The recall efforts in Wisconsin are over — http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/127435173.html — but the spin is not:
“I think it’s a huge victory for us,” said John Hogan, director of the Committee to Elect a Republican Senate. “Voters gave us a mandate last fall. . . . They backed us up again (Tuesday). Voters told us loud and clear, ‘Stay the course. Things are working.'”
But Democrats claimed victory for the two seats they captured from Republicans.
“We went on their turf and we won on Republican turf,” said Mike Tate, chairman of the state Democratic Party. “We will not stop, we will not rest . . . until we recall (Gov.) Scott Walker.”
I think both are right on this. The Dems failed to do what they set out to, so the results should be seen as a loss. However, Tate’s point is exactly correct too. The Republicans lost two Senate seats yesterday, and made a 3rd true-blue-GOP seat-holder very, very nervous.
Gov. Scott Walker should see the results as a denouncement of his leadership, and should be worried by how well the Dems did in districts he won last year, and how close the Dems came to taking the Wisconsin Senate majority.