The ramifications of the loss by Democrats in their attempt to recall Governor Scott Walker for taking on unions and balancing the Wisconsin state budget are still being analyzed, but I believe it is an indicator of another tide going against Obama, and in favor of Romney.
Check this editorial by Karl Rove, for example. Walker and the Republicans of Wisconsin were persuasive to and got the votes of many more voters than they had when Governor Walker was first elected.
It was discouraging - once again - to see how biased the initial media coverage (and the exit polling done) on this election result. The early headlines at least reported that Walker was projected to win, but based on the exit polls (who designs and runs these, anyway?) they thought it would be close. It wasn't. Which means these polls were not trustworthy. AND YET...the media continued to act as though they were valid on a separate point, which is that the voters polled were reported to favor Obama over Romney by several points in the November election.
Should it be that difficult for the media to suspect that if these polls were so wrong on the margin of victory for Gov. Walker, they are likely to have been wrong about the Obama v Romney question?
Commentary on the political campaigns across America this year, with focus on the 2012 Republican Primary, the 2012 US presidential campaign, as well as the battle for the US Senate and the US House of Representatives in 2012.
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