Recall Elections

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

The Republicans retained the State Senate in Wisconsin yesterday:

Democrats won two state Senate seats in Tuesday's historic recall elections, but failed to capture a third seat that would have given them control of the chamber.

By keeping a majority in the Senate, Republicans retained their monopoly on state government because they also hold the Assembly and governor's office. Tuesday's elections narrowed their majority - at least for now - from 19-14 to a razor-thin 17-16.

Consider me very surprised, as I assumed we'd see at least 3-4 switch over. Of the losses, one was from a Republican in Democratic territory, and the other was immersed in a number of scandals.

What does this say about Walker and the Republicans in Wisconsin? About the local impact of the changes in how the public sector deals with unions? Heck, about the popularity of the arguments put forth about the unions at all?

There are two recall elections for next week for Democratic incumbents, as well. I haven't seen polling for them yet.

Comments

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Must just be the way the districts are laid out then. How else can you explain people continuing to support the People Suck Corporations Rock Party?

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

...because they actually support the policies. Your reasoning is quite conclusory. You've concluded that no one could support the party, and are going for any explanation of an apparent show of how nobody does support them, rather than an honest analysis of the results.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

If they support "the policies" that unions are the problem and that cutting government services to people who need them in favor of giving tax cuts to extremely rich people and corporations, then they are in fact stupid and deserve what they get.

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Or, maybe you just disagree with them. I bet you complain about how un-civil the right is, too.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Nuh-uh, I don't believe in no steenken mandates.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

They won both the House and the Senate after GWB and his Magnificent Bastards won both three times in a row. That reflected either that Bush was stupid or a lot of people really were angry at the Republicans the fourth time. Your call as to which one.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Their ideas are better than the Everyone Who Isn't in the Government or a Union Sucks Party?

[xforge.livejournal.com]

What party would that be?

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to figure out what party you were referring to, so I figured I'd just go along with the hyperbolic stereotype as well.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

::shrug:: I was talking about the party that has said and demonstrated exactly what I said they did.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay. Uh, me too!

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Really? How and when?