Reply #123

It doesn't matter how much of a hand Obama takes in the recall, he's hitched to it by association.

If (and likely when) Walker wins, it's the single biggest victory for the GOP before November. The RW media is going to parade the victorious Walker around like the golden calf, and give him a major speaking slot at their national convention. The tea party reactionaries will be energized all over again for the national election.

Conversely, the Wisconsin Democrats will have to suck it up, and prepare for another 2 years of GOP domination. I think we can agree that Obama's re-election campaign would have liked to have Wisconsin's electoral votes, right? Well good luck energizing the base after a failed recall, never mind Walker and his cohorts rigging the election laws. Boots on the ground? more like a boot to the head.

I wouldn't be so quick to dissociate Obama's success from that of the rest of the party. The same forces that are sinking big money into Wisconsin's recall politics will be doing the same thing to the national election from June through October. Don't think they won't have an effect.