There is some form of BULLSHIT happening in Wisconsin!

[LynneSin]

Race called at 22% (I checked - Milwaukee county only had 7% of their votes counted)

17% of the people who voted for Walker said they supported Obama.

Something fishy is coming out of Wisconsin. Barrett needs to fight this until the end because I sniff a giant theft happening.

[TheWraith]

1. 60 percent of those in exit polls say recalls are only for official misconduct. nt

[LynneSin]

4. And isn't Walker under investigation?

Just saying!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. He should be in jail

[Comrade_McKenzie]

17. Any Democrat that voted for him because of that reason...

Is a fucking waste of life and deserves every level of hell that the Kochs drag them through.

[HiPointDem]

19. and 90% say they voted for the candidate, not for reasons such as their beliefs about the

uses of exit polls.

i've seen a lot of people tonight trying to sell the idea that democrats voted for republicans tonight because they don't like recall elections.

that is a big, fat, ball of bullshit.

[TheWraith]

21. And 10% is plenty to swing an election. nt

[HiPointDem]

24. the other 10% didn't say they voted because of their feelings about recalls, but for other reasons.

for example, some didn't like barrett but liked walker worse. they didn't vote *for* barrett, but *against* walker.

you can preach about how democrats voted walker because they dislike recall elections so much -- it's crapola not matter how much you talk about it, & so was this rigged election.

[1StrongBlackMan]

20. I read that; but ...

I wonder if that would close the President Obama/Romney gap? I suspect that the majority of that 60% were walker supporters out the gate AND I suspect that Barret supporters would not flip because of the "non-misconduct" issue.

Soooo, the big question isssss ... what was the spread of independents on the "misconduct" issue? If the spread was less than about 10 ... I smell a rat.

[HiPointDem]

27. i smell lots of rats.

[HereSince1628]

2. The race was called based on exit polling, not the vote reported.

Barrett will probably do the honorable thing and wait for every line to disappear before he concedes.

[Generic Other]

3. 1 million signatures on recall petitions

don't forget that.

[eppur_se_muova]

28. and just over 1 million voted to remove Walker.

So, 99% of those who voted Dem signed the recall petition? Is that remotely credible?

[lunatica]

5. He's fighting until the end.

Barrett just said he's not conceding until all the votes are counted. There are long lines of people still waiting to vote.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. he should not concede

[lunatica]

12. He just started his concession speech

I could just cry right now.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. Why?

[gkhouston]

13. +1. There's no reason to concede until everything has been counted.

If the numbers were going the other way, I doubt Walker would concede, ever.

[undeterred]

18. Isn't this a concession speech?

[GoCubsGo]

6. Other post say they're still voting in Milwaukee Co.

They should not have even been putting out the results, if that's the case. Like Florida in 2000 all over again. I agree that it stinks. I can smell the stench all the way down here in South Carolina.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. Something smells of rotten fish

time to occupy the media and the GOP

[AzDar]

8. Again, I say...If exit polling discrepancies v. actual returns is considered

a sign of election theft, why is no one pointing this out?

[Bellerophon]

25. because it is not

A sign of theft.... there is no way to verify the honesty of people......

[HiPointDem]

10. sing it, sister! yes, there is!

[undeterred]

11. More than half the voters in Wisconsin are right wingers.

[Left Coast2020]

15. I was trying to figure out why the lamestream media was calling this

with only 22 percent reporting? Doesn't make sense. Well, actually the media hasen't made sense since Clinton gave the store away in 96. So I guess they figure no holds barred and to hell with what we think.

[GarroHorus]

22. No, really. There isn't

It's clear.

Idiots want austerity and high unemployment.

So now they get it.

[proverbialwisdom]

23. http://www.bradblog.com/

[pacalo]

26. I didn't see it as making sense, either.

According to MSNBC, the exit poll tallies giving Obama the majority percentage of votes were likely due to President Obama staying out of the Wisconsin recall. Someone else mentioned that Wisconsinites tended to be pragmatic.

After what all I've learned about Scott Walker, I can't say that I'm shocked. I noticed during the first Barrett/Walker debate that Walker seemed to be not at all embarrassed by his situation & he looked too smug & confident. In that same debate, when Walker was asked what he'd do to unite the state, he simply said he'd tell the people that "we have to move on" & that they'll "just have to get past the election". This guy has some GALL!

Yep, I'm inclined to think a scumbag like Walker would stoop to any depth to win this election. And he seemed to know before the election that he had nothing to worry about.