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Labor group's pro-Falk TV ads vanish
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Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Apr 22, 2012 06:23am |
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Category | General |
Author | Daniel Bice |
Media | Newspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
News Date | Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Public employee unions had everything lined up.
Their nemesis, Gov. Scott Walker, was facing an unprecedented recall election. Their hand-picked candidate, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, came out of the blocks running. Their front group was set to spend millions to help push Falk over the top.
So what went wrong?
Wisconsin for Falk, a coalition of labor groups, has spent an estimated $3 million on statewide TV ads and multiple slick fliers touting Falk's candidacy - all without seeing her gain traction against the Democratic front-runner, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
The most recent public and private polls show Barrett with a double-digit lead.
Then Wisconsin for Falk took the most unexpected step in the race so far.
In the middle of last week - with the primary just over two weeks away - the group went dark. It had no TV spots running anywhere in the state for days, just as talk spread of dissension in the labor community. |
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