Daily Political Wire

George Wenschhof

Walker Easily Wins Wisconsin Recall - NBC News was the first to call the race with only about 25% of the precincts reporting and Republican Governor Scott Walker would beat Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett by 7 points.  Reuters.com has more here.

Which such a strong victory, I would not suggest a recount effort by Democrats.  Nor, would I boo-hoo too much on the corporate money which went to Walker, as union money went to Barrett.

Barrett was the wrong choice for the Democrats in this recall election.  First, he had lost in the regular election to Walker by 5 points and second, the unions did not support him in the Democratic primary, instead supporting his opponent who would lose.

It remains to be seen how much impact this recall election will have on the presidential election in November.  Stay Tuned..

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Obama 52%, Romney 43% in Wisconsin Exit Polls - an interesting statistic from an election easily won by Republican Governor Walker.

Some other tidbits were 59% from exit polling were registered as independents, 56% described themselves as moderate, 52% were male and only 23% were from union households.  The Fix has more here. 

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Absentees to Determine Control of Wisconsin State Senate - Democrats needed to win 1 of 4 of the state senate recall elections to win a majority.  They easily won three of the contests and the fourth in district 21 has the Democratic candidate John Lehman ahead of Van Wanggaard by 779 votes.  TPM.com has more here. 

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New California Ballot Rules Result in Democratic Representatives Sherman-Berman Facing Each Other in November - the referendum to move to an open nonpartisan election has the top two finishers in each district facing each other in November, regardless of political party affiliation.  Brad Sherman received 39% to 34% for Howard Berman.  TheHill.com has more here.

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Kaine, Allen Tied in Virginia - in the latest poll for the U.S. Senate seat, the results show Democratic candidate Tim Kaine with 44% and Republican George Allen with 43%.  Politico.com has more here.

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Roger Simon, Bill Clinton Dust Up Continues - a columnist I love to read and a former President who left office with a surplus seem to be having their tit-for-tat.  Simon calling out Clinton for his flattering statements of Mitt Romney's leadership of Bain and Clinton responding with he was not employed by the Obama campaign.  Now, Simon is not letting Clinton off the hook for his recent comments suggesting the George W. Bush cuts should not be allowed to expire.  A position contrary to just about all elected Democrats in Congress.  There is more here in Simon's latest piece. 

At least, so far, Simon has not gone back to the 2008 Democratic primary, when Bill Clinton referred to Bararack Obama as a fairy tale.  But, there is still plenty of time for him to do so.  Stay Tuned....

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Pascrell Easily Defeats Rothman in New Jersey Primary - Bill Pascrell who was backed by former President Bill Clinton easily won with 70% of the vote over his fellow Democratic Representative Steven Rothman, who was backed by president Obama.  They were forced to face each other due to redistricting.  RollCall.com has more here.

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