WISCONSIN CENTER OF REPUBLICAN WAVE

[xchrom]

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Republicans seem to have it all.

Native son Paul Ryan is Mitt Romney's running mate. Gov. Scott Walker is a national conservative hero after surviving a recall vote. Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is vying to capture an open Senate seat held for more than 50 years by Democrats. And Wisconsin's own Reince Priebus heads the Republican National Committee.

Now they're focusing on the crown jewel: delivering Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes for Romney. It won't be easy. Barack Obama cruised to victory by 14 points four years ago, and maintains a slight lead over Romney in polls. And Wisconsin hasn't gone for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Still, the fact that the goal is even plausible shows how much Wisconsin's politics have changed in the few years since GOP nominee John McCain was blown out here in 2008 and Democrats held control of the statehouse. Wisconsin has a long tradition of political moderation, but voters have become more conservative since the recession slammed the economy and government deficits rose. A group of rising GOP leaders has taken advantage with a message that relentlessly emphasized jobs and making government less costly.

[madashelltoo]

1. They fixed the voting machines for Scott, and

they'll simply fix them for Rotten and Rodent.

[Curtland1015]

2. "emphasized jobs"... I love that.

It's so meaningless.

"Jobs are good! I'm pro jobs!"

We ALL are you republican assh*les!

[Angry Dragon]

3. I remember when Wisconsin was a sane state

[nc4bo]

4. Someone explain this for me. I was of the opinion that many Wisconsin voters did not

like the recall vote due to principals. That the original election results were final and the recall violated some kind of midwestern principal or something - not sour grapes exactly but more like he won, let it go til next election.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. I'm no pollster but

my understanding is samples are drawn from the D/R/I splits from previous elections. If there was heavy R turn-out and lower D turn-out based on partisan pissed-offedness/resentment-of-recalls as you described then that could skew the sampling giving the Rs a polling boost this election cycle.

DISCLAIMER - my wild conjecture

The only poll that counts is the one on Nov 6.

[bigdarryl]

6. Someone on Joe Madison show called in Friday morning from Ryan's district

in his own town he lives in he said most people in that district can't stand Ryan.

[Blue Owl]

7. Kathy Nickolaus has more power than all the voters of Wisconsin combined

Good thing her work is so transparent and accurate, and that she is held accountable for her performance.