Walker's win is Obama's Loss

[signalmankenneth]

[SIZE=+1]We see the first cracks in Obama's armor

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[/SIZE] Obama wasn’t on the ballot on Wisconsin, but Gov. Scott Walker’s decisive victory last night
is a stinging blow to his re-election prospects.

The re-election was a telltale sign that the conservative base is as energized as ever, that the Democratic
voter mobilization efforts may not be as stellar as advertised, and that the Democratic-leaning “blue wall”
Rust Belt states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania will be very much in play this November.

Walker won by a bigger margin than he did in 2010, and with more overall votes. He carried 38 percent
of union households – a slight improvement from his 2010 midterm tally – a strikingly strong number
given how he’s been cast as the villain of labor. It’s a sign of the cultural divide between national
Democrats and blue-collar whites, one that is particularly acute for the president.

 

[Damocles]

I don't see it. The exit polls pretty much showed that people were simply sick of the constant recall efforts.

60% said they did not believe that a recall should happen unless the office holder broke the law. 9% said that they didn't think there should be one ever. 27% said that recalls should happen at any time for any reason...

The first two of those brought the election to Walker. At the same time those same people, willing to cross the "line" for what they believed was right, said they will vote for Obama in the next election 53% of the time.

I just don't see this election as saying that Obama is doomed, only that the recalls for no good reason (broke the law) are doomed.

 

[leaningright]

I gotta agree with Damo and the exit polls on this one. This is a nation divided, no doubt, but I wouldn't read too much into Walker's win yesterday. I would have voted for him for the same reason a lot of folks claimed to have....I think the whole recall thing was a bunch of sour grapes and I think a lot of democratic supporters do too.

 

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