{"id":9150,"date":"2012-02-28T15:24:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T23:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=9150"},"modified":"2012-02-28T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T23:22:14","slug":"as-walker-abandons-challenge-to-recall-petition-signatures-wi-democrats-unveil-walkergate-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9150","title":{"rendered":"As Walker Abandons Challenge to Recall Petition Signatures, WI Democrats Unveil ‘Walkergate’ Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest blogged by Ernest A. Canning<\/em><\/p>\n

We recently detailed<\/a> how legal documents reveal that prosecutors in Wisconsin are painstakingly examining evidence that may well place Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) at the center of a criminal conspiracy to illegally utilize employees within the Milwaukee County Executive Office to engage in fundraising and campaign activities. We observed that a recall may therefore be the least of Walker’s worries.<\/p>\n

The relationship between Walker’s potential criminal liability and his recall vulnerability has not gone unnoticed by the WI Democratic Party. Asserting that Walker “has given a blizzard of contradictory statements about what he knew and when he knew it,” WI Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate released an ad<\/a> which refers to the pending criminal scandal as “Walkergate” (see video below<\/em>) and draws an analogy to Richard Nixon’s role in Watergate.<\/p>\n

Simultaneously, the embattled governor on Monday abandoned<\/a> his effort to challenge the more than one million signatures submitted on the Recall Walker petition…<\/p>\n

Recall Walker ad comparing Scott Walker to Richard Nixon follows…<\/em><\/p>\n