Latest poll isn't good for Rojo.
Couldn't happen to 2 more deserving people IMVHO.
I realized something was up when I actually received a reply to an email I sent to Wisconsin's Junior Senator, Ron Johnson (R-IBoughtMySenateSeat):
Dear Ms. (my name was listed),
Thank you for contacting me regarding my decision to sign the open letter to Iranian leaders.
I signed the letter because it told the truth - a truth that needed to be conveyed. The deal being negotiated with Iran regarding its nuclear program will have grave repercussions for the region and the world. Aside from the immediate danger to the region and Israel, if Iran procures or develops a nuclear weapon, its Arab neighbors will also procure nuclear weapons and no region in the world will be more volatile and dangerous for the world and America. Iran must not acquire a nuclear weapon. Not now, not ever. That has long been this nation's position – and the position of the United Nations. Any agreement with Iran should not grant Iran the right to enrich uranium.
In my mind, the importance of a deal with Iran causes it to rise to the level of a treaty between nations that would require Senate ratification. Unfortunately, President Obama has chosen to "go it alone" and does not plan to seek congressional input or approval. The letter I signed merely states that taking this approach limits the deal's long-term enforceability and viability. It might have been better to address it as an 'open letter' without directing it to anyone in particular, but I stand behind the content and the direction of the letter.
Thank you again for contacting my office. It is very helpful to hear the views of the constituents I serve. To date, my office has received more than 1,500,000 letters, emails and phone calls. My mission is to provide information to as many people as possible concerning the enormous financial and cultural challenges facing America.
Please see my website at www.ronjohnson.senate.gov for additional information. It is an honor representing you and all the people of Wisconsin.
Sincerely,
Ron Johnson
United States Senator
Despite numerous emails and contact forms, this was the
very first response I've received since Rojo has been in office for over 5 years.
It was followed by another email telling me that he's been all over the state visiting with folks just like me. Titled "Ron in Your Neighborhood", it listed a few things he's been doing. No, he's really not in my neighborhood and likely won't be.
Ron Around Wisconsin
2,300 Wisconsin business owners held a Telephone Town Hall with Ron to talk about health care, taxes and regulatory reform.
Ron continues his Supper Club Tour. Look for him at your favorite Fish Fry!
Ron Made a surprise phone call to the 8th grade class at Assumption Catholic School in Durand, WI to answer their questions.
This from a man that hasn't done a town hall since his campaign.
Well, when your approval rating is 38% and Russ Feingold is at 54%, it's time to at least pretend to care about the peons.
Rojo will be running for re-election next year and he's worried. The previous poll, done a few weeks ago, showed his disapproval at 52%. Not good for a guy who hates government so much that he ran for office. Even his Republican colleagues don't like him.
His record is awful, he repeatedly embarrasses himself and his state, and he's got the personality of a starving pack of hyenas. He has accomplished absolutely nothing in his over 5 years in Washington. His first utterance to everyone he meets is "Don't ask me for anything".
Here's the man we need as Senator.
I'm anxiously waiting for Russ Feingold (
54% favorable in the poll) to officially announce that he's running for his old Senate Seat.
Johnson's lag behind Feingold is a sign "that (Feingold's) not been forgotten, nor has the public seemingly turned against him in his time away from the state," said Charles Franklin, director of the poll.
This says it all, doesn't it?
For Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R-ILoveBillionaireMoney) who has left Wisconsin behind like last weeks garbage (and it shows), he could care less that his current approval rating is
41%. He's a busy guy! After denying he planned on seeking the Presidency during his re-election campaign, as soon as the election was over in 2014, he left the state to kiss billionaire butt and speak to as many RW audiences as he could.
He now leads in the Republican Presidential polls, but he's lost a lot of support in Wisconsin.
Walker's approval rating dropped to 41%, down from 49% in the last poll on Oct. 26, just before he faced Democrat Mary Burke in his re-election race. The latest poll showed 56% of voters disapproved of how Walker is handling his job.
He faces challenges on some of his top goals as Republicans who control the Legislature work on his state budget.
Some of Walker's budget proposals were overwhelmingly unpopular, the poll found.
For instance, 78% of voters opposed Walker's plan to cut aid to schools by $127 million. Nearly as many, 70%, oppose Walker's plan to cut $300 million to the University of Wisconsin System.
Walker, though, could care less. He plans of being President and leaving the smoldering ruin that used to be the State of Wisconsin behind him. And if he doesn't become President or VP, he figures that stupid voters will just keep forgetting how much damage he's caused.
"In the end, in June, once the budget's completed, once we've signed it and all those other positives are out there, I think (the approval rating) will have a significant change," he said.
Don't county on that, buddy. You'll again need a hundred million bucks from your billionaire buddies, your great big RW media propaganda machine, and a long period of inactivity to change the minds of people now personally affected by your cuts.
Franklin said the drop in Walker's approval rating is driven by myriad factors, ranging from his presidential aspirations to controversial measures in his budget.
"All of those together conspire to create a more negative view of the state right now, coupled with his presidential travels, and the fact that he's not here, if you will, campaigning for his budget, campaigning for his role as governor, then all of those pressures push against his job approval rating."
The poll also showed that 79% of voters opposed public funding for a 700,000-square-foot arena for the Milwaukee Bucks in downtown Milwaukee.
And Walker, while cutting $300 million for our once fine University System, plans on giving $220 million to the new billionaire owners of the Milwaukee Bucks for their brand new shiny arena wishes.
It doesn't matter that his former Wisconsin buddy, Reince Priebus is now head of the national GOP and greasing the skids for Walker. You just can't wash the stink off of Scott Walkers "government by surprise" record. And then there's his long record as a career politician, the ruin he made of Milwaukee County, the corruption and investigations, the number of his close aides spending time in prison, his numerous flip-flops, lies and extremism.
National media is going to be very busy.
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See Mike Kahlows look at Walkers national polling in his wonderful diary.
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