All the talking heads are hung up on the concept that the Wisconsin recall election is a bellwether for the Presidential election. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. I have never been a big fan of bellwether hype as local elections, even those with huge amounts of national coverage, are still local elections. You can only extrapolate so much when it comes to national elections. But for whatever it means, this seems like good news for Romney and bad news for the President.
But that should not be the real take away from Walker’s (what looks to be) resounding win in Wisconsin. The real take away is that you can kiss the third rail and live to talk about it.
Governors across the country quake in their boots when it comes to direct confrontation with the unions. You don’t mess with them because they have gobs of money, incredible organizing skills, and very low moral standards. If you are dumb enough to directly confront the unions, You. Will. Lose.
Scott Walker just proved that wrong.
Nobody, not Chris Christie, nobody took on the unions the way that Scott Walker did. He went right after the heart of the unions by going after their automatic dues collecting ability and more. As a result, thousands of odoriferous idiots in birkenstocks occupied the capitol for months. Dem lackeys of the unions even fled the state to try and stop it. They demonized Scott Walker like he was Gary Condit, Adolf Hitler, and that gay-porn cannibal all rolled into one. The left in this country pulled out all the stops to prevent Walker from continuing his quest.
But Walker persisted to the end and accomplished his goal. For all his trouble, the loons gathered enough signatures to force an unjust recall election. The unions poured more money into this election than secret service agents on spring break. They left no stone unturned.
And Walker survived.
As of this writing, it looks like Walker will win by a very large margin. This is a stunning rebuke of the unions and their thuggery and a signal to evey other governor who might consider going after the unions that are bankrupting their states. You can win this fight.
You can do the right thing and survive politically. As far as bellwethers go, that is a pretty darn big one.
June 6, 2012 at 4:04 am
This may be bigger than the presidential election. No governor would ever go after entitlements had he lost. Ever. If Obama wins but the house and senate are solidly R or split, he is effectively neutered. If Walker lost, even with a R as president, we would continue to see states go insolvent. A moderate fed with insolvent states is likely worse than the evil of increased debt federally for 4 more years. Just a thought from Wisconsin.
June 6, 2012 at 4:14 am
Not every union member is a lackey or a Birkenstock sandal buyer. Some of us in the public schools are witnessing to the many children who need adults who are able to pull them aside and ask them to think about God's will and what it means to honor thy father and mother in real life circumstances. For what it's worth, I'm glad Walker was vindicated. Please, though, be careful not to demoralize those of us who are trying to evangelize in difficult environments. Prayers are needec.
June 6, 2012 at 4:20 am
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June 6, 2012 at 4:52 am
Victory!
We should collect Ed Schultz' bitter tears. I hear they cure cancer…or at least can be used to rid a house of bed bugs! Victory is so sweet.
June 7, 2012 at 2:22 am
As a Wisconsinite, yesterday was a great, blessed, day.
I loved, loved, loved the fact Walker began his victory speech by thanking God for His "abundant grace." Just awesome.
I also adore our Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch. She has endured personal attacks — including wishes the colon cancer she survived returns to kill her off — and looked so happy last night.