Sunday, August 30, 2009

Another Blow To Walker's Campaign Strategy?

If the gentle reader will recall, Walker's campaign has had problems already, with his inability to lead the county, his campaign finance reporting problems, his campaign accepting illegal corporate gifts, and most recently, the announcement that Governor Jim Doyle wouldn't be running for a third term. Without Doyle, Walker's whole strategy became useless. Now what does he have going for him? Not much, that's for sure.

When I first scanned through this article, I thought it might spell trouble for Scott Walker's perpetual campaign for the governor's chair. It was putting strict control on robocalls. Then I heard it wasn't going to affect political robocalling (funny how these laws never seem to affect politicians).

But rereading the article, I wonder if it would apply after all, especially considering this:
“American consumers have made it crystal clear that few things annoy them more than the billions of commercial telemarketing robocalls they receive every year,” FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a statement. “This bombardment of prerecorded pitches, senseless solicitations, and malicious marketing will be illegal.”
It still seems like it would fit for Walker's campaign, doesn't it?

And remember, Walker has a history of having problems with his robocalls anyway.

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