fears, if you think Obama has been good for our country, look at Greece. We are following in their footsteps. We are mired in debt. Recent article in USA Today about Greece taking years under austerity to even come close to growth again. Who is going to bail us out? Obama's plan to cut the deficit is laughable, like cutting one penny from a thousand dollars a year.

Yeah Donnaw the difference is that the state of the United Stataes economy was FAR more dire, and just beginning to crumble. Funny how you say "we gave him 3 1/2 years, really? Most people I know have been blaming Obama for the economy since the day he took the oath.
I also do not want to see how much more Scott Walker is going to decimate public education, I don't think that the families with kids in the state can afford to wait another 3 years of private sector job losses and accounting tricks to put forth an agenda that isn't creating any atmosphere of employment. One year of this nonsense is enough. The people of the state have seen enough.
""I guarantee you if he hasn't improved this state's financial/job situation by then, nobody will vote for him."" That is absolute BS! There is a large contingent that will continue to support him no matter what happens. There will always be excuses for politicians that you love/adore. I actually saw a blog post in the JSonline that said "You dont hear Walker complaining about what doyle left him." That is how clueless some are. That is almost the daily argument coming right from his campaign. Yet if Jim Doyle ran against him in the recalls he would wipe the floor with him. Doyle beat Mark Green in a general election who was a far better man/candidate than Walker could ever hope to be.
What I wonder is if you and others that support him unconditionally will come to his defense if he i charged in the John Doe? Doubtful!!

mistergee 1 - I wasn't even talking about this article. I like what Walker is doing in general and think he is great for our state. In my line of work I deal with out of town companies and there are a few that I know of that want to move to Wisconsin but are holding out to see what happens in the recall election. They all said if Walker is recalled they are going else where.

fear, the difference is we gave Obama 3 1/2 years and it has gotten worse with his spending. Walker has been in a little over 1 year and many of us feel he is on the right track. Let's talk again when he has had 3 1/2 years in office for a better comparison. I guarantee you if he hasn't improved this state's financial/job situation by then, nobody will vote for him.

Kleej I would assume that you hold the EXACT same line of thought when it comes to the current president and the absolute disaster of a nation he inherited in 2009?
It seems that the situations that Obama and Walker were facing are eerily similar,yet the same folks that blame Obama for everything under the sun, are the exact same folks that want us to give Scotty's reforms some time. Talk about double standards!
Hard to believe that the blame game is played so differently based on partisan politics alone, but it is.

Shopierehuh, is life that bad on your end? This state and country, for that matter, has become "sick" over the years. It didn't happen in a day, so why would you expect Gov. Walker or anyone in his position to turn it around overnight? Everybody wants the quick fix because they're not willing to go through the pain of change to get it turned around. There's a principle called "delayed gratification"..... study that for awhile and maybe you'll understand something in your life.

Im not going to do your research for you, donnaw. I have read many articles about Scott forge over the years, they have been doing well since long before the dropout became governor. Look it up yourself.

mistergee1 - the jobs Walker promised are all around you. The numbers are distorted because he has also caused the end to so many PUBLIC (union) jobs.

gonfo... do you read? Walker had nothing to do with Scott forge except to stop by and toot his horn on something. Scott forge was and always has been doing very well without scooter. But I am still waiting for all those jobs he promised. In fact Fitzwalkerstan is still hemoraging jobs even as I write this. You should do your homework before you speak or write.

Good job Walker! I voted for you before and will vote for you if the recall goes forward. Maybe once you have been given a fair chance to fix what the last guy screwed up in Wisconsin then you will run for President and fix what the chosen one has no clue how to do!

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sax cat, ergo proof of your comment, Shopiere and cynical's comments.

Very true cynical, the company has done well for years and continues to do so. It appears that this Walker is oozing in to take credit for something he had nothing to do with, and pander for a few votes while he is at it. He displays many traits of a lowlife.

If it smells like dog*, looks like dog*, etc. It almost always is.

6824: You missed the point. Scot Forge has been doing very well and does not need Scott Walker to help.

thank you 6824. some folks are so short sighted, I'm surprised they can blow their nose.

cynicaleye, thayer, Lifelonger - you should do a little research before you spew useless incorrect information. Scot Forges largest customers manufacture mining equipment.

916 - Actually my criticism was intended for both sides. If the Dems go with Falk it will be a very extreme swing to the left. I despise that idea as much as I do Walker. You can trace the roots back to Thompson. As Governor he really limited the power of one union - the Teachers - by implementing the QEO (A limit that seemed extreme at the time, but is mild by today's standards). Doyle was a liberal counter-point to years of conservative rule, but probably went too far with some reforms. Obamacare, however, was the liberal overreach catalyst for the Tea Party sweep in 2010. Now things are poised to swing even more severely again. The more extreme the swings, the more the middle gets lost. That, IMHO, is the real problem. We need a moderate, centrist in power, not a "true believer".

Scot Forge has been doing very well without Walker's sudden interest. Have that mine will not have any effect on their business. Walker is such a tool.

AW...Walker is just looking for a hole to crawl back into.

Instead of "Digging for jobs", the headline might more accurately read "Pandering for votes".

Stubbs....A little bit of a pessimist there...huh?? Don't you think that a rational person would conclude that in a state that has been blue for as long as I can remember, that Walker's election and the entire state government as well as the state supreme court falling under republican control was blowback for the "extreme agenda" the liberal state government and it's labor unions had been forcing on the state's citizens? Simply put, the liberals and the state labor unions overreached, and the residents of the state acted appropriately when they removed them from power. I too will be looking forward to Walker's second term:)

That's our Scotty. Let 'em know we got them by the short hairs. Off to Aruba next week. Had to cancel the trip to Greece due to all those coddled workers. Chat at you guys when I get back. Toodles.

Stubby & Mistergee1 could not have said it any better. Like them I feel we should sub-head this article, "Clueless in Clinton."

Scott Forge has nothing to do with the jobs that walker has " given" to the state of Fitzwalkerstan. This company was doing well on it's own before scooter came in. But I'd say it's fair to say he is 'Minning" for more votes. He's scared and on the ropes. Goodbye state of Fitzwalkerstan, hello Wisconsin.

Second term? Scotty will be lucky to finish his first. If the recall doesn't get him, the misconduct investigation will. An extreme agenda, like Walker's, only leads to a more extreme counter-agenda, until there is nothing left in the middle (or the middle class). His "Bring in the business - to heck with regulation" mantra will be replaced with an even more regulatory backlash. Businesses know this and that is why we are leading the nation in job losses in the private sector. Scooter's budget cuts are leading to massive layoffs in the 2012-13 budgets of most municipalities, schools, etc... Unemployment numbers are "down" only because so many have exhausted their benefits and have quit looking for jobs that just aren't there. History will record this as our darkest hour.

Lifelonger...why not then include in the legislation that mining can only be done on Tuesdays and Thursdays on odd days of the month and only by miners with blond hair? Put some more handcuffs on business and see how much that helps our state economy.

There is absolutely no connection of a taconite mine to a company that makes large steel forgings, other than the steel that is used. Scot Forge is just an end user.
How much of the taconite is going to be shipped to China? Why not include language in the legislation requiring all of the taconite to be turned into a finshed product before it leaves the state? Lots of jobs then, from making the steel, to manufacturing jobs with the steel.

Another fine example of the potential boom if we become Right To Work state - hopefuly Mr. Walker will work on that in his second term.

Wisconsin really is open for business - Thank You Governor Walker.

Scot Forge: A great example of what a 100% employee-owned company can do when it's freed from Wall Street parasites.

The "line in the sand" argument presented by the governor is nebulous at best. When dealing with environmental impact we should approach the issue with great exactitude. Warm and fuzzy thinking and a "folksy" speech will not save the environment when it's gone. How much iron will be brought to Scot Forge from such a mine? Perhaps there should be a thoroughly studied economic impact report to accompany the environmental impact.