On his Fox News show Friday, self-described "union guy" Bill O'Reilly was touting the results of a newpoll finding that Wisconsinites are backing Gov. Scott Walker:
According to a new poll by WisconsinReporter.com, a nonpartisan group, 71 percent of Wisconsinites believe that Gov. Scott Walker's union cutbacks are fair.71 percent. And 69 percent of Wisconsin residents believe state workers have better benefits than private sector employees.
That finding would seem to at odds with other polls of Wisconsin residents.But who is this "nonpartisan" group, anyway?If you go to the WisconsinReporter.com website, the "About"page is blank. TPMuckracker fills in the details:
The mysterious poll of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal making the rounds today was commissioned by the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, a conservative not-for-profit based in North Dakota and Virginia that was founded by a former Republican operative.
The Franklin Center also has ties to the some of the groups that organized a pro-Walker rally last weekend in Madison, including the Tea Party training group American Majority.
So that's "nonpartisan" in the same sense that O'Reilly is "independent."
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hummmmmâ┚¬Ã‚¦watching billo do something to help cover for his corporate bettersâ┚¬Ã‚¦
has quite a bit of dog-bites-man flavor to it, don't cha thinK?
in other polling news
A new New York Times/CBS News poll finds a majority of Americans "say they oppose efforts to weaken the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions and are also against cutting the pay or benefits of public workers to reduce state budget deficits."
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A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that if Wisconsin voters could do it over today they'd support Tom Barrett (D) over Gov. Scott Walker (R) by a seven point margin, 52% to 45%.
In WI, a governor can be recalled after one year, and several of the back-stabbing Repugnican state senators– Robert Cowles, Alberta Darling, Sheila Harsdorf, Luther Olsen, Randy Hopper, Glenn Grothman, Mary Lazich, Dan Kapanke– many of whom won their seats by very small margins, are already eligible for recall. Learn more about how to support the recall effort at:
https://secure.pfaw.org/site/SPageServer?autologin=true&pagename=recall
Governor walker gave tax cuts to large corps like the koch brothers The Us Gov all ready gave them a large tax cut How much more do they want ????. CAN,T YOU SEE WHAT IS GOING ON MIDDLE CLASS. REP. AND DEMS.
These tax cuts are being given by Republcan Governors all over the states Large CORP already got a VERY VERY LARGE GOV. Tax Cut How much more do these rich corps.Want. Can,t you see what is going on Middle Class, Rep and Dem. THIS IS COMING FROM A INDE.
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