When the leftists at The Hill start writing wake-up notices to their Democrat friends like this one, you know that Wisconsin truly is in play for the 2012 presidential election. BWHA HA HA HA!!! B.
Obama frets after ‘terrifying’ recall vote
By Amie Parnes and Cameron Joseph
The Hill
06/06/12 09:05 PM ET
President Obama will need to double down on his efforts to keep Wisconsin safely in his column after Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) resounding victory in Tuesday’s recall election.
Every Democratic presidential candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 has won Wisconsin, but the Obama campaign “can’t view Wisconsin as being in the bank for them,” said Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “They’re definitely going to have to put more effort here than they were initially planning.”
Political observers say Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, a sentiment reflected in exit polls showing the president leading Mitt Romney by a healthy margin.
But they say Team Obama should be shaken by the recall results, which highlighted a strong GOP ground game — including the influx of corporate and special-interest money — headed into the November election.
“Republicans here are quite energized at the moment,” Burden said. “They’ve built an operation and they’re advantaged in the state right now. I’m sure the Romney campaign would want to build on that.”
The result energized Republicans across the country — even in the liberal bastion of San Francisco. Obama, visiting the City by the Bay for a fundraiser on Wednesday, was greeted by signs reading, “As goes WI goes the USA” and “The People 1, Unions 0,” according to a pool report.
The Center for Public Integrity said in a report on Wednesday that Walker outspent his opponent nearly 8 to 1, and Democrats immediately sent out a string of emails soliciting donations for November. ...
[This "being outspent 8 to 1" nonsense is just that ... a steaming pile of excrement. This fabrication is based only on the period of time during which Barrett and Walker were campaigning against each other. It does not include the months and months before when the unions spent bazillions of dollars more than the Republicans in their failing attempts to trash Gov. Scott Walker. The Democrats and their union thugs weren't outspent, and a ton of the money they spent came from outside of Wisconsin, too. This "being outspent" argument is just a lame attempt to excuse themselves for allowing the good people of Wisconsin to kick their donkey asses up to their shoulder blades. 
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Remainder @ http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/231385-team-obama-frets-after-terrifying-recall-vote
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