mary burke declared winner.

[mopinko]

in wis primary.
du'er kelly westlund kicking ass.

http://www.wqow.com/story/26264846/2014/08/12/mary-burke-declared-winner-of-democratic-primary-in-race-for-governor

[Rex]

1. Excellent! On to kick that corrupt POS out of office!

It is distressing how long that criminal has been in office!

Good news! Needed some of that.

[mopinko]

2. laying the groundwork

large gender gaps out there. we need to cash them in.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Absolutley!

Repubs choose to piss people off. The least we can do is harvest their votes for Dems.

[Rex]

4. Same here with Wendy Davis but the potential is here.

She was in single digits the other day and we cannot have someone like Abbott take over after Perry. We need to go back to being blue! A lot of states do!

[mopinko]

5. they are ripe for the pickin, imho

but i have been called naive before. srsly, tho, there is pretty much endless capacity for gotv. so many sit out.

[Jane Austin]

6. Wendy wasn't in single digits the other day.

She was down by only single digits - eight points, as I recal - to Abbott.

[Rex]

9. That is what I meant, thanks.

Yes close...we need to get rid of the GOP in Austin.

[brooklynite]

14. Have met both - Burke is the better option to support...

Burke is LEADING is some polls. Davis is 8 points down; still something of a stretch.

[SoapBox]

7. Yay!

[sheshe2]

8. KnR

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Sweet victory.

Women are coming.

[vrp]

11. But

can she win? Someone from Wisc chime in please.

[Bjorn Against]

13. Polls between her and Walker have been neck and neck

She can win, I expect it to be a close race but I think Burke will pull it off in the end. It is certainly not a race that can be taken for granted, but it is a race that is very winnable.

[mopinko]

18. look at the vote totals statewide here.

twice as many dems as thugs showed up. course, walker wasnt on the ticket.

imho, the way to take these states is district by district. i live in chicago, but kelly contacted me, and i can see that she is doing it right up there. so, i am helping her, and she is getting help from other women, individually and as a group. she went through a women candidate's training. i believe she is endorsed by emily's list.

and every single person that comes out for her is gonna vote for mary burke.
same thing here in illinois. pat quinn is not the world's easiest sell. but we are making sure that everyone that we can get our hands on here in the heart of blue is registered.

look at that big chair, but get there by grabbing the small ones. no?

[murielm99]

12. If Chris Christie comes to campaign for Walker,

the Dems should make hay of that. Christie is corrupt and compromised. Make bridge jokes. Ridicule the hell out of Walker.

[bigtree]

15. kickety!

https://twitter.com/Burke4WI

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, mopinko.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

17. QUICK!

Send in Elizabeth Warren - I have such a soft spot for Wisconsin. It's a wonderful place in my childhood memories....my country cousins are ex-farmers and salt of the earth great folks. They deserve a governor who looks out for them.

[Sissyk]

19. K&R

I LOVE seening this kind of effort put into state and local elections.