Also in Wisco Recall news, Republicans are throwing around accusations of "fraud" and "harassment" after people signing a petition to recall Democrat Dave Hansen got phone calls from the Democratic Party. This is actually common procedure, with party ops calling signatories to verify that they knew what they were signing. If the signatory says no, signature challenged. Republicans are almost certainly doing the same thing.
So were does the fraud and harassment come in? Someone typed in the wrong number in the system's caller ID, so some people saw calls from a local hospital. That's it. That constitutes "fraud" and "harassment."
"It's disgusting that the Dems would use a fake call from a hospital to trick people into answering their phones – only so they could harass and intimidate them into saying they did not sign a recall petition," says the Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin in a statement. "People who received that call may have feared the worst – an unexpected call from a hospital can bring terrible news about a loved one. The Democrats' intent was obviously to confuse and upset people, hoping they would be disoriented and easily tricked into saying they had not signed a recall petition. Dave Hansen's political career may be coming to an end because he fled to Illinois, but that doesn’t excuse this cruel, desperate tactic."
This is just amazingly weak.
When it comes to reporting on Medicare and Medicaid, the media sucks.
I often say that something "did not go well," when what I really mean is that it was just godawful. I just want to make the humorous understatement clear when I say that a townhall event for Republican Florida Rep. Daniel Webster did not go well.
And this is fun: the man responsible for all those angry constituents -- Rep. Paul Ryan -- is the guy GOP bigs really want to see run for president.
Katie Couric is leaving CBS Evening News.
