Are Romney And Obama Actually In A Dead Heat In Wisconsin?
(Newsbusters.org) Time magazine's Joe Klein on Wednesday compared Tuesday's recall election in Wisconsin to former President Bill Clinton's impeachment proceeding in the late '90s. Not surprisingly, appearing on CNN's Starting Point, Klein got most of the facts wrong (video follows with transcript and commentary): Host Soledad O’Brien asked her guest if Republican Governor Scott Walker’s victory would have an impact beyond Wisconsin. “No,” Klein replied, “the exit polls yesterday said that Obama led Romney 51 to 45 in Wisconsin.” They also said when the polls closed the recall race was a 50-50 dead heat. It’s amazing how many media members seem to be ignoring that if the exit polls were wrong about that, they likely were wrong about how Wisconsinites currently view the presidential race. Beyond which, it’s preposterous to claim last night’s results have no national implications. As Klein himself said moments later, this was a devastating loss for Democrats and unions.
Beyond which, it’s preposterous to claim last night’s results have no national implications. As Klein himself said moments later, this was a devastating loss for Democrats and unions.
“I think that what this election says is this: people don’t like gimmicks,” Klein continued. “Scott Walker was elected two years ago. He tried to govern according to the way he saw fit. He did nothing illegal, and the public employees’ were used to getting their way, didn’t like it, and they tried to unseat him.”
Next came a really silly analogy. “It’s kind of like when the Republicans tried to impeach Bill Clinton in the late 1990s.” Actually, the Republicans didn’t try to impeach Clinton. He was indeed impeached, but survived the process.
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Beyond which, it’s preposterous to claim last night’s results have no national implications. As Klein himself said moments later, this was a devastating loss for Democrats and unions.
“I think that what this election says is this: people don’t like gimmicks,” Klein continued. “Scott Walker was elected two years ago. He tried to govern according to the way he saw fit. He did nothing illegal, and the public employees’ were used to getting their way, didn’t like it, and they tried to unseat him.”
Next came a really silly analogy. “It’s kind of like when the Republicans tried to impeach Bill Clinton in the late 1990s.” Actually, the Republicans didn’t try to impeach Clinton. He was indeed impeached, but survived the process.
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