This is one time where I must unfortunately side with Mike Tate.

Honestly - what were Ryan and Romney thinking???

Coming off the 'Smokes for Votes,' 'Cigs for Sigs,' and 'BBQ for Votes' scandals, I just can't fathom the logic of whoever thought that this would be a good idea!

They should have known better. Even if technically distinguishable from those other scandals, it still doesn't look very good.

Epic fail by Ryan and Romney on this one!

Paul, although I forgive you for your lapse of judgment, you really let Hoffa down on this one. Next time, do your homework before getting anymore bright GOTV ideas!

Typical liberal protocal. Do something slimy and illegal, deny it when caught and then demand an investigation and yell shame, shame, shame when they think the other side is doing the same thing. Does Tate really think people take him seriously? Is there a blooper reel of him breaking down laughing trying to say this stuff with a straight face?

Yes, Tate's hypocrisy is indeed monumental, but that's typical and expected of liberals.

Our side is better than that, and we need to keep it that way by calling out the bad decisions of some of our own. To attempt to deny, downplay, or spin the situation would make us no better than Tate, Zielinski, and other liberals. By taking the higher road and doing the right thing, no matter how tough or difficult, we earn the respect of independents and even a few converts.

Wow,Its nice to see this kind of feedback against the butthead brothers TATE and Zelinski!! These guys are CLOWNS.Wake up Wisconsin and vote Walker back in office!!

Well, this isn't much different than "smokes for votes." The point is to get people to vote. There are a lot of "mushrooms' in this country, people who enjoy the benefits and privileges of living in this great land but can't be bothered to vote.

So I congratulate Republicans and Democrats for pulling the "mushrooms" off the log and into the voting booth!

I think it was a stupid decision to hand out the subs... someone should have thought about the political ramifications. However, that being said, the left has been doing that for years so them screaming foul is ironic. I know several have mentioned the "Smokes for Votes" and the "BBQ for Votes".... but also remember what started this whole recall joke was the paid and unpaid protesters in Madison being fed by organizations and people from all over the country calling in pizza orders to local pizza shops to drop off for the protesters. I personally don't see any difference between the two.

How many sandwiches were passed out on the bus trips bringing our new voters that the D'crats trundle in every election from Chicago and points liberal?
Surely the bus trip must include snacks...
I'm sure the bus trip is paid for by each dedicated new Wisconsin citizen as well.

Wow, if all it takes is free sandwiches, what is Romney's super PAC doing spending $40+ million on attack ads? That would buy a lot of sandwiches!

I like the way the local media really buys into this crap sandwich brought up by this twit tate !!! Breaking news??? What a bunch of crybabies!! Hey, Lets recall SANTA---I didnt get what I wanted!!

My mother and I went there last minute after I read about it hear on PATCH this morning, specifcally to have the opportumity to meet Mitt Romney. The free sandwich was an unexpected bonus, NOT a bribe to vote.
I would have voted for him anyways.
Hopefully I shook the hand of the future President this morning in a Cousins shop in good old Waukesha USA

BTW, a pack of smokes costs WAY more than Cousins subs.

At least he was'nt trying to get votes from BUMS AND WINO'S LIKE THE DEMOCRATES with smokes and money for cheap wine

Well if this one can be equated with the smokes for votes scandal I guess it's a nice juxtaposition; a measuring stick for voters to see which side of the fence they sit on. Do you lump yourself in with the cigarette smokers or the sub eaters? Love it.

I was wondering why this article wasn't getting many lefty postings but then I realized the polls were still open and there is no Voter ID requirement.....

Unlike Walkers "Full Pensions, No cost health care costs, no ACT 10 for Votes" plan for the cops (and others with guns) and fire fighters. Now thats a deal! Democrats, you really need to offer a better deal if you want cop and fire union endorsements.

What kind of sandwiches? Don't like tuna or beef but am partial to turkey. I already voted and now feel cheated. Damn!

That's it, primary presidential recall!

Not only was free Bar-B-Q offered on the north side of Milwaukee last summer by the liberal Democrats, but a free ride to the poll to cast an absentee ballot as well. I know its only speculation, but I bet the passengers were also told whom to vote for.

Come on boys admit it. The smokes for votes thing was in no way any threat to democracy they way you all like to blow up and parade down the street like a Macy's balloon. It was pathetic idea on the part of a rogue supporter and involved what, five homeless guys. You think we should be afraid of that?

But here on the other hand, we have a major presidential candidate along with the zombie-eyed granny starver violating election laws. Can that sponge in your heads process the difference, because there is a big one.

This brings on a bigger issue, which yet another example where Mitt thinks rules are for little people. But he has an election to win you know.

Little Man Tate looks so cute up there in his Walmart polo shirt.

What a stupid story and waste of time created by the Democrats. So much for being able to serve food at a homeless shelter or handing out campaign buttons-both more than $1. This Democratic president gave away trillions in handouts and these morons are complaining about sandwiches???

Big deal !!! how about the Demo-crooks and having the Black Panthers intimidating voters at the polls when Obumma was running? OH.. nothing to say about that huh?? What were they giving out in Chi-town when Obumma was running? all kinds of free stuff and illegal cash donations, I hear they were giving up to $20 a vote...

The Dems complain about this and not illegals and dead people voting for ObumA?

Gee, whats the difference, Romney hands out subs to feed the people, Obama hands out free medical care, free contraceptives, welfare to all, extended unemployment. Even Jesus handed out fishes to those that heard him speak on the Mount

Harry Reid had casinos provide a round trip by bus for hundreds of people from all over southern Nevada to vote for him in the last senatorial campaign at a cost of thousands of dollars. Was that legal?

Really? Sandwiches people? It's not like he was handing out $100 bills and saying, "Vote for me. There is more where that came from." Seriously getting sick of the stupid things EACH party calls the other on. I am a liberal and this is plain ridiculous. If the dems are going to continue to bringing up this kind of garbage they need to rethink their strategies before it all back fires on them.

So how is this different than Obama offering free birth control for the women's vote?

Rmoney will do or say anything for a vote and Paul Ryan is a hateful, corrupt creap.

I know you could not buy my vote for a sandwich!!!!!!!!

Rmoney will do or say anything for a vote and Paul Ryan is a hateful, corrupt creap.

This is coming from a state until recently workers had to pay the union bosses for a work permit just to get a job.

WOW!!!! THAT'S TERRIBLE ... THAT'S SOUNDS LIKE A CRIME......
BUT IT'S OK TO HAVE MICKEY MOUSE & SPIDER-MAN VOTE.
HAHAHAHAH IF DEMOCR WANT TO WIN THIS ELECTIONS THEY BETTER CONCENTRATE ON SOMETHING ELSE.
GET A LIFE ...COMPLAINERS!!!!

what a crock of crap the Democrats have been thing this for as long as I can remember I am 64 years old and born and raised in Chicago I remember the alderman comming house to house and paying poor people 3 or 4 dollars to vote democrat I swore when I grew up I would never vote democrat because of them buying votes and now look who is crying now the democrats HUH look in the mirror democrats this is what you have done for over 60 years so shut the crap up

This writer I guess has run out of stories today and decide to write a non-sense article like this. that's baaaaaad.

It was an oversight. They're so used to being bribed it comes as second-nature
to offer bribes to others.

We are talking about rules of the game. Why suddenly it becomes a Democrat issue. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan handed the subs to people on TV. They have to deal with the consequences. Allow the law to function.

The questionable part of the whole store is the part that says "Additionally, a video edited by the state Democratic Party shows Romney leading a rally and telling supporters to go vote, and “If you want another sandwich, there are more back there.” with the operative words being "video edited by the Democratic Party".

What the heck do you think Obama has been doing in his 3 + years in office? He's been handing out the goodies - on the government (meaning ours, the taxpayers') dime [not his] to everyone and their mother hoping they will see him as "Big Daddy" who will take care of them. The sad reality is that since Obama's been in office, more people are in poverty in this country than every before - and are having to line up in soup kitchen and sandwich lines all over the country. This is a non-story. Perhaps a silly mistake, but you'd have to be a fool to think that handing out even a couple of hundred sandwiches would in any way have changed the outcome of that election (unless it was decided by only a handful of votes). We've got BIG PROBLEMS in this country that are only going to get bigger unless we - the people, the Congress, AND the President (whoever he might be) face up to them. And someone wants to make a big issue about sandwiches??

On one hand the Democrats are upset about a free sandwich being given out and yet have no problem with the Obama administration giving billions in grants to his donors and then having them go bankrupt along with the money they were given is the utmost of hypocrisy. What about all the stuff that goes on with the Unions and the money they are passing around to people to vote. What about the Justice Department not prosecuting an obviously voting rights act violation in Philadelphia just because the New Black Panthers were the offenders and the victims were white, all with the blessings of the Administration. Come on and give us something to consider believable and that should indicate that we should consider you folks credible.

People of America!!! Here we have a simple little giving people sandwiches, even if they vote for whoever they want, not to get their vote. The ones who are running scared here are now known as "DEMONICRATS" Spelling error??? Not really. We see the real side of these Obama Back Pocket bottom suckers, and break down the new name: "DEMONIC-RATS" Who want to turn our once free country into a Liberal Dictaytorial Communistic country supplying people with little money bribes called "Initiatives" and empty promises of a :"health Care" bill, which does not help people, (except home grown prostitutes for abortions,) and costs the taxpayers and the poor a big bunch of money, so the insurance companies can set their prices where ever they want. Which means "BIG" insurance costs, we can't even afford. Time is here to get rid of the Demonics who rule our country!!

So if Obama breaks the rules, go to the DA office and submit your complaint. Two wrongs don't make it right my friend.

I think this just makes the democrats and Obama look petty and desperate. How ridiculous. Seriously?

Gee, I remember reading or hearing about the Iowa Straw Poll whereby it cost each voter $30 for the ballot, and that Bachman's camp bought hundreds of them and gave them out for free. Seems like a much bigger deal than a sandwich. Even though the Straw Poll is non-binding...it still probably influenced a lot of voters...which could have spilled over in to the caucuses, and perhaps the general election when it happens, if she was still running.

guess i wont be eating at cousins anymore....

OBAMA IS GIVING OUT FOOD STAMPS TO HAVE THE NATION TO GET REELECTED

So??? I think that's a nice gesture.

Does anyone find it ironic the the LEFT is complaining about buying votes with food??? Can anyone say W.I.C.??

During the 2008 Presidential campaign, armed thugs in support of then-candidate Obama barely got more news coverage than this (laughable) accusation against Mitt Romney. What a pathetic display of growing fear that the GOP is going to stop a second term for President Obama. A sandwich bribe! Ha! That might work on the average Democrat, but this conservative Independent couldn't be bribed with a lifetime supply of groceries for a family of ten in exchange for a vote in 2012 for Mr. Obama! Zero unemployment growth after doubling the National Debt with the stroke of a pen, years after-the-fact, is all the reason anyone should need to cast a vote -- any vote -- against BHO.

Rick Holly thats it in a nutshell. The demo's can do anything and it's ok but anything the GOP does is off limits What a joke hope the demo's get slapped hard for supid stuff like this.

A check for welfare is not buying a vote????

I read the article and then read all the comments. The comments were better than the article. Thanks for that!!

Of course, oBAMA'S TRILLION DOLLAR BAILOUTS ARE NOT COUNTED AS BRIBES??? DEMOCRATES ARE RUNNING SCARED.... OBAMA YOUR 15 MINUTES OF FAME ARE GONE.

OK. I am no fan of Romney or any GOPer, but this was just a dopey move. I really don't think you can buy someone's vote with a sandwich. Besides, many Americans have lost their jobs, or are working three times as hard for stagnant wages due to GOP policies... so it is only right that the GOP should fee them.

A nice idea but it will never work when the Dems hand out bailouts and multi-million dollar contracts for their votes!

Trying to make us into another Third World country.

Dimokkkrats wrote the book on bribery & voter fraud. A few sandwichs must be pretty laughable to all the kkkrats.

Rules are rules. Every side should follow them. You would think Paul Ryan would know this one. No excuse. Poor judgement.

This is completely understandbale from liberal Dems in Wisconsin ... there doesn't have to be any common sense involved ... it's just like their "let's recall the Governor whose policies are bringing us out of near Bankruptcy" because he's not a liberal and we don't want anyone else's policies to succeed and make us look bad ... Why doesn't Hollywood annex Wisconsin so all the super libs are in one jurisdiction ...

They learned from the DemocRATS who passed out cigarettes vor votes in Milwukee!
How soon they forget!!!!!!!

Holy cow... commenting on this article must have been a writing assignment for a special ed class. How else to explain this avalanche of incoherence?

I'm not a Romney fan - but - this is not as bad as handing out food stamps for votes

if all it takes is a sandwich to buy a vote, this country is in worse shape than i thought. does this guy really think there were that many democrats at a romney campaign stop? and if there were, and they were then able to be bought off with a sub, then that shows you the lack of brains on the liberal side.

Haven't they learned ANYHTING? I thought all politicians knew by now that bribes and payoffs should only take place in the back room or dark alleys.

FACT: Jobs aer on a RISE under Obama. FACT: Gas prices are on the rise due to oil speculation -- the vast majority of which is done by advisors working for or directly under the Koch brothers -- the BIGGEST GOP financial contributors to date. Romney wants to point fingers -- he needs to point them at his own freakin' party.

I guess, the Democrats have to look for something. After all they don't have anything else going for themselves. Romney is one of the cleanest candidates to ever be on the campaign trail and is only a percentage point a way from beating the sitting president..

If they were giving away sandwiches, I'm sure they paid for them out of their own money and not the taxpayer's money like the millions obama has doled out to his failing green industries and others

FACT: Jobs are on a RISE under Obama. FACT: Gas prices are on the rise due to oil speculation -- the vast majority of which is done by advisors working for or directly under the Koch brothers -- the BIGGEST GOP financial contributors to date. Romney wants to point fingers -- he needs to point them at his own freakin' party.

Another non story by some mindless twit trying to politicize "smoke vapor" for the democrats. Hardly stacks up against today's news which states ".. Indiana prosecutor has opened an investigation into claims that hundreds of signatures were faked on petitions for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the state's 2008 presidential primary, as the chairman of the St. Joseph County Democratic Party resigned amid the scandal." You make thee call...

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/18/chairman-local-indiana-democratic-party-resigns-in-midst-fake-signature-scandal/#ixzz1r66agdsN

You have got to be kidding me...this from the party who is for giving billions (if not trillions) of dollars of welfare, and unemployment to those unwilling to work (oh, wait, thanks to Obama, there are few jobs to go around); to failed corporations (i.e. Solyndra); to ILLEGAL immigrants. Also, from the party who feel it's OK for the Black Panthers to intimidate voters (e.g. the voting polls in Philadelphia during the 2008 Presidential elections)...I guess it's OK to by votes through their give aways that cost trillions, but not through a 25 cents sandwich...can't wait to hear Debbie Wasserman-Schultz' take on this.

The dimocrats freely hand out the tax payers money for votes all the time.

democrats wish we were that stupid- to vote for someone that gave us a sub?
Democrat's psychological twist on everything is that 'they know what is best for us americans' and we are not smart enough to regulate our own lives, and make good choices for ourselves.
Democrats are like a smuthering mothers and although their intentions are possibly good, they breed dependance and take away freedom..
whats in it for democrats and the smoothering mothers? POWER
Democrats breed dependance.
and Big government, is what Democrats want.

It's much less of an issue than the billions of taxpayer dollars that Obumma hands out for votes !

Bill Lasky Jr
You have got to be kidding me! This is all you have to do is worry about a sandwich? Fix the economy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Demonicrats want to eat your babies! Barack Obama is breaking into your garage right now!

So I gess the bailout of the Union workeers at GM, the bailouts of the banks; the bailout of borrowers; the bailouts of everybody around the globe by our current president does count as buying votes. You idiots need face the facts and stop drinking the Koolaid!

The law is the law. A bribe is a bribe. PERIOD. Who is Romney to bend that? You think that if the Dems did this, the GOP wouldn't say anything? HA!

This is outrageous. How can Republicans call out Democrats on handing out actual cash for votes or giving out welfare checks for votes if they are going to turn around and hand out free sandwiches? I know the upper crust of the Democratic party are the elite rich, and have the money and our taxes to pay off the poor, but the Republicans better do a better job than this if they want to buy my vote. I mean I can’t be bought with a silly sandwich. Now perhaps an ice-cream Sunday for desert with that sandwich and then we can talk. I’m not a Democrat after all so you know I must be a fat old bald white dude and we vote with our stomachs by God.

hhmm. got to think this through. Now: Nobama and Attorney general are sending GUNS across our border to the Drug Cartels and Romney is buying votes with sandwiches?

Wonder whos getting a Better BANG for their buck?

ed r
i think their intentions are to turn this country into Europe. I wish everyone would go to England and see socialized medicine, up close. I did. I took a course for medical professionals and spent two weeks their specifically, to learn about it. It was barbaric.
the majority of a teaching hospital were cattle and then for the goverment officials and the super wealthy, rooms that were posh with better equipment.
this country is in for a real eye opener if Obama care is implemented.

glxx

The Pubs give sandwiches; Dems give lifetime bribery

Help... can't breathe... drowning in stupid comments...

Democrats have been giving smokes for votes for decades. I'd rather have a sandwhich.

SOOOOOOOO, I guess all the FREE TRANSPORTATION that the Demorats provide to the hordes of their faithfull is ALSO illegal. THAT IS WORTH MORE THAN ONE DOLLAR!

sure stuck the hot poker up the butt of the ultra-conservs on this one! Whao! are they screaming!!! Keep it up Bro. Tate!

It's called a gesture of kindness you looney toon bafoons. I wouldn't vote for someone who gave me a sandwitch and told me to vote for him, romney was doing this cause he's a verry nice person.

This does not surprise me. Remember that the current far right wing of the Republican Party, through "the architect," used the DOJ to prosecute only Democrats down South. A clearly obscene violation of all moral dictates. All Republicans involved were left alone. The blatant disregard for voting rights upheld by 5 Republican Justices who then gave the election to President Bush who then proceeded to become the worst President we will ever see in our lifetimes. Now, Mr. Romney breaking the law and I seriously doubt that a Republican will charge another Republican (think Mr. Reagan's 11th Commandment--Thou shalt not criticize a fellow Republican) for violating the law. This all very dangerous precedent. We should be hankful that President Obama does not lower himself to the same level. If he did, through the DOJ and IRS, then it would be quite interesting to see the string of Indictments that would inevitably result. I expect some criticism, otherwise all the millions of dollars spent misinforming the public through scandalous media such as Fox News would be wasted. Larry

Yea, and what about the Dems & Obama giving out welfare food stamps and open borders to the anyone for votes?

Well, it's a Government agency spending 830,000.00 on a conference in Las Vegas, vs a Primary nominee candidate giving away a sub sandwich, that he paid for. Hum...... which should be considered an egregious offense worthy of prosecution?????????????

Barack Obama wants to get your dogs and cats hooked on cigarettes!

Really, encouraging folks to vote? How awful. Maybe after he gets elected he can give a trillion dollars to the bankers that supported him. No wait, that's Obama and the press doesn't have a problem with that because they are the ones that eventually get all that campaign money.

I honestly think this was an honest mistake, that if one knew the area they would understand. I however know the area extremely well, and that cousin's subs location is the closest restaurant to my house. One thing that absolutely nobody has mentioned, is the fact that the restaurant's location, is literally right across the side street, from the local republican headquarters. As an added bonus, there is a very discreet(I didn't even know it was a porn shop until a school bus driver told me) porn shop on the other side of the highway.

I rather regret not taking advantage of it and getting some free subs (I love cousin's subs)... However I have no intention of voting, there's no republican or democratic candidate that's worth voting for, no lesser of evils. All the worst laws that have entered congress during the Obama administration have had full bipartisan support.

Lobbyists wine and dine congressmen all the time to sway their vote. What's wrong with a sandwich with friends??

er vote.

This is way more serious than many realize...
1) For a Presidential candidate NOT to know that electioneering is illegal is a bad sign of his grasp on the law. I know, he's a business man, but he wants to LEAD the country. He should know the basics.
2) Did the NRC pay the shop for the food? Or is it an unclaimed donation? Who is paying for this... taxpayers? Doesn't the act bring into question some of the campaing laws?
3) Are they considering that some of the people they are inviting to vote might not be eligible? Are they checking the GOP backed Voter IDs?

I think the comments on here are at times shameful, Neighbors attacking neighbors....well except for Keith Best. He doesn't live in Port/Saukville. He lives in Waukesha County, and I guess as a board member of the Waukesha County Republican Party, he thinks it's ok to talk down to us "rural" Port/Saukvlille residents. Stop the name calling and attacks! Our children go trick or treating in these neighborhoods people. I remember when straight-line winds decimated our neighborhoods everyone pitched in to help their neighbors and didn't ask if they were liberals or conservatives.

Now I have heard everything. Probably ERIC HOLDER will investigate this one too. He doesn't seem to care about BLACK PANTHERS intimidating voters...but this one is surely bad enough for him to investigate ... and bring charges ! ! What is this country coming to ???

Okay, big deal, it's a free sub sandwich. All it really proves is how out of touch Romney is, how tone-deaf. Paul Ryan is from Wisconsin and should have known the law, though.

Christine Specht, Cousins Subs CEO and commercial spokeswoman,really put a foot in it this time, however. You can see her in the clips, gushing over Romney. The subs from her 'family business' are really going to leave a bad taste in my mouth from now on.

The Democratic committee should file a complaint about the following, much bigger scandal than a few alleged sandwiches.
Want to know where Obama’s 13 year-old daughter is right now with 12 friends?

On “spring break” in Oaxaca Mexico, on your dime.

She took two jets and 25 secret service men.

A thirteen year-old?

Why haven’t you heard about it?

The Obama Administration has had the Secret Service scouring the web ordering that any website mentioning this be taken down because letting the travel plans out could endanger the president’s daughter’s security.

Nonsense, the “royal couple” just want to hide the way they are ripping off the U. S. taxpayer. Only a few Canadian Web-sites still have it up. (both below)

The Obama’s are laughing at the “suckers” who are funding their Imperial Lifestyle.

This trip will cost more than most Americans make in their entire lifetimes.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/travel/Obama+daughter+spends+spring+break+Mexico/6323773/story.html
http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104668&article=9921576

These unioncrat cockroaches will stoop to any level here in Wisconsin. Time for reality check. First in June, then November.

I'm concerned about what will happen between November 7, 2012 & January 20, 2013.

Seriously ? Have the Liberal pukes got nothing else? Do they REALLY believe that someonse vote will be swayed by a free sub? Maybe Obama voters would be but I doubt that anyone with any brains would be and that pretty much leaves out Obama voters cause we all know they got no brains.

The stupidity in this thread is making me blind.

everyone already has I voted stickers on. total non issue. way to go idiots.

vote early,vote offten

This moran Romney want to be POTUS. What a joke he is, when you don't even know what election laws are and he want to be President. I am from Massachusetts and I can tell you this joker Romney really messed up our state.

Leave him alone you Democrat Bastards.

Ohhhplease! The FOODSTAMP PARTY (Dems) have been handing out freebies for votes for decades. So Two Faced!!!!

sandwiches for votes
an insensitive tactic
I'd prefer healthcare

Paul Ryan should have known better since he has run in our state a few times.
Though I have to admit it is pretty priceless seeing them in matching shirts on a date handing out subs.

Come on Media , lets get that skip week in Mexico full blown on TV and all national newspapers. How much did that cost us taxpayers????

Everyone knows the Republicans are above the law...or so they think...damn idiots

While chumming with Ryan at Cousins,
R-Money doled subs by the dozens.
An outcry ensued,
over bribery with food,
And the cess-Patch was furiously buzzin'!

Subgate!

At least with Romney and Ryan, people were given a choice if they wanted the free sub from Cousins or not...
Obama fed us all a shit sandwich and we had no choice.

They don't need to worry at it happened in Waukesha County. Everyone knows that they will protect the republicans there . Even if Walker loses big in the recall election that count will all of a sudden find more than enough votes to elect him even if it is in the millions.

$15 trillion in debt, a monstrous government takeover of medical care which is clearly not wanted by the public, Democrat elections officials in Indiana under indictment for actually forging voter signatures, Obama threatening the Supreme Court over Obamacare, high gas prices, no budget passed in three years, an attorney general who dismisses cases against Black Panthers and calls them "my people" while letting our border control agents be killed through his incompetence in Fast and Furious, stoking the fires of racial hatred in the Trayvon Martin case -- and all these fools have to do is whine about free sandwiches???

Well, I guess I can't blame the Democrats, they must be feeling left out of the fun and games so far. Now, seriously. It probably is technically and legally against the law, and so is exceeding the speed limit in their campaign bus. I sure hope nobody is interested in being swayed by a sub sandwich. For me an opening anti would have to include a beer and a icecream sunday to go with the sandwich. Hang on folks it's going to be a long seven months.

gimme a break. this is so unbelievably stupid. obama gave out billions for votes with his stimulus with no problems. at least these guys were feeding people. and anybody who can be bought with a sandwich doesnt deserve to vote.

What a crock of crap! Waukesha' DA and the police dept. They will milk this out to the next election. I lived in Waukesha for 18 years, loved the city, the people. The DA's office, police dept. do what they want to - when they want to. The politics there are just chicke sh.t. Now ask me what I really think

Didn't Obama eat hamburgers somewhere while out on the speeking trail a couple of weeks ago and wind up buying the meals of the diners in that restuarant? Why was't a foul called on that. I know there wasn't an election that day, but surely he was buying votes for the November election with hamburgers.

Obama tramples and ignores the Constitution on a daily basis and the media BIG news is about Sub sandwiches. Sad but true!

Since 2 things are apparant: (1) OBama and the Democrats are going to lose in "historic" proportions,and (2) Romney (Who is neither my first nor second choice) is heading toward winning in the primaries so far,LET THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST OLYMPIC SMEARING GAMES BEGIN!!!! Get ready for it Folks,they are in DEEP trouble and they know it,so the Race Card,further attempts at dividing the Country by race,age,gender,and in some cases....LACK of gender,lies,distortions,misinformation,voter fraud,threats,and scaring the young and the elderly will be in FULL force and operating mode once again. Too bad for the Democrats that the MAJORITY of the Country isn't buying it anymore and won't be fooled again. But the pure garbage out of the Democrats and their Liberal Media Accomplisses will hit a new,all-time LOW! Since this is the most important election we've ever had and it will determine whether the future Supreme Court will be stacked with more Liberal Activists such as the 2 he added that have more arrogance than Legal expertise (And Keegan WORKED for OBama in the past),and it will also determine whether OBama finishes off driving the USA into the ground,The Democrats want this election badly! NOTHING will be off limits to them this time!

Cheap vote, Obama put the entire country in debt to get his bribe for vote

Romney said, "Go vote". He did NOT say, "Go Vote for me."
..case closed!!!

As a person running for a political office, he should know all the dos, dont's and the repercussions. Just as the "cigs for sigs" situation in 2000, this should be treated no differently. He is on a campaign trail for the 2012 presidential elections and the handing out of those sandwiches was a part of his campaigning.

The Demorats are all Idiots!!

Just maybe, Romney's true colors are coming out and they have it on video. Hard to dispute that.

Do you really know the laws, or you just blowing off steam because the president doesn't look much like you? Haters all over the U.S.A. will not get the job done. Stop, breathe, and think about what's best for the country.

Relatively harmless: a bit of food, probably paid for by Romney or a supporter. Not like the billions given away by BO to reward his voters, like the GM union employees or all women getting "free" contraception, and these were with tax dollars.

Harmless, but hilarious. I love seeing Romney get more egg on his face.

"(1) In this section, "anything of value" includes any amount of money, or any object which has utility independent of any political message it contains and the value of which exceeds $1.

(1m) Any person who does any of the following violates this chapter:
12.11(1m)(a)

1. Go to or refrain from going to the polls.
12.11(1m)(a)2."

http://statutes.laws.com/wisconsin/12/12.11

Video captured by Patch shows Romney and Ryan handing out the sub sandwiches. Additionally, a video edited by the state Democratic Party shows Romney leading a rally and telling supporters to go vote, and “If you want another sandwich, there are more back there.”

So what does this means for Romney?

And saying that the government will provide free healthcare before the act is passed isn't doing the same?

How pathetic they are.....to think that a sub sandwich is a bribe to vote for anything. You must have very little faith in the American public. Even a kid would not make a promise for a silly subway sandwich. Get real and start to realize this is the most important election of your life and it could very well be the last if Obama is re elected. chagee

YOU HAVE GOT BE FUCKIN KIDDING ME!! really people is this what we have become? we are actualy going to investigate this ? I am ashamed to be an american in this generation, lets all try to grow the hell up!

Are you f--king kidding me? This is the same state that had 29 supposedly impartial judges sign petitions to try and recall the governor. The GAB is the same board that is allowing recall petitions with names like Mickey Mouse and Adolph Hitler. And oh by the way lets not forget a pres.that sold his soul to the likes of Solyndra and George Soros.
I wonder if the dem. party uses the same editors as NBC? We all know how much we can believe them.

NOBAMA 2012
YES YOU'RE CANNED

I suppose that every elected official should fall into the same category as bribing people to get something like a vote. Consider the fact that all politicians who have accepted money during campaigning have taken money on the premise to get a politician into office for the sole purpose of obtaining a sympathetic vote or gift in the form of budget funding for their pet project or a sympathetic view of their personal cause, or obtaining an amendment to the tax codes in an effort to not pay taxes at """""THEIR FAIR SHARE""""". They are all less than morally right. What else is new. Get real folks, a dollar sandwich for my vote, it would take more than that,,,,,,,,maybe a bag of chips and a soda.....see the ridiculous ironey of this garbage. """"""WAIT WAIT, I WANNA BE ON TV TOO.....!!!!!!

Wow-I'd rather be offered a sandwich than be strong armed at the polls by the "New" Black Panthers. Totally ridiculous when every little thing like this is analyzed over and over, and yet our President can pat the knee of the Russians and 'wink wink" suggest things will be different AFTER he's elected......and that has been muffled along with the trip that the tax payers funded for his daughter, the "suggestions" that the Supreme Court CAN'T overturn Obamacare, his 2 cents (which weren't worth 2 cents) on the Martin case which has fueled intense racial strife....yep-I'll ytake one of those sandwiches...

Does it matter at all in the criminal code that this is a primary election and not the general election?

Gee, the Dems are crying out about "vote bribery"? Ha! What about at elections past when they've gone to the streets and bought booze for winos as they bus them to the polls? How about them giving free cartons of cigarettes to poor people they would take to the polls? As far as Romney's actions, he offered them a free sandwich- they could've turned it down.

I think you are all missing out on an important precedent. Christ, before he began the Sermon on the Mount, "passed out sandwiches," or fish and chips or something. These guys were just recognizing the fact that the potential voters might be hungry, and, if hungry, would be distracted by that.

On a more macroscopic level, the Presidency IS for sale. There are no more Abe Lincolns getting this job folks. The line up is millionaires and probably billionaires. The leading candidates in either party are the ones who spend the most...who outspend all the others combined. So to chastise a guy for buying a handful of people a sub sandwich is ludicrous, when its fine for the job itself to list out at tens of millions. How about buying attack ads and running them non-stop?

when the scotus made dum dum bush the prez that was the fix of all times now thats a real crime.

The democrats cheat time and time again. When it is clear there was no foul commited. by Romney and Cousin's what is the big deal. Remember when Moore's son was caught in the act of slashing tires on Gop get out the vote vans and he nor she got even a slap onthe wrist. I will og to Cousin's on Thursday and have a sub.

He is out on his campain trail campaigning for votes and this was one of his campaigning tactics. So, I think they have a good case. I guess Romney forgot about the no bribing rule and how strict it is. Too Bad! Maybe this is why he came ahead in the other states. hhhmmmm... Something to think about.

Absolutely NO comparison to all the crapola ACORN pulled in 2008 and no comparison to what good ol' Harry Reid pulled in Nevada in 2010. Time to quit griping about stupid stuff and start worrying about things that really DO matter.

This is just SO typical of the Republican attitude towards laws and restrictions in general: "If you're wealthy enough, nothing applies to you." Is this a big deal? Just a submarine sandwich? Yes, it IS a big deal-- because the law forbids the provision of ANY item valued at more than a dollar! Period. It doesn't say "except for submarine sandwiches"-- it says ANY item. As soon as you make ANY exception, the slow creep begins. Well, can we give "fries" away, too? How about a milkshake? How about a $5 bill? $50? $500?

A bribe is a bribe is a bribe. Romney (and RYan, too) BOTH need to have their noses rubbed in this, but good! If the election commission fails to do so, then we might just as well fold up the whole tent of the "American experiment" with democracy, because it will have failed-- completely!

This is just SO typical of the Republican attitude towards laws and restrictions in general: "If you're wealthy enough, nothing applies to you." Is this a big deal? Just a submarine sandwich? Yes, it IS a big deal-- because the law forbids the provision of ANY item valued at more than a dollar! Period. It doesn't say "except for submarine sandwiches"-- it says ANY item. As soon as you make ANY exception, the slow creep begins. Well, can we give "fries" away, too? How about a milkshake? How about a $5 bill? $50? $500?

A bribe is a bribe is a bribe. Romney (and RYan, too) BOTH need to have their noses rubbed in this, but good! If the election commission fails to do so, then we might just as well fold up the whole tent of the "American experiment" with democracy, because it will have failed-- completely!

WHAT A WASTE OF TIME COMPLAINING ABOUT FREE SUBS...... AND A FREE SUB DOES NOT GUARANTEE A VOTE, BUT IT DOES GUARANTEE A FREE LUNCH...... I'LL TAKE ONE AND I HAVEN'T VOTED IN YEARS... YES I KNOW I AM SCREAMIN BUT I LIKE CAPITOLS EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT ON THE HILL..!!

All of you must think everyone cares who they vote for, guess what, some people don't care, give me a sandwich and hell I vote for you. People who don't think there vote count, don't care who they vote for. Some people may think he's a nice guy giving out sandwiches to the poor, I'll vote for him. Not everyone follows these people as close as you people do.

If the Democrats really think that someone is going to vote for a candidate just because that candidate gave him or her a sub six months before the election, they are idiots.

Well well, will you look at that! Just another way for the media to control what we hear and think of politicians. Who ever thinks that this event was in anyway a form of persuasion is just using every little bit of stupid leverage to make people think negatively about Romney if they weren't already. But how much crap or flub-ups of Obama does the media post? Not a lot of course.So who is controlling what you think now?

OMFG The pizza place in Madison gave out Pizza for MONTHS to get people to "protest" to (go pro-union)--- OMFG a bribe as well . . . so, DA, investigate THAT, also, that went on for like a YEAR . . . not just a day, a YEAR .
INVESTIGATE CONSPIRACY N O W .

Democrats worried about Republicans handing out FREE subs and telling them to go vote and the only people on the ballots are Republican right now! This is so funny, it just goes to show how worried the Democrats are about NOBAMA losing this election and being sent packing!!!

How do you know people wouldn't take the sandwich or the cigarettes or whatever and vote for the other guy just to be contrary? There's no way to know how a person voted unless you'e that person.

I see no proof, no connection,it was free subs and a chance or opportunity to shake hands w/a candidate you may or may not vote for. I can't see this going in the Dem's favor (looking at it from a bystanders point of view)..but hey,like Obama said..."the supreme court should know their place"...so I guess the dems just make up and enforce law only when it suits them. You know what this looks like to me...kinda like the dems getting scared that Mit might actually win against Obama..so they're "hunting him down like a rabid dog" - quote I got off tv from a recent gal "assuming the facts and making ridiculous accusations based on those assumptions of an over-media-analyzed situation" fits this comment perfectly :) like my mom always said, you know what happens when you assume things? You make an A$$ outta YOU and ME! Anyhow on to the Dems, are you hearing a catchy song right now as you read this?.."Obama selfff...don't wanna be Obama seellff..." LOL...caughtcha lookin scared..now you're running around plugging up the courts with frivolous BS about free subs handed out by Mit. What's the difference between a free sub, free bumper sticker, free pen, or hat that they give out all the time? Come on people hear the word FREE faster then people hear the word HELP, or FIRE and come running by the hundreds! FREE?Did someone say FREE? I don't have to WORK for anything, or PAY for anything? FREE? Let me at it!! HANDOUTS all the way! Dem's novel concept ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL GENIUS! NOT!

Just goes to show that there is no truth in the old saying that there is no such thing as a free lunch?

Who cares if it is illegal or not? The important thing is I missed out on a free sandwich because I live in the wrong state! All I got was a pitiful "I Voted" sticker which contains close to zero calories. Now with a sub sandwich, I could subsist for one or two more days!

I swore I heard them say that the subs were compliments of Cousins. So is Cousins the guilty party here?

So, both candidates who charge 40k-50k a plate for a fundraiser is legal?

I think it is childish to make a claim like this as for bribery. How about the 40 and 50 thousand dollar plates the DemonicRATs get? Sandwiches was good Samaritan. They would have given Obama one, had he had guts enough to show up.