One of the quirks of the Wisconsin recall laws is that unlimited funds can be raised by the target of a recall in order to defend against it.
From the Janesville Gazette (h/t Amanda Terkel):
Wisconsin elections officials received paperwork Friday to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, but in a surprise move, it was filed by a donor to Walker’s gubernatorial campaign and not one of his opponents.Walker's opponents (his real ones) had planned to file on Nov 15. But Nov 5 was the first day they could have filed, and hey, time's a-wasting. By having Walker-recall papers filed on the 5th, Scott Walker has 10 more days to soak up more of that good Koch-Brotherly love.
Democrats cried foul, saying the donor filed the paperwork so that Walker could begin raising unlimited political donations. The money can be used only for certain things, such as a recall election.
“The only reason this was filed was to open the dirty rain shower of unlimited corporate cash,” Graeme Zielinski, a spokesman with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, told The Capital Times.
This is just the start of this story. We'll stay on it. There's an opportunity here. Not only might we unseat Mr. Scott ("Reporting for duty") Walker, but we just might get a very public test case for the hubristic use of money in a high-profile race. They have no fear, it seems, of making themselves look ugly.
As always, stay tuned.
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