Conservatives: We Are Being Outworked And Out-Organized In Wisconsin Recall Campaigns

[Tx4obama]

Conservatives: We Are Being Outworked And Out-Organized In Wisconsin Recall Campaigns

WASHINGTON -- Both national and Wisconsin-based Republican operatives tell the Huffington Post the party is being dramatically outworked and out-organized by Democrats in the recall campaigns being launched against state Senators.

The operatives, who raised their concerns out of hope it would jar the GOP into assertiveness, argue complacency has taken over after Governor Scott Walker successfully shepherded his anti-collective bargaining bill into law. While the Wisconsin Democratic Party, with major assists from progressive groups and unions, has harnessed resentment towards the governor into a full-throttled effort to recall eight GOP Senators, neither the enthusiasm nor organizational acumen exists on the Republican side of the aisle.

“It's clear that Democrats and liberal organizations are engaging in an attempt to make recall more than a mere hypothetical possibility for some Wisconsin Republicans,” said Liz Mair, Vice President of Hynes Communications and former RNC Online Communications Director, who has worked closely with officials on the ground in Wisconsin. “Even though Governor Walker acted to end the impasse, Republicans and conservatives should not be acting like this is done and dusted.”

A conservative activist working inside the state on recall efforts was even more explicitly distraught. The Wisconsin Republican Party, the operative said, was not lending resources to the recall campaign groups had launched against Democratic Senators, in turn causing those groups to narrow their target list down from eight lawmakers to just three.

Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/16/conservatives-we-are-bein_n_836794.html


It is WONDERFUL to see the republicans in panic mode! :)

[liberal N proud]

1. They woke a sleeping giant

The people!

[liberal N proud]

2. ~

[Gold Metal Flake]

3. Panic mode?

They are winning. They are better organized, they have billions of dollars and they own the media.

This will not be easy.

PS: Don't believe what any Republican says.

[Evolve_Already]

15. I'm with you.

Don't misunderestimate the republicans. They are not all as stupid as dubya.

[iwishiwas]

63. yes, do not underestimate their greed nor their cruelity.

[Tx4obama]

17. Perhaps you forgot to read the OP. The gop'ers are not better organized in Wisconsin. n/t

[NashVegas]

19. And Yet, Somehow, They Captured State Lege and the Governor's Chair

go figure

[Tx4obama]

21. Just because dems stayed home & not enough voted... doesn't mean

that the republicans are 'now' better organized than the republicans.
You are comparing two events that have nothing to do with each other.

[bluestate10]

79. Don't take republican for granted, lying is in their DNA. nt

[AlbertCat]

69. Perhaps you forgot to read the OP. The gop'ers are not better organized in Wisconsin.

That's what it says... I read it....




But I don't believe it coming from a Repug mouthpiece. It's an attempt to make Dems look like some kinda threat.... again.

[russspeakeasy]

60. Definitely...

[LiberalFighter]

65. I agree.

If true, it is poor judgment to announce problems in a campaign. More likely they are doing this to cause our side to relax a bit and encourage their side to mount more of an effort.

[neoralme]

66. You must have read Act of War also.

One of Sun-Tsu's rules is to make the enemy feel that you are disorganized, fragmented. This is the best time to attack. This is what the Republicans are doing.

[Gold Metal Flake]

82. It occured to me.

They do not in any way appear to be weak to me.

[neoralme]

84. I wish it was occuring to more people. I keep hearing them say

things that I recognize as a strategy from the book (Art of War--not Act of War). But only a few of us see it.

[neoralme]

86. This should be Art of War, not Act of War. Sorry about that.

[Iris]

4. Maybe it's because they are just wrong.

And everybody knows it.

[Skidmore]

5. I guess they thought workers would just be hypothetically angry

with the screw jobs they've been getting for a while now.

[CTyankee]

71. There IS a tipping point. The repubs didn't stop while they were ahead. They couldn't.

They went for the whole enchilada and it was an overreach. Now they are paying for their folly and their blind trust that they could fool their fellow Wisconsites. WRONG!

[tridim]

6. Maybe it's because Wisconsin wants to recall the Repukes and not the Democrats?

This is a perfect example of the inch-deep, faux-grassroots teabagger movement.

[truedelphi]

16. Funny that the Republicans thought it fine

To recall the governor of California a few years back.

They are always outraged by stuff that they have done when it suited their needs.

[Pacifist Patriot]

22. You're really generous.

You give them a whole inch? ;-)

[louis-t]

24. Hmm, I thought there were also a few Dems on the list.

The ones that sided with repigs.

[Tx4obama]

30. There were NOT any dems that voted with the repigs. n/t

[Blue Owl]

7. Walker and the GOP are setting themselves up for a big, big fall

C'MON WISCONSIN -- RECALL THE HELL OUTTA THESE DOUCHEBAGS!

[Botany]

8. I have a good friend in Wisconsin and it is not just the democrats and labor

..... but Republicans and independents too who are out collecting signatures and
working real hard to get Walker and company pitched out of office on their asses.

They have pissed off @ least 70% + of the state.

[AllyCat]

35. Can you post this as a separate item so I can give you a rec?

Awesome!

[murielm99]

37. That is what my mother tells me.

She lives in a read area of Wisconsin. She says people have yard signs out against Walker, and they are calling him a liar in the public places she frequents.

[Wait Wut]

51. I've heard the same.

A friend in Milwaukee was there during the "Tractorcade". She said she was amazed at how many Republicans were there.

[madmax]

54. All they needed was enough rope... nt

[PeaceNikki]

74. It's true. At protest last night, 3 of recall signature collectors were "moderate independents"

They said they voted for Walker and Darling, are sorry and are trying their best to make up for it.

*THIS* is why I don't want national Democrat/White House involvement. It's not as partisan as they will have you believe and we can't shift the focus and momentum. Not now.

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[dkofos]

10. That's what happens when you PISS THE PEOPLE OFF.

[yourout]

11. The fact that they are completely on the wrong side of the issues has nothing to do with it though..

:sarcasm:

[DCKit]

12. Isn't the "Stop the Count" crew from the 2000 Fl elections available? nt

[lutefisk]

26. No, they all received high paying Bush administration jobs...

...and are probably retired and spending time in Aspen or Vail, at this time of year.

:dem:

[MaeScott]

38. It's the voting machines, y'all. nt

[AllyCat]

42. Don't have those dang masheens here.

We use pen on paper with optical scanners to count. While not perfect, and still able to be rigged, we actually have a paper trail for our votes.

[fascisthunter]

13. well, you are in the minority dickheads

you lost alot of folks who actually voted your fascist asses into gov. You thought the people would just role over, didn'tcha?

[jacquelope]

14. Someone get the Republican Party to spend BIG on this

Really big. Like Meg Whitman and Linda McMahon big.

That way we can laugh out LOUDER when they STILL lose.

[txlibdem]

18. Americans have reached their breaking point

You can only bleed the goose that lays the golden eggs dry so much before it keels over and dies. The Repukes and their idiotic policies have been stabbing at the heart of the middle class for 3 decades now.

The time has come for the American middle class to show the rich fat cats who's really the boss.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. It is very telling

[diane in sf]

23. ha, ha

[jschurchin]

25. This is just the start Motherfuckers

You ain't seen nothing yet.

[madmax]

53. +10 May is spread like the flu... nt

[guruoo]

27. dupe nt

[guruoo]

28. Missing some union members, are ya?

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[Ship of Fools]

29. You know ...

Considering all the suffering in Japan -- It's so damned pathetic that these Republicorps assholes have absolutely no empathy. Sometimes I'm at a complete loss of words to describe my absolute and complete disgust.

[TheKentuckian]

36. Sheeeeeit....half the evil fuckwits are cheering the devastation.

and an appreciable percentage of the other half are scheming a way to make a buck off of the clusterdebaclefuck going on there.

[Very_Boring_Name]

31. Why are they only working to recall 8? Didn't something like 18 of them vote for it?

Why not work on recalling all 18?

[Tx4obama]

33. There are 8 republican state senators that can be recalled now

the other ones haven't been in office for a year yet.
After one year in office they can also be recalled.
And Gov Walker can't be recalled until January 2012.

[Very_Boring_Name]

39. thank you for clearing that up

:toast:

[Tx4obama]

40. You're welcome :) n/t

[louslobbs]

32. What a powerful post

This is so great to see, Democrats in action, woken up by the rabid right Republicons and their overreaching, non thinking Governors. There's no passion for it on the thug side, the Koch brothers would have to pay for and organize another fake group to do recalls on Democrats and they probably can't even pay people to do it for fear of the real deal grassroots Unions and their supporters fighting back. Bullies usually back down when confronted and a free bus ride and lunch is not as appealing as it was during the fake health care teabagger mob gatherings. They even have to rig "grassroots" movements these idiot Republicons and Koch fiends lol.
Lou

[AllyCat]

34. Dudette...I think you may be right. See you out there this weekend...

...or, um, not! We've basically got what we need for Kapanke. Darling is next...and don't forget things are looking shady for GROTHMAN! That would be icing on the cake, but don't worry, we have lots more irons in the fire.

We are right, you are wrong. And the people know it. And they're pissed.

[Lifelong Protester]

41. Great-o, someone beat me to it (I was out running errands)

now THIS is a big f*****g deal! I just saw it on my FB page, glad it is already here.

[Scuba]

43. They drank their own Kook-Aid. They thought...

...there really were 60,000,000 Teabaggers. Well guess what:

[cascadiance]

55. Yep, they sucked it up!

[sendero]

44. Republicans cannot tell any truth at all..

.. without spinning it dizzy.

You are not "out-organized". You are on the WRONG SIDE OF THE ISSUE, and votes/elections/actions have consequences.

Nothing scares these assholes other than losing their cushy-ass perk-encrusted jobs. Time to send some of these jackasses home.

[PeaceNikki]

45. But not outSPENT, you assholes!! We don't have Koch $$ and we're still kicking your asses!

[deacon]

46. But, but but, they are doing the peoples will. Why are they worried? n/t

[Myrina]

47. I guess that's what's called A CLUE ???

That they're really un-fucking-popular?

:shrug:

[femrap]

48. I wish we

could recall in Ohio. Damn.

[Ikonoklast]

57. We can GOTV. That is as good as a recall.

This state would be in Democratic hands except for the non-voters in the last election.


"Don't vote, they're all the same!" is a right-wing talking point so many fall for.



Even here.

[femrap]

81. Cuyahoga county

Dems failed to GOTV. Very disappointing.

[yurbud]

49. the correct response is to give a few more bucks to the recall cause LINK:

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/recallrepublican8

[mstinamotorcity]

50. And it is up to us

to keep them that way. We have been the ones battling every attack. I am glad that we have started attacking them make them go on the defensive instead of us.We must hit from all sides. Congress(Federal and State), The Banks, The Chamber of Commerce,and sponsors of Faux News, and any other media outlet that doesn't present the truth. I am all for fucking with their pockets.

[cascadiance]

52. Ye reap what ye soe ye BASTARDS!

[Initech]

56. This will be a fun meltdown to watch.

:popcorn:

[Turbineguy]

58. Awwww

my heart bleeds.

And I haven't finished thanking you for George W Bush!

[JDPriestly]

59. The People United Can Never Be Defeated.

[GETPLANING]

61. Democracy scares the shit out of them

They are so insulated in their little ideological bubble, that when reality intrudes, it causes panic in their ranks.

[EC]

62. I drove by what was supposed to be a recall Sen. Wirch

rally...I say supposed to be, because it was an hour after the start and the only ones there were two people standing at the road with signs that read "Recall Senator Wirch Here" empty, nada, no-one there...


I don't think the repubs are getting very far with that...

[Auntie Bush]

64. Bless their little iron hearts.

[Motown_Johnny]

67. well they pissed off the unions, what did they expect?

[Swampguana]

68. Easy to be outworked and out organized

when the majority of the peoples support is against you, especially when you are threatening their jobs and the jobs of those who teach your children!

[KansDem]

70. What happened to the Cons' "work ethic?"

Conservatives: We Are Being Outworked..."



Was it spread too thinly?

[RBInMaine]

72. Good. Now keep it up and finish them off. BUT, next time, don't let them get elected in the first

place.

[glinda]

73. Paper ballots people!

[rasputin1952]

75. I'm in Nebraska and know a lot of R's, (after all this is a serious Red state)...

and many R's are disgusted at the tactics that were used in WI concerning the gutting of Unions and the concerted attempt to deny citizens Rights. Most tell me that if this were put on a ballot and passed it would be different, but even R's out here are correlating this directly to what many call, "nazi tactics". Even people I consider "wild eyed" conservatives are sickened by what they see, most believe in fair play, they certainly don't like to lose, but they also understand that fair play is as about American as it gets, and to see what is happening in WI...the best I can say is that people here are pretty ticked off.

I figure that if Nebraska R's see this as foul, many other R's do as well, which would explain why the R base in WI is not highly motivated to do much of anything, except perhaps sit this one out out of pure shame. I've said since the begining of this that there would be nationwide ramifications as this rippled through the nation. There are thinking R's out there and they believe in fair play, (my mother is a lifelong R, and she is appalled by what the GOP has become...even she has halting stated that it reminds her of a party that lost it's identity and found a new one closer to National Socialism that anything she's ever seen before, even the McCarthy years).

If anything, Walker and his band of drooling apes have done, it's galvanize the left and moderates to take action against the beast.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

76. get up stand up forf your rights !...the repukes still don't realizes that they are the minority,...

Their are more registered dems in the US then Repukes.

and they don't much like pesky facts and the laws

[devils chaplain]

77. Of course, you're outnumbered about 10,000 to 1. N/T

[bluestate10]

78. Bury them. Wisconsinites, don't let up. Bury them. nt.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

80. This is amazing...

For them to admit it like this is weird.

[joeunderdog]

83. WHat kind of voting machines does WI have?

Voter outrage is no match for a Rethug computer program.

[BzaDem]

85. Good. About time. n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

87. May the people of Wisconsin

schedule Republicans for an Ass Kicking.
(nod to *SKITTLES)