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• President Barack Obama hopes Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walkers Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, prevails in the states closely watched recall election, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday.
(ABC News)
• Scott Walker (R). First, the incumbent is a slight favorite over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D). Second, President Obama won't set foot in the state prior to Tuesday's vote. The bigger question is whether those two facts are related.
(Washington Post)
• In an earlier interview on "Fox Friends," she said Obama was a no-show in the state because he didn't want to go down with what she portrayed as Barrett's sinking ship.
(Politico.com)
• Barrett, currently the Milwaukee mayor, has found support from top Democratic political figures, including former President Bill Clinton and party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman.
(CBS News)
• Some Wisconsin Democrats and labor officials have privately groused that the Obama campaign has not sufficiently been involved in backing Walkers challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
(Politico.com)
• MADISON — President Barack Obama's press secretary says the president hopes Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett beats Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday's recall election.
(Post-Crescent)
• Obama and Clinton also are on opposite sides of a close Democratic congressional primary contest in New Jersey. Clinton also campaigned last week for Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett. Barrett faces Republican Gov.
(NBC New York)
• Wisconsin voters support last year's reforms and support additional changes to the way government employees' retirement and health benefits are paid for Gov.
(Reason.com)