Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Dems Keep Seat, Gain Big Mo

As was predictable, Dave Hansen went on today to win the first recall by trouncing the troubled David Vanderleest (or is it now Vanderlost?) to retain his seat.

But since Vanderleest did just about everything he could to shoot his campaign in the foot, the trouncing may or may not indicate much as far as whether the people of Wisconsin have retained the momentum that the overreaching and overbearing Republicans sparked in February.

I pointed out last night that things I observed up north in the Fred Clark vs. Luther Olson race, the signs showed a bit of an enthusiasm gap which was heavily in the Democrats' favor.

Tuesday's elections showed that even more clearly and undeniably.  In temperatures in the 90s and heat indices that were approaching 100, Green Bay voters turned out in droves to support Hansen, with estimates at 51% voter turnout.  Meanwhile, in Kenosha County, in a Republican primary to see who will lose to Senator Robert Wirch, the Republicans could barely scrounge up 10,000 voters or about 5% voter turnout.

That disparity in turn out shows, without any doubt, who has the momentum going into the August recalls.  The Republicans are either burnt out on politics or more likely, are also turned off by the poor behavior and illegal and unconstitutional power grabbing.

Yet the Republicans in Madison just keep doubling down on their boorish ways as they now go against state law and basic ethics in their drive to further screw with the electoral system with their gerrymandering.

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