{"id":7657,"date":"2012-05-03T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T18:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7657"},"modified":"2012-05-03T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T18:50:43","slug":"can-walker-buy-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/03\/can-walker-buy-the-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Walker Buy the Vote?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over in the Totalitarian Corporate Plutocracy of Fitzwalkerstan, formerly Wisconsin, Fartfuhrer Scott Walker is desperate to hold onto his office in the upcoming recall election on June 5.  He has been spending money hand over fist to forestall his well deserves fate.  But despite record expenditures, he has not progressed in the polls, even though his Democratic opponent will not be chosen until Tuesday.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"WalkerKoch\"The headlines in Wisconsin are all about the $25 million dollar man — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Walker’s campaign committee has raised an eye-popping $25 million for the recall, $13 million since January 2012 when close to 1 million signatures were filed with the Wisconsin elections board triggering a recall election<\/strong>. Walker spent a huge sum $5 million on direct mail<\/a>, rivaling the $4.5 million spent on TV. The direct mail allows him to build a national data base of funders to tap for the recall.<\/p>\n

In total, Walker has spent $20,854,000, more money than any candidate in any race in Wisconsin history<\/strong>. "Wisconsin’s never seen anything like this kind of money," said Jay Heck,<\/a> executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin. "This is all to persuade a relatively tiny universe of undecided voters. It’ll be the highest cost per voter spent in the history of the nation in terms of the cost of persuading people."<\/p>\n

Walker\u2019s opponents have barely scratched the surface. Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk has raised $977,000; Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has raised $831,500, Secretary of State Doug LaFollette $118,000, Wisconsin Senator Kathleen Vinehout, $44,000. Arthur Kohl-Riggs, who is running against Walker in the Republican primary, has raised little over $2,000. <\/p>\n

Combined, the opposition candidates barely raised $2 million<\/strong>. Despite Walker having spent more than ten times than his opponents have raised, a poll<\/a> released today from Marquette Law School shows him in a dead heat with Barrett, who entered the race just one month ago… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I encourage you to click through for the rest of this article, because it is excellent, and it also includes a list of the Fartfuhrer\u2019s mega-donors.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s part of the reason I don\u2019t think Walker will succeed.<\/font><\/p>\n