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Quoted: “It?s very difficult to extrapolate from that simple one-issue vote to the much more complex recall process here,” said Charles Franklin, a founder of pollster.com and a University of Wisconsin political science professor.

Quoted: It?s rare that someone would file a civil defamation lawsuit while a criminal case is ongoing, University of Wisconsin- Madison law professor David Schultz said. He isn?t aware of any similar cases in Wisconsin, but said he?s heard of it happening in other states.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said that while the states were distinct, the outcome in Ohio ?should probably worry him a bit,? referring to Mr. Walker.

Quoted: Relying too heavily on charter schools to improve public education can also be risky, according to Adam Gamoran. He?s director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at UW-Madison.

Quoted: “It?s the perfect environment for botulinum to grow,” says Eric Johnson, a professor of microbiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Noted: Edward Friedman, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, echoes some other observers when he goes so far as to call China?s rise “the greatest challenge to freedom in the world since World War I” aimed at “making the world safe for authoritarianism.” But does China really want to overturn the US-led post-World War II international order ? the very system that has allowed the country to flourish so remarkably? And if the men at the top of the Chinese Communist Party are indeed so minded, could they, or those who come after them, ever succeed?

Quoted: “This could hurt particularly rural communities that already struggle from an economic standpoint,” said Bret Shaw, an environmental communications specialist for the University of Wisconsin-Extension and a professor at UW-Madison.

Interviewed: Dr. David Mickelson with the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin?Madison.

Quoted: ?That?s a big difference,? said Timothy Smeeding, an economist at the University of Wisconsin who oversaw the study in that state. ?It?s about time we started counting the programs we use to fight poverty.?

Quoted: Peter Carstensen, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said he has not read the bill but also said that whether it applies in Vos? case depends not only on the language of the bill but also whether Vos? attorney asks to extend the time for debating fees.

Quoted: “To put this in the same category (as Watergate) is just preposterous,” said Stanley Kutler, an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin who wrote “The Wars of Watergate”, a history of the era. “What happened down there is a terrible thing, and it?s terrible in its own right, but it?s apples and oranges.”

Noted: One of Wisconsin?s most quoted political scientists — Charles Franklin — is moving over from UW-Madison to run the new project. He says the poll will be completely transparent, all questions-and-results will be posted online for all to see. He says the Marquette Law School project should give voters “an extraordinary level of understanding” about the many views of Wisconsin?s electorate.

Quoted: Susan Riseling, police chief at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where demonstrators also have established a foothold, said the national scope of the protest movement warrants a broader discussion in law enforcement about how to manage it. “We?re in the middle of something that is bigger than what each of our cities are doing individually to respond to it,?? she said. “We need to learn from each other about what is working and what is a struggle.??

Quoted: If Walker enraged organized labor, Obama?s health-care reforms and economic stimulus programs ?helped mobilize the conservative base and contribute to their resurgence in ?09 and ?10,? says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. ?You?ve got an unhappy middle class, unhappy with their situation. They were looking for someone to improve it, and then they were disappointed when that didn?t happen.?

Quoted: “Take a list of things that are really going to be scary (for young children) — vicious animals with big teeth, grotesque, mutilated or deformed characters — and it really describes Halloween,” said Joanne Cantor, an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied the impact of media on children. “The No. 1 thing to know about kids of that age is that they don?t understand the difference between fantasy and reality.”