Wisconsin recall vote

• Scott Walker, Wisconsin's controversial Republican governor, on Tuesday night became the first governor in US history to survive a recall election.
(Financial Times)
• Mr. Walker, who cast his own vote at a school in this city's suburbs not long after the polls opened, is only the third governor in the nation's history to face a recall election.
(New York Times)
• Scott Walker has survived the Wisconsin recall election, beating back a labor-backed effort to unseat him and again handing defeat to his Democratic challenger, 58-year-old Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
(CBS News)
• WAUKESHA, Wis. — Gov.
(New York Times)
• Scott Walker beat back a fierce recall effort Tuesday With more than 80 percent of the vote counted statewide, Walker held leads in all but nine of Wisconsins 72 counties.
(Chicago Tribune)
• WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker scored more than a personal victory in Tuesdays state recall vote. He delivered a psychological boost for the Republicans and a blow to Democrats that could linger until the November 6 U.S. presidential election.
(msnbc.com)
• Mitt Romney hailed Republican Gov. Scott Walkers victory over Democratic challenger Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee in Tuesdays Wisconsin recall election, and said the vote has national implications.
(ABC News)
• A: The recall effort was born Feb. 11, 2011.
(Olympian)
• Even so, their teams had been hinting in the days leading up to the recall about how Wisconsins 10 electoral votes fit into their state-by-state game plans for reaching the 270 electoral votes needed for victory.
(WRAL)
• Indianas labor unions Tuesday watched Wisconsins recall election -- triggered by Gov. Scott Walkers push to limit public employees collective bargaining rights -- with a mixture of trepidation and shrugs.
(Indianapolis Star)