Stacey is right. You’re wrong. Walker’s high poll numbers prove it.

So, DAN, you attack Bill using his own name? That’s a little odd, don’t you think? Why don’t you answer his question? Let’s hear why you’re such a great example of Obama’s America. Given your hysterically defensive response it sounds to me like Bill has you pegged.

Had Bush or any Republican accomplished all of this in 3 years, the right wingers would be creaming their jeans and calling him one of the greatest presidents of all time. Trouble is – it isn’t Bush – it’s Obama – and right wingers are biased hypocrites .

Posted by: Dan | February 11, 2012, 4:45 pm 4:45 pm

Can President Obama parade you around as an example of the success of his administration? You haven’t worked his whole term and you’ve contributed nothing to GDP.

Posted by: Bill | February 12, 2012, 10:49 am 10:49 am

Your sad and completely uninformed attempts at personal attacks show you’re unable to address the points made. The Republican right limps further off into their ethical cesspool.

Skip, if I had been raised with your financial acumen I would have never become wealthy at a young age.

What? -with another popular budget repair bill? Considering the last one got him recalled we’ll be looking forward to it!

Wrong Skip, Wisconsin is operating in the black. The $150 million figure is just one PROJECTION for NEXT YEAR made by his POLITICAL OPPONENTS. Walker has proven he’s a brilliant and courageous fiscal conservative and will address any shortfalls if they exist. You failed to mention that the mass teacher layoffs you projected in Wisconsin never materialized and that many more teachers were hired. You also failed to mention that Walker’s approval rating is now at record levels for a Republican fiscal conservative in a purple state. Walker made monkeys out of all of you.

Oh, and the newly elected Republican governor of Michigan has turned that hard hit state’s financial situation around. They’re now operating in the black. I’ll bet you didn’t even know that.

Posted by: talmag | February 12, 2012, 11:03 am 11:03 am

I’m not sure you should say much since you don’t know what you’re talking about. Let’s take Wisconsin as an example. Funny you don’t hear the left-wing media talking much about Scott Walker these days. Do you want to know why?

Because Governor Scott Walker has achieved great success in a very short time.

All of the hysterics about layoffs predicted by the labor unions never occurred, EXCEPT in districts that were locked into contracts and couldn’t adopt the reforms yet. Overall, Walker’s reforms resulted in MORE TEACHERS being hired, as he promised.

School districts utilizing the governor’s reforms were able to hire 38 percent more teachers than districts that did not use the governor’s reforms. Districts that used the reforms were able to hire 6.78 new teachers per thousand students, while districts that did not use the reforms were able to hire only 4.88 new teachers per thousand students.

According to Governor Walker’s office, if all of the districts surveyed adopted the governor’s reforms, more than 950 additional teachers would have been hired this year. Districts that did not use Governor Walker’s reforms accounted for more than 85 percent of all layoffs. School districts utilizing the governor’s reforms were also able to avoid layoffs at a far greater rate than districts that did not use the governor’s reforms.

Over the last five years the state of Wisconsin school tax levy has increased, on average, by $181 million dollars each year. In recent days, data was released that showed the total school tax levy decreasing by over $47 million dollars. It was the first tax levy decrease in six years. School districts with union contracts that did not adopt Gov. Walker’s reforms showed an increase in their tax levy.

Walker also balanced the state budget and did it while not cutting any services, as he promised. Wisconsin is operating in the black for the first time in a decade.

Given these amazing accomplishments in such a short amount of time, it’s clear those that want to recall Walker are idiots. Walker made them look like fools and he’s not done yet.