I guess you can keep going until you win eh? Why do we have elections again?

The people have spoken.

I suspect that, with Obama's failure of leadership and horrible performance in bringing back jobs (6,298,000 net jobs LOST under his watch) (a), Wisconsin could easily become a solidly Republican State.

(a) Average number of jobs in 2008 (Bush's last year) = 145,362,000. Average number of jobs in 2010 (After 2 years of Obama) = 139,064,000 = net loss of 6,298,000 jobs. Here is the link to the OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT site on jobs to verify;

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat1.pdf

That's something you will NEVER see reported in the biased liberal media. I wonder why?

Wow - This is a setback for you left wing nut jobs... eh Feisty!!

How ya going to spin this??

Forget the popcorn...

Beer & Brats for everyone... whoo hoo!!

No it's worse than discouraging it's proof that your vote is meaningless, it's proof that people with money "make" elections come out how ever they desire, and it's proof that this nations citizens will have to seek justice through other means because the political system is rigged.

Unions/Democrats spent FAR more than conservatives., check the facts

All that union money wasted.... when we have so many "poor" and "elderly".... why would Democrats, who are always concerned about the "poor" and "granny"...... not give all that money to Help the Poor on the streets, (as Pelosi is always stating it?)

Richard, the loses occurred in solid Repug districts, so they were a reach anyway. However, this sure as heck let the Repugs know that the TEA Party are not the only ones that can mobilize. Also, Walker is going to get recalled, and that's going to be statewide.

Oh, and another thing, someone ought to look into Darlings district. This is the second election with later vote counting than normal with dramatic swings in votes at the end.

I'm just saying.

The liberal political machine was in full throttle. Millions of dollars in campaign ads streamed on TV. An army of union workers descended on the state in a massive grassroots voter mobilization effort. But when the dust settled, the smoke cleared, and the votes were counted, the conservative majority that swept into Wisconsin last November remained intact last night despite an unprecedented recall effort designed to bring an end to Governor Scott Walker's reforms.

This was a victory for the fiscal conservatives and a devastating blow to the libtards! What was once a blue state, we can now count on Wisconsin to be a swing state! Good job Wisconsin!

miked, just keep spinning.

The recalls marked the latest battle in the war between liberals and conservatives being waged in the birthplace of American progressivism, and once again, progressivism lost.

Yes, Miked.... perhaps Wisconsin is a swing state! Gov. is Republican and Rebublicans hold a majority in the Senate and are close in the Assembly!

I'm always proud of my team the Green Bay Packers, now I'm proud of the states citizens too!

Lucious says, However, this sure as heck let the Repugs know that the TEA Party are not the only ones that can mobilize. Also, Walker is going to get recalled, and that's going to be statewide.

That is real good spin rite thar. No, what it told the Tea Party was that the unions cannot buy the elections they need anymore, and the progressives on FR are now recognizing that the Tea Party are to be feared as they are here to stay. I'm sure Scott Walker is shaking in his boots after the threatened recall of ALL the Republican state senators that voted against the unions. I know Lucious you would perfer to spin this that somehow the progressives in Wisconsin won. Pass that popcorn.

As America continues to struggle with unemployment, Wisconsin added a net of 9,500 new jobs in June — more than half the 18,000 created nationwide. Meanwhile, neighboring Illinois lost 7,200 jobs in June--and the state's government is pursuing the well-worn liberal path of drastically higher taxes in order to combat crippling deficits.

Wisconsin’s resurgence comes after three years of job losses — more than 150,000 jobs were lost in the three years before Walker became governor. Since he took office in January, the state has added 39,300 private-sector jobs. That puts Walker on pace to exceed his goal of 250,000 new jobs in four years.

Wisconsin is turning Red! They understand that increasing private sector jobs and decreasing public sector jobs is the key to an economic downturn. Why does Obama want the opposite!!!!

In a broader sense the election results show that the Dem/Labor message is gaining ground, it is not contracting. It is going into GOP places where it had never been before. The GOP has to be trebling because it is losing ground. Obama's landslide victory in 2008 could not flip these seats, but the Dem/Labor coalition did. The score is 4:3. The Dem/Labor picked up two seats that they didn’t previously hold.

I could be wrong here, but a few years ago I read that the electronic voting machine company, Diebold, is a Bush family entity.

now they're blaming the voting machines. Bush, Tea Party, the tsunami, Europe, the Taliban..... now its the voting machines.

Uh huh. You guys never grew up, did you?

Never had a father ?

(my father certainly wouldn't put up with the whining, and the blame game!)

Richard, there problems with Diebold in Florida and Ohio in 2000. 60 Minutes did an expose about the connection between Diebold and the Republican Party, in 2003, I think.

I thought that started in January 2009? Now when you say workable budget, do you mean voting on one or having one, because I haven seen or heard of one for the last two years, have you?

In case you haven't noticed, all this money you're sending to Unions, is helping to Eliminate jobs.

(Unions never created one job)

It should be coming more and more clear that the vitriolic rhetoric, class warfare speech and mudslinging is working against the progressive/Democratic party agenda. But what do I know? How much did a crowd of african-american teenagers running through the streets beating and robbing Whites outside the Wisconson State fair have to do with the outcome of this recall? How much did Obama contribute to both? Either this class warfare and mudslinging is fomented by the Whitehouse or it isn't. If it is, then Obama should be called out on it because all it does is besmirch his office. If he isn't the root cause then he has failed as the leader of his party, because Axelrod, kerry and others haven't stopped the hatesspeech Obama condemned in his speech at the University of Arizona after Congresswoman Giffords was so severely wounded. .

Either way, it is severely damaging the democratic party and their ability to maintain control of their position. Wisconson has changed from Blue to Red and there will be others. Obama is losing his grip on the presidency and he is taking his party with him. All I can do is Cheer!

We need a president, not (as someone else said) "Milli Vanilli"

The GOP has to be concerned because it is lost ground. Their message is waning. The GOP/TP had plenty of money. In District 8, Darling (R) spent $1.1M compared to Pasch (D) spending $550K. Then some middling /working class people vote against their own interest. For some people, things will have to get much worse before they wake up. In the history of the nation only 13 state legislators have ever been recalled; and last evening two were recalled. The Dem/Labor coalition is holding its seats, while taking seats from the GOP/TP terrain. The 2008, Obama's landslide victory could not flip these seats from red to blue, but the Dem/Labor coalition did. The middle/working class war cannot be won in one big assault, but it can be won by winning skirmishes and battles one at a time. The score is 4:3. Three wins, no loses.

Yes we did cyd, I bet there's a lot of Independents that wish they could have changed their vote in November 2008!!

Cyd, giving anyone already ubber weatlhy a tax break for anyting makes no sense what so ever - have not seen one real, long lasting, good paying job created by a single tax break for those guys and if they are as patriotic as they say they are (we all know they really are not, that is a joke) they would care enough about this country to pay - after all, they have a lot more money to loose in this downturn than I do, of course, I took all my retirement out of stocks a couple of months after georgie took office so i have not lost anything, got several friends who really, really wished they had done the same.

It makes you want to sit those Republican voters down and ask: what were you thinking?

But, Wisconsin voted, and they are the ones who will live with the results. It makes you wonder, though, how they will feel when they drive by their firehouses and see the public workers looking back at them.

But, if they can live with that, hey, it's their choice, isn't it? For myself, I'm glad I live in a Blue district.

Cyd, Wisconsin's job creation numbers have SMOKED the national average since Walker's been in office. I believe it was June where literally half the number of new jobs created happened in WI. And, for all practical purposes, the only places in WI teachers are losing jobs are in the districts that forced through contract extensions before Act 10 was implemented. Those who prudently waited are balancing budgets and, in some cases, are increasing hiring because they have surpluses. We have a balanced budget with a projected surplus in the general account 2 years from now. We've paid back close to $300M in debt generated directly by the policies from our former democratic governor. Companies are adding jobs & moving TO the state instead of downsizing and bailing for friendlier tax climates. And this is all happening WITHOUT tax increases. Tell me what about this is bad.

Suzy-2005071 is exactly right! Except you forgot to mention that some cities will even pass along property tax decreases due to Walkers' changes.

This is what democracy looks like!

"Our children would benefit from empowered, free teachers."

Which is exactly why states will now be granted waivers against the NCLB act.

Well said Paul!! My kids go to a charter school where there's no teacher's unions and it's working great.

Actually Paul, everyone would do better if the ubber rich did not control everything anyone says or does, but they do and that is the big problem. Sorry you don't like your vacation, sick time, overtime pay, safety, and child labor laws - but I happen to support them, not just for myself but for every American worker and Union's made that possible. That nice long holiday weekend we are about to have in September - it is called Labor day for a reason (and no, not because someone is birthing a child), it is to celebrate the labor force in this nation, a celebration the wealthy don't like at all. As far as education goes, the repugnants have always hated public education, their thought is they want you and your children to be educated enough to work in their business but not educated enough to be the owner.

Hate to poke a hole in the balloon, but it is parents and national, standardized tests that stifle teachers. It is good to have national standards, and benefits students in poorer districts by making sure that they get the same level of education as everyone else. BUT because parents and administrators are so focussed on the results of the tests, they do not allow teachers to be creative or approach material in a different way. A new innovative math program? Parents claim they can't understand it, doesn't help kids balance a checkbook, and poof -- it's gone. Unions are there to protect teachers from vindictiveness on the part of parents and elected officials, to support teachers in their standards, AND THEY ARE MADE UP OF TEACHERS, not union "goons."

I know! And then, did you see when Vader and the Emperor came in and forced-choked all those badgers!!!!!!

Change is hard.

As I said, the sheeple revel in their role as deposit slips & believe they are immune.

Thanks for proving my point.

Ironically, the democrats outspent the republicans by about 3:1. But thanks for trying anyway humans, you made me giggle at least.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/126442623.html

You make ME laugh. It took exactly 28 minutes for a sheeple to come up with yet another lie......

The RW cannot even win without lying.

human, assuming I'm the one you're accusing of lying, please show me what I said that's untrue. I at least provided a link to back up my statement.

No Sue, I think he was talking to me. My mistake, I needed to replace"badgers" with "Ewoks".

Or maybe it's that change is really easy.

Suzy2005, I referenced the RW in general and not you personally. To you I said you make me laugh. Now I speak to you directly.

Just because all you sheeple are emboldened by your Koch/Rove victory last night, do not think for one minute the you have the right to allege 'poor little me' from a general statement. You want to accuse me of something???? Have it make a little more sense than that. Show a little intelligence in understanding the words your respond to. Think for yourself!!!!

You accuse and spew hate and lies at me in support of a hateful agenda aimed at removal of the working/middle class. If your are not a part of the class soon to be removed, what in heaven's name are you doing sitting in front of a PC, reading the opinion of a self sufficient American who likes to support others not as well off as himself. You should be out on your yacht.

Wm, perhaps we are not insular so much as we have the best perspective of what happens with decades of democratic leadership by way of our neighbors in Milwaukee. The city of Milwaukee & the majority of the county have been largely controlled by democrats and there is little positive growth. MPS has the highest per-student state aid coming in and one of the worst success rates in the nation in return. Milwaukee has grand plans but can't ever afford to finance them themselves so we get dragged into their boondoggles. Its easy to see how we DON'T want to see things run when we just take a look across county lines.

I think that's too simple an explanation. If you look south to Illinois you have the same set-up of a heavily unionized, Democratic city and county, with a marginally OK urban school district. Yet the affluent suburbs to the north are far more moderate and far more likely to cross over than those in Wisc. There is a reason for the difference, but I'm not sure whether its more tradition or more due to an insular environment. While the Chicago metro area is probably just as segregated, it may be in another sense more fluid in the sense that the different classes and experiences are more likely to encounter each other in their daily lives through commuting and the cultural experience centered in the City.