Barrett in Wisconsin who lost for the 2nd time to Scott Walker had championed high speed rail

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6/6/12, "California voters have "buyers remorse" over a $68.4 billion "train to nowhere,"" Ann Althouse, Althouse blog

"Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, we rejected the Democratic gubernatorial candidate who wanted the high-speed train. We rejected him in November 2010, and we re-rejected him yesterday.

Here's Tom Barrett in October 2010, [video at link] just before his first loss to Scott Walker, touting high-speed rail — "a defining issue" — where "Wisconsin was the biggest winner" — bigger even than California — in getting an offer of federal money to pay for a leg of a rail system."

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