Wisconsin Politifact Calls Out Scott Walker Jobs Numbers As 'Mostly False'

Congratulations to Wisconsin governor Scott Walker who became the first governor in US history to win a recall vote. The New York Times reports Walker Survives Wisconsin Recall Vote

I have good news to report in Wisconsin.  The recall election for Republican governor Scott Walker will take place on June 7. Polls show Walker Leads Barrett 52%-45%. Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker leads Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett by 7 percentage points in the state’s June 5 recall election.

As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker heads into the final stretch in his effort to hang onto his job, he is finding it increasingly more difficult to make his case honestly??? or without using huge sums of taxpayer money to sway voters. While life would likely have easier for the Governor had collective bargaining remained the ...

I've often lamented the misguided political position of many free trade advocates in the House and Senate who are afraid to counter protectionist politics with a robust defense of trade liberalization, and instead use self-defeating mercantilism to deflect protectionist criticism.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker faces a recall election this spring.  The chart above shows the current results of an online poll being conducted by the liberal-leaning Racine Journal T

And Walker (Still) Plans No-Bid Sales of Power Plants, the $7.5 million worth of damages to the Capitol building becomes $347,000 (maybe), and the expanding politicization of the civil service. Economy-wide Impacts From Wisconsin State Journal: Gov.

With Wisconsin suffering the worst job loss numbers in the nation??for the calendar year 2011, Governor Scott Walker promised yesterday that he will reveal newly revised numbers this week that will, effectively, change water into wine on the Wisconsin job front. And he?s done it just in time for the June 5th recall election. So, ...

The Mole submits: Markets were muted ahead of the key event of the day that was the US Non Farm Payrolls (NFP). Thursday traded with a positive tone after US initial jobless claims were slightly lower than expected and chain stores sales reported better than expected holiday sales, countering early market weakness. But yesterday was in large part marked by a story/rumor regarding a possible surprise in US data to be published today.