anyone to pay attention to him. Sure, Walker will say that he fought unions a few years back. So will Chris Christie, if he runs — and not only will he make sure to mention that constantly, but his entire persona will make him appear much more like a fighter. Sure, Walker will support various policy proposals favored by conservatives. So will the rest of the field. If John Kasich runs, Walker won't even have the claim to being the race's sole bland Midwestern governor.
This problem certainly doesn't doom Walker's chances. Every candidate will have a weakness in some area, and uncharismatic candidates like Al Gore and John Kerry have certainly managed to win presidential nominations before.
But if Walker was a more compelling speaker who manufactured YouTube-ready sound bites like Chris Christie does, he'd probably already be the GOP frontrunner. As it is, if he does run, he'll definitely have to spend a lot of time in debate prep.
Not only does he specialize in class warfare, he has backup insulting the voters he just fucked over.