Eric thinks it’s a victory for Walker because they didn’t kill the king. The thing is, Walker isn’t a king, but a Governor and now he has to moderate because one Republican in the GOP Senate caucus isn’t extreme and is unlikely to pass more over the top legislation.
To add to this, Nate Silver has projected a toss up if Walker is recalled based on the turnout and results last night.
Walker is still vulnerable, more Senators can be recalled along with him in January. Change is often slow and requires patience, but this is progress. The worst of Walker’s agenda is stopped and he seems to be vulnerable for the spring. Being a liberal often comes with the problem of assuming we’ll find a way to lose, but sometimes we do win and that usually comes from persistence and hard work.
I spent a couple of weeks up there working in one district to recall a Republican and later another trying to protect one of our incumbents. I think that yesterday was great a win, but I’m a little pessimistic about our chances to win both races next week.
People are just really unhappy with incumbents of both parties right now.
I do think that you’re onto something about this at least slowing down the Walker agenda. I have to believe that there’s not going to be too much of an appetite in Madison to do anything to rock the boat for the foreseeable future.
If we want to establish a parliamentary form of government we should go all the way and amend our constitutions at the state and federal level. Too bad the same effort employed in the recall was not matched in the 2010 elections. We might not find ourselves in this current sad political state of affairs.