Scott Walker is revolutionizing midwestern politics in Wisconsin.\u00a0 And it’s driving Wisconsin Democrats crazy.\u00a0 They are pulling out all the stops – and all the dirty tricks that decades of Democrat rulers accreted to help them try to keep their power – to try to depose him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Including an anonymous, unaccountable “John Doe” investigation that is essentially an extended prosecutorial fishing trip…<\/p>\n
…that has found nothing against Governor Walker.\u00a0 And, arguably, was never intended to – so much as it was to create a long, extended smear of Walker in the compliant press.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It doesn’t seem to be working.\u00a0 Walker’s approval is at 52%, and…:<\/p>\n
The latest Marquette Law School poll, released Wednesday, shows Walker\u2019s lead on presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mary Burke in the run-up to Wisconsin gubernatorial race in November has crept up a percentage point, to 48 percent to 41 percent. Walker led Burke, a wealthy Madison liberal and Commerce Secretary under former Democrat Gov. Jim Doyle, 47 percent to 41 percent in the law school\u2019s last poll in January.<\/p>\n
The poll of 801 Wisconsin registered voters was conducted by cell phone and landline March 20-23, a month after the release of Rindfleisch\u2019s emails, which proved somewhat embarrassing for Walker and his associates but showed no evidence of illegal activity by Walker.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Wisconsin Democrats may wind up “attacking” Walker all the way to the White House at this rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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