Apparently we're not the only ones who see the similarity between Ms. Harris and Ms. Nicklaus of WI.
Feel free to read the whole article. I've excerpted the relevant lines.
http://uselectionnews.org/wi-a-preview- … es/852617/
Similarities between the battle for the swing state of Florida during the 2000 Presidential Election and the Waukesha County judicial election that took place last week could be indicative of the early results from key states in the 2012 Presidential Election next year.
The votes were so close that differences reported in just a handful of counties could swing the race in favor of either conservative Judge David Prosser or liberal JoAnne Kleoppenburg, and both campaigns were thrust into the national spotlight because of a single issue, WI Governor Scott Walker’s battle against public sector unions.
Then, at the last moment, after Kloppenburg was unofficially claimed to be the winner, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nicklaus reportedly found thousands of unsaved votes on her personal computer, similar to the cases of late discovered and “dimpled chad” ballots that pushed Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris into the public’s eye and make her the butt of poll jokes to this day.
Prosser’s team has hired Republican lawyer Ben Ginsburg and Kloppenburg’s campaign has added Democrat Marc Elias to their ranks in order to debate the legitimacy of the 14,000 votes discovered by Nicklaus, as well as to defend each side in a federal investigation that was called for by Wisconsin Representative Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from the 2nd District. Nicklaus has refused to step down and released a statement Tuesday that she will finish out her term, amid calls for her resignation.
The break down for the Supreme Court election showed much closer results, with 32 counties for Kloppenburg and 27 for Prosser, and the residents of WI divided almost perfectly in half.
As to "Take THAT Governor Walker" -- yes, the people of Wisconsin are not taking his anti-union bullying lying down!
Republicans are likely to claim a victory for Prosser as a vicarious victory for Walker if the legal battles, which could last the length of the summer months, turn out in favorite of the conservative incumbent.
Democrats could claim a win for their side in the fact that no one expected the judicial race to be so close, Prosser was chosen with almost 100% of the vote in 2001, and had no major competition in that race.
The heavily divided state will likely be entangled in recount, recall and election battles through July or even August, as amid the chaos of protests in Madison and recount battles in Waukesha, three WI state Senators have already faced demands for recall from both sides. Republicans Dan Kapanke and Randy Hopper have already had petitions filed against them by Democrats, and on Saturday State Representative Jennifer Shilling offered to “stand up to the Governor” and challenge Kapanke’s seat. Republicans claim they have enough signatures to mount a petition for recall against Democratic State Senator Robert Wirch, but as of Wednesday nothing has been filed.