First Wisconsin recall petition to be filed against Republican state Senator Dan Kapanke
I knew it would happen; eventually those who so absentmindedly votedfor the Republican-Teahadists were the ones who bought into their lies and misrepresentation. Once these politicians got into office they didn’t do any of the things that they represented during their political campaigns…so they got elected under one impression and when they got to their jobs went on a rampage, a very radical and extreme agenda to disenfranchise the middle class and decimate Labor Unions. That is precisely what they have done, are doing and will continue on their scorch-earth quest to consolidate power so that their idyllic PLUTOCRACY is firmly established.
No telling what the American people will do…at least the great majority will be so incensed, so indignant that there will be demonstrations such as the ones in Wisconsin and then it translates into concrete action as we have now before us: the first of the Republican Senators (Dan Kapanke) is now facing a populous recall effort and is going to have to face the music…which for him will be more like a funeral march.
The Governor of that state is not going to fare any better and neither are those who crammed and rammed through this absurd legislation to take away bargaining rights from unions and they are all being on the crosshairs (can I say that?) and will fall like dominoes when one recall after another materializes. We soon found out that it was not about balancing the budget but it was purely an effort to neutralize and then destroy labor unions. Why do we know this? Because we find out that government employees are paid less than private sector workers.
Dan Kapanke first one to be recalled
By Chris Bowers
Recall petition organizers in Wisconsin will file their signatures today against Dan Kapanke, the most vulnerable of all the eight Republican state Senators:
La Crosse area Democrats say they will file petitions today with enough signatures to trigger a recall election of Sen. Dan Kapanke, one of eight Senate Republicans targeted over votes to curtail collective bargaining rights for public workers. If approved, it would be just the fifth recall election of a Wisconsin legislator.
Recall organizer Pat Scheller said volunteers have gathered more than the 15,588 signatures needed and that they plan to take them to Madison after a noon rally today at La Crosse City Hall.
Kapanke represents a district that President Obama won with 61% of the vote in 2008. Our Daily Kos / PPP poll shows him trailing a generic Democrat by a whopping 55%-41%. An earlier MoveOn / Survey USA poll showed Kapanke trailing a generic opponent by an even worse 57%-41% margin.
Kapanke is in a lot of trouble. He is also not alone. Last week, recall petition organizers against Republican state Senator Randy Hopper announced they had enough signatures, too:
Efforts to recall Republican State Senator Randy Hopper from Fon du Lac have reached another milestone, as organizers issue a call for volunteers to turn in any remaining petitions to be counted. Organizer Scott Dillmand says he's sure they have enough signatures to trigger the recall, but he can't give exact figures yet. He says, processing all the information they've collected so far will take a week.
Hopper, a freshman who only won his seat by 163 votes, trails a generic Democrat 49%-44% in our polling. In the MoveOn / Survey USA polling, he trails 54%-43%. Both polls were taken before the scandal about Hopper's mistress receiving a state job with a 35% raise exploded. Since Monday morning, our ad highlighting the scandal has over 2,500,000 page views in Randy Hopper's district, even though his district has only about 175,000 residents.
Even though the deadline is May 2nd, organizers in a few other recall districts either already have, or will soon pass, the number of signatures required to file recall petitions. As such, we will soon be entering the election phase of the recall campaign. Please, support the recall effort by contributing $5 to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Democratic state Senate Committee. The recall elections themselves won't take place for at least another 10 weeks, and likely longer, but we must be relentless in our pressure against Wisconsin Republicans.
SOURCE: http://www.dailykos.com/
