99% CHANCE SCOTT WALKER WILL NOT ONLY SURVIVE TUESDAY'S RECALL election in Wisconsin but his future in politics---and ours as taxpayers and voters--- will be much, much brighter for his struggle with the entitlement/labor union crowd too. INTRADE gives Walker's chances a whooping 94%!
Marc Thiesson editorial writer at the WaPo opines today that a Walker victory will put the wisconsin governor in prime position to be Romney's VP running mate:
A victory tomorrow would make Walker the instant front-runner for the GOP vice presidential nod. Walker has a great story to tell. He took on the public-sector unions and did not back down in the face of protests, civil disobedience and the spectacle of Democratic state legislators fleeing across state lines to avoid casting their votes back home. By standing firm, he succeeded in implementing collective-bargaining and other common sense reforms that have saved Wisconsin taxpayers more than a billion dollars — turning a record $3.6 billion budget deficit into a $154 million surplus. And he did it while cutting property taxes and creating a business-friendly environment that has produced more than 35,000 new jobs since he took office. All this makes Walker the national poster child for taming out of control budgets.
It has also made Walker a hero to the conservative grassroots that Romney needs to energize. By turning Walker’s recall into a national cause, Wisconsin Democrats gave Walker the opportunity to rally conservative activists across the country and build a national fundraising network that has pulled in more than $31 million — nearly triple the $11 million fundraising record he set in his 2010 race. Walker is now a national political figure who has at his disposal a well-oiled political operation that could help Romney-Walker win not only in Wisconsin but across the United States.
Putting Walker on the GOP ticket would make Romney instantly competitive in Wisconsin. And it would force President Obama to spend time and resources defending a state he expected to be an easy win......
I like this idea and think it will be exciting to watch.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, FACEBOOK'S future survival doesn't look nearly as stellar. Appears as if it will be only a shadow of its former self in the future. Eric Jackson, founder of Ironfire Capital, told a reporter at CNBC today that Facebook will disappear in 5-8 years, certainly in its present form. Not sure I'd go that far, but I will go so far as to say Facebook has peaked and is on the downhill slope.
I agree Facebook is on its way out, my guess is to be replaced with something better (not sure what that will be). There are some great things about FB but it gets more and more user unfriendly all the time. And this has been said a lot in the media and I agree: it's become much less about sharing stuff with your friends and much more about people building their personal brands, which I think is kind of strange and off-putting.
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