Presidential Election Voting Guide

For those of you still obsessed with (nonexistent) ideological purity, here is sample ballot for the 2012 presidential election:

[h/t Legal Insurrection]

 

Liberal Wisconsin Newspaper Endorses Scott Walker

Particularly given what we've seen in the past three years, it's difficult to ascribe good faith to the "Democrat-Media Complex" (Andrew Breitbart's term). So when a big liberal paper like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel endorses Gov. Scott Walker in the Wisconsin recall election, it suggests that internal polling convinced the editorial board to get on board the Walker train just for appearance sake.

Although the paper stated that "we see no reason to remove Walker from office," the endorsement was also qualified:

Walker's rematch with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was prompted by one issue: Walker's tough stance with the state's public-employee unions....Walker brought some of this animosity on himself...We think his limits on collective bargaining went too far...And while we think Act 10 - the law that clipped the wings of most public-employee unions in the state - was an overreach of political power, we understand and supported the need to rein in the state's labor costs...Even if you disagree with Walker's policies, does that justify cutting short his term as governor? And if so, where does such logic lead? To more recall elections? More turmoil?

 The Wisconsin recall is the most important election in America other than the presidential vote in November.

This video in support of Walker is kind of corny but also kind of cool:




 

Krauthammer: AG Holder is a Political Hack

Charles Krauthammer won't be joining the Eric Holder fan club anytime soon:

Dershowitz: Drop Second Degree Murder Chargers Against George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin Case

With the release of more evidence in the Trayvon Martin case, influential liberal law professor Alan Dershowitz is even more convinced  as he explains in this interview with Megyn Kelly that there was a political motivation behind the second degree murder charge against George Zimmerman.

Dershowitz contends that Zimmerman acted in self defense even if he provoked the encounter with Trayvon Martin. Bernard Goldberg adds that the original assumptions in the case fit the liberal storyline.

 

The First Day of the Romney Presidency

In a non-linear, back-to-the-future world, Mitt Romney had a pretty busy 24 hours as America's new chief executive:

Voter Fraud Alert: North Carolina

Project Veritas, the brainchild of muckraker James O'Keefe, has done excellent work in exposing America's almost criminally lax voting procedures that are tailor-made for vote fraud. The investigation recently moved to North Carolina, which doesn't require a photo ID to vote:



The problem is hardly restricted to any one particular state. Florida officials have found over 50,000 dead people and some 180,000 non-citizens on the voting rolls.

Fed Court Okays Gov. Scott Walker's Union Law

                                          [photo credit: Megan McCormick]

A federal judge upheld key portion's of Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining reforms today:

State unions were dealt a setback Friday when a federal judge said they would have to get their members to opt in, rather than opt out, to having the state deduct union dues from their paychecks.

What's more, the judge did not rule on dues deductions for unions that he earlier found the state improperly decertified. The state's largest unions were decertified, and the ruling - at least for now - will make it harder for them to get money from dues.

The judge had disallowed certain other aspects of Walker's legislation, but much of that is on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Things are looking good for Walker generally, as recent polling data puts him (and Lt.Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch) out front in the June 5 recall election, the latest expensive tantrum inflicted on ordinary Wisconsin taxpayers by organized labor. If the soft-spoken, mild-mannered Walker prevails, he will instantaneously become a national political powerhouse and likely inheriting the title of America's Governor from Chris Christie.

We'd feel better about Walker's chances if a corrupt left-wing (is there any other kind?) state judge hadn't blocked Wisconsin's photo ID law. It was also disappointing that neither the state appeals or supreme court were willing to take up the case in the short term. After what amounts to a phony show trial and then the appeals process, the photo ID law will eventually take effect, however, and hopefully before the November presidential election.

Here is Walker's latest commercial