I'm afraid the judgement has been made that Walker will likely win, and that an all-out effort would make Obama look bad. But Obama and Democrats are going to look bad, regardless.
One thing I learned from the first post-Walker election here, where one of the Republican hacks on the state Supreme Court retained his seat despite an all-out effort, is that motivation can't outrun the conservative machine- motivated Democrats make for motivated Republicans. If only the reverse were true, 2010 wouldn't have been the disaster it was.
The national conservative machine has been fully engaged in Wisconsin from the start. For just the most obvious example, the current RNC chairman, Reince Priebus, is from Walker's chief political law firm, Michael Best in Milwaukee. The movement against Walker was a genuine grass roots movement, but the Walker campaign has relentlessly portrayed it as run by out-of-state agitators. It's beyond irony into the surreal realm, given how much time Walker has spent out-of-state being a conservative darling, but it seems to have worked- allegedly, 40% of union members in Wisconsin are planning to vote for Walker.
I'd write more, but it makes me depressed.
PS: more irony: On the page you quoted/linked, we have this ad:
They were also playing Walker ads on the local Air America liberal talk radio station when I last listened. Walker apparently has more money than he can spend. Thank you, SCOTUS Republican hacks. I guess Gore v. Bush was just the beginning. Plutocracy, here we come. |
