Harry Enten: Big win by liberals in Wisconsin is bad news for GOP and Scott Walker

[RandySF]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race was not a special election, but it is another example that Democrats would be wise not to give up on areas that swung heavily to Trump. It's not just that liberal candidate Dallet won a state that Hillary Clinton lost and Barack Obama won twice. Dallet won in a number of areas in the state where Trump was able to rack up huge numbers relative to Romney. Counties like Kenosha, which is home to House Speaker Paul Ryan's congressional district and where Trump won and Romney lost by double digits. In Tuesday's election, Dallet won it by 14 percentage points.

Put another way, Democrats might be enticed to put a lot of midterm eggs in baskets where Clinton did better than Obama (i.e. well-educated areas). The results in the elections so far in Wisconsin and other places suggest that may be a mistake.

The outcome in Wisconsin is interesting for another reason: what it could mean for Walker. While Obama was winning the state twice, Walker won the state three times when Obama was president. Indeed, it seemed like Wisconsin had more races built up as bellwethers than almost anywhere in the country during that time.

One of these key Wisconsin races during the Obama presidency was the high profile state supreme court election in 2011. The race was seen as a referendum on Walker who was passing a conservative agenda with the help of the state legislature. The conservative candidate in that supreme court election squeaked by to victory -- and Walker would go on to win two more elections in the following three years.

Walker is on the ballot once again this November seeking a third four-year term. With an approval rating of 47% in the latest Marquette University Law School poll, he could be vulnerable. That could be why Walker seemed to be hitting the panic button on Tuesday night when he tweeted about a potential Democratic wave hitting the state later this year.



https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/04/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-blue-wave-sign/index.html

[Liberalhammer]

1. As November gets closer

I feel like the resistance is becoming a Revolt against Republican tyranny.

[tosh]

2. K&R.

Here's hoping for a great challenger to Walker this year.

[elocs]

3. Walker has a powerful and well-funded political machine behind him

so we cannot afford to get complacent about things here. We definitely need a strong and experienced Democratic candidate to run against him because we cannot just throw out someone who only elected political experience is to a school board and expect them to win.
But what we have seen is that the superpower of the Left, one that is feared by Republicans, is the vote--turning out to vote in strong numbers. If the Left were to vote this November like it was a presidential election the results would be a huge Blue wave. We need to look at showing up to vote as a duty because this is going to be a long battle and we cannot rest on any single victory.
Donald Trump has tens of millions of fervent supporters and they aren't going anywhere and will continue the fight even when he is gone. Laws and policies are made, lives are helped or hurt as a result of those who choose to participate in our political process, those who show up, as flawed and imperfect as it may be, and not by those who choose to abdicate their political responsibilities by lazily claiming that both parties are alike so that gives them an excuse to not vote. There can be no vacuum because one side or the other will fill the void.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Seems to me,in each and every

election that Walker won by carrying one major County be a ridiculous margin. Noticed the same County falling in the box again. Something sure smells.