Photo ID bill & School Voucher bill vetoed...Why on Friday night?
Question: When do you release something that reflects badly on you; a time when it will make the least impact in the news media?
Answer: Friday, late afternoon or early evening hours are best.
The reason they release things that reflect in a negative light on Friday night is because it is too late for the main news cycle on Friday and the news casts and papers are viewed less on the weekend. Also, by the time people start to take notice on Monday, the response is "that's old news".
Why do I bring this up tonight?
I bring this up now because tonight, Friday night at about 5 p.m. Governor Jim Doyle vetoed the hugely popular Photo ID requirement for voting bill again. The bill passed 21-12 in the Senate and 64-33 in the Assembly, one vote short of a potential veto over ride.
Recent polls show that Wisconsin citizens support this bill in the 80% to 90% range, but Doyle seems to know he can't win without a little vote fraud. Even a little fraud may not be enough to save Doyle's job, Scott Walker has a poll that shows Doyle's job approval rating is 41% and only 35% of voters think that Jim Doyle deserves to be re-elected.
Please don't overlook this!
The photo ID bill is getting the publicity, but Doyle also vetoed a bill to expand a state program that pays for poor Milwaukee students to attend private schools. The bill would have allowed 1,500 more students in Milwaukee to enroll in the school voucher program, another program hugely popular, especially in the inner-city of Milwaukee. It is the Democrats and their owners in WEAC that are preventing poor, primarily black inner-city children from attending schools that their parents believe will better teach their kids and give them the same chances that the rich Liberals give their own kids. Again, Doyle vetoed this on a Friday night, so no one will notice...
Answer: Friday, late afternoon or early evening hours are best.
The reason they release things that reflect in a negative light on Friday night is because it is too late for the main news cycle on Friday and the news casts and papers are viewed less on the weekend. Also, by the time people start to take notice on Monday, the response is "that's old news".
Why do I bring this up tonight?
I bring this up now because tonight, Friday night at about 5 p.m. Governor Jim Doyle vetoed the hugely popular Photo ID requirement for voting bill again. The bill passed 21-12 in the Senate and 64-33 in the Assembly, one vote short of a potential veto over ride.
Recent polls show that Wisconsin citizens support this bill in the 80% to 90% range, but Doyle seems to know he can't win without a little vote fraud. Even a little fraud may not be enough to save Doyle's job, Scott Walker has a poll that shows Doyle's job approval rating is 41% and only 35% of voters think that Jim Doyle deserves to be re-elected.
Please don't overlook this!
The photo ID bill is getting the publicity, but Doyle also vetoed a bill to expand a state program that pays for poor Milwaukee students to attend private schools. The bill would have allowed 1,500 more students in Milwaukee to enroll in the school voucher program, another program hugely popular, especially in the inner-city of Milwaukee. It is the Democrats and their owners in WEAC that are preventing poor, primarily black inner-city children from attending schools that their parents believe will better teach their kids and give them the same chances that the rich Liberals give their own kids. Again, Doyle vetoed this on a Friday night, so no one will notice...
posted by Patrick @ 6:28 PM
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