From the Wisconsin State Journal: After tens of millions of dollars spent by outside interest groups, dozens of attack ads and exhaustive get-out-the-vote efforts, Democrats on Tuesday fell short of their goal of taking control of the state Senate and stopping the agenda of Gov. Scott Walker.
Republicans won four of six recall races, meaning the party still holds a narrow 17-16 majority in the Senate — at least until next week, when Sens. Robert Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie, and Jim Holperin, D-Conover face their own recall elections. A third Democrat, Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, easily survived a recall attempt last month.
Sens. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, and Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, successfully defended their seats Tuesday.
Challengers state Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, and Jessica King unseated incumbent state Sens. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, and Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac.
Going into Tuesday, Republicans controlled the body 19-14, so Democrats needed to win at least three seats and hold onto two more next week to take over.
"The revolution has not occurred," said UW-Milwaukee political science professor Mordecai Lee, a former Democratic lawmaker. "The proletariat did not take over the streets."
Tuesday's recalls were largely seen as a test of Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who has drawn national attention since unveiling his controversial plan to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from most public workers. Proof of that was visible on election night as national news organizations broadcast from across the state and political pundits led their newscasts with result updates and discussed their ramifications on the nation's political landscape.
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In Wisconsin, they held 6 recall elections for the Wisconsin State Senate race and there was 1 big winner and 1 big loser.
Obviously, the winner of the elections was Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin who is a conservative. The liberals and Democratic Party have thrown everything at him and that probably includes the kitchen sink. The liberals first tried win a Supreme Court race earlier this year and were beaten back. Then they tried to recall 6 State senators and while 2 got recalled, 4 did not and the GOP continues to hold onto the State senate. Next week, 2 Democratic Senators are facing recall and if they lose a seat or two, then the GOP will be back where they started from.
Scott Walker has been portrayed as the most hated and least qualified governor in the country and yet he continues to win and beat back his liberal opponents.
The biggest loser is President Obama. He threw everything into this fight, from volunteers to cash and he and the liberals were repudiated. He sent in different organizations to help out the Wisconsin liberals and it wasn't enough. It is also a victory for conservatives because people saw that the conservatives backed up their talk. People saw that government spending was out of control but yet it could also be reigned in. They saw that some work rules were outrageous and expensive and that these work rules could be overturned. People also saw that no matter how extreme the liberals portray a situation, it really wasn't that bad.
President Obama, today, realized that his re-election will not be easy and people are voting more conservative. Again, Wisconsin was a blue state up until 2010 and now it is a safe red state. If Obama cannot win Wisconsin, he will lose his re-election.
They are panicking in the White House tonight.
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