That is a lot of paper. Better not tell Lena Taylor about it.

Ok...

I have a feeling you didn't understand my comment.

Did anyone?

So you are saying that you public sector losers have been handed your butts by a deer in the headlights? Looks must be deceiving, now that is a mark of an excellent leader.

Having 1.5 million signatures does not mean that 1.5 million people actually signed...

I heard they only got 509,000 signatures, on vetting necessary.

I'll take that bet if you want to put the over/under at 1,128,941.

I'll take the under.

The Democratic Party spokesman Graeme Zielinski has been very adamant that any estimates or projections that come out before the final counts are released are unreliable. From a press release dated Jan. 4: "There will be no updates on the number of signatures collected for any of the recall committees until Tuesday, Jan. 17. Anyone who sees numbers before that date can rest assured that they are not viewing accurate numbers. Various blogs and other outlets have, in the course of their reporting, received erroneous information that they believe has been leaked to them."

I heard from a very reliable source that they have 11 million signatures.

@JL -- Those who hung around to watch the segment with Mike Tate and Lena Taylor learned that the 1.5 million figure that has been rumored is not correct. I really didn't think it would be, given the number of signatures generated in the first month. Please don't repeat this figure, as it will only be used by the opposition to mock when the actual numbers are released.

The actual numbers will be enough.

Randy, it has to be true. It's from MSNBC. They don't make stuff up over there.

Then again my source tells me they have 16 million. Keith Schmitz intimated earlier that there might be as few as 252, however. So I'm going to with MSNBC. 1.5MM it is!

@Bob McBride -- "Randy, it has to be true. It's from MSNBC. They don't make stuff up over there.

Then again my source tells me they have 16 million. Keith Schmitz intimated earlier that there might be as few as 252, however. So I'm going to with MSNBC. 1.5MM it is!"

Way to blow hot air, McBride. I was watching when Mike Tate told Ed Schultz that the 1.5 million figure he'd been using wasn't correct.

And now we know what the actual figures are. I'm sure you'll find some of to be dismissive of that. Good luck challenging them all.

Well in the interest of accountability, Randy, I'd think you'd welcome a validity check. Or does accountability only concern you when it's something you don't support?

BTW, I can't verify this but I heard that they ran the software that will be used for this check on the ones collected for the Darling race and came up with about 20% that were challengeable. Assuming that's true, it indicates that this fault-proof process that the collectors have been crowing about here is perhaps not as air-tight as they'd like to think. Not that anyone with half a brain would ever have suspected it was. One collector here seemed astonished that the data they collected could actually be examined by folks from out of state - apparently the words "public record" were misunderstood by them or they were never even aware of it. Good to know you guys had such reliable, informed folks participating in the process.

So as I said, I'm sure you'll completely understand why folks don't take for granted that you have a million legitimate signatures. And you'll support the validation process in the interest of promoting the kind of fairness you seem to think is currently lacking in our state government.

But of course, Bob. If you really think that over 400,000 of the million signatures are bogus, I say knock yourself out. I would, however, prefer the signatures be verified by someone without a partisan axe to grind.

You can't verify something, but you're going to repeat it anyway? Again, good for you. One million is more than the 20% margin of error over the 543,000 signatures needed.

Who knows, Randy? Considering they were gathered by people with an axe to grind, why shouldn't they be verified by people with the same degree of partiality as those you entrusted to gather them for you?

Keep in mind that this time around you guys selected not to go door to door, where you could literally check the addresses as you gathered them, but decided to park yourselves in various spots and let the folks come to you. Who knows how that might have effected the validity of the signature.

Anything's possible, Randy. Assuming your side has anywhere near the million you claim just on your say so or that of the GAB who was reluctantly forced to agree to do a more thorough check than they were originally willing to would be the height of foolishness, would it not?

And the really nice thing about this whole validation process is that the tab for it isn't costing you or the other taxpayers of the state a dime. So you're not paying for something you consider a waste of time. Unlike those on my side, who will be on the hook for our portion of as much as $20MM so you can exercise your right to be a sore loser.

I was wondering the same thing. During the Darling recall, people came to my door 3 times seeking my signature. During the Walker recall, nobody has come to my door. It also seems that there are fewer homes with 'recall' signs in the yard this time around...

@Mike in OC -- Well, now you do. My spouse and I signed out in front of the Brookfield Fashion Center. My son signed at the library. He also circulated a downloaded petition which was signed by my elderly mother and several of his extended family members. That petition survived a house fire and was mailed in two weeks ago.

All of the signatures -- once and genuine. There are more of us out here than you would like to think.

More than I would like, period.

A colleague brought me the Walker and Kleefisch petitions to sign. Never has democracy been so convenient!

Today? Little late there, isn't it, Bren? And how many does that make for you now...just so we know how many to look for when we're crossing out the dupes?

They actually got more than 60 days, which broke the law making all petitions null and void. There is no more recall

You hungry Craig?

Steve do you mean : Maybe I can swing a pack of smokes out of them?

Personal attacks are very typical by the left. They use them to try and prove their dominance on an internet forum since typing facts is impossible to get their ideas across. As their ideas are dead and have been proven a huge failure by Walker.

Temper, temper, Zuma. You guys managed to scare the bejesus out of 1.9MM mental weaklings and persuade them to sign on to your mulligan. You should be celebrating your record breaking con job rather than worrying about what I think about it. This is your moment in the sun. Dial down the hate long enough to enjoy it. You've got a bit of slog ahead of you until election time. You'll need all you can muster to keep the fires burning 'til then.