Top Ten Silver Linings for Democrats in Wisconsin Outcome - Posted on 06/06/2012 by Juan

[tabatha]

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s victory in the recall gubernatorial election campaign over his Democratic Party rival is being read like tea leaves with regard to the national presidential campaign. This argument from the local to the national is always an error, and there are many reasons to believe that the results in Wisconsin tell us very little about the national mood. The telling exit poll is here So here are the reasons otherwise disheartened Democrats might take heart.

1. 51% of voters in the recall support Barack Obama, only 44% support Mitt Romney.

2. Democrat Tom Barrett’s loss and the damage done the labor union movement may scare and therefore mobilize Democratic voters in the fall.

3. While the Democratic Party and labor suffered a defeat, the radical Republican agenda promoted by the Koch brothers through Walker energized crowd politics and made a link between Wisconsin and Egypt’s Tahrir Square protesters, boding well for activism on the left going forward.

4. Too much should not be read into Walker’s victory. About 10% of Wisconsin voters do not believe in recalls. In addition, some 60% of Wisconsin voters said in exit polls that they did not believe a recall should be used against a governor for anything less than criminal misconduct. No one alleged that Walker is corrupt in a criminal way, despite his clear dependence on Koch brother campaign monies. That is, the recall effort, being based on politics rather than corruption, offended the state political culture.

http://www.juancole.com/2012/06/top-ten-silver-linings-for-democrats-in-wisconsin-outcome.html

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Yet the media are already touting that exit polls aren't reliable.

They are framing the narrative that the people who participated with exit polling were either Democrats or they are Republicans who aren't talking.

[Bake]

2. Boding well for Democrats??? In what universe??

There is no silver lining. We got our asses handed to us after they got kicked bloody.

WE LOST. Stop looking for silver linings. There are none.

WE LOST.

And until or unless Wisconsin wakes the fuck up and goes blue in November, it's just like the rest of the fucking country except for the two coasts ... that is, STUPID.

Stupid shits who voted against their own self-interests. Screw the Wisconsin MAJORITY. You get what you asked for. And watch, Walker's going to give it to you.

Bake