Wisconsin Recall

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Originally Posted by Danzig

what a waste of time, energy and money. all this hubbub, and the status quo remains the same.

No, it doesn't remain the same. The Democrats have won control of the Senate. John Lehman defeated Van Wanggaard in Van Wanggaard's recall election, giving Democrats control of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Walker can no longer push through legislation, unopposed, in the middle of the night. That's a great thing. The Senate has been swung from overwhelmingly Tea Party to Democratic control.

I think the only reason Walker won was this, from the exit polls:

27 percent of the voters judged recall elections appropriate for any reason
60 percent said they are appropriate only for official misconduct
10 percent said recalls are never appropriate

Walker is still under FBI investigation, and we'll just have to wait until he's indicted.

It's interesting that Romney has decided Wisconsin is "now in play" as a swing state? Because the exit polls showed the voters that voted yesterday would have him lose to Obama by 7 points this fall.