Debbie Wizzerman Schultz, professional dingbat and chair of the National Democratic Party, seems to be issuing a warning of sorts, saying that despite the Republicans' victory in Wisconsin on Tuesday, Democrats "will not cede an inch in Wisconsin to Mitt Romney" in the general election. Ah, they may not have a choice in the matter. The Walker victory in Wisconsin very clearly demonstrated that there is a growing number of people who may now have finally had enough of being asked to continually foot the bill for ever more exorbitant benefits packages received by over paid and under worked unionized public employees.
And as has been previously been reported, Wisconsin Democrats, in the run-up to Tuesday's recall election, repeatedly criticized the Democratic National Committee for its being slow to send sufficient resources to the state to boost the Democrat running against Gov. Scott Walker. “We are frustrated by the lack of support from the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Governors Association,” a top Wisconsin Democratic Party official told The Washington Post in mid-May. “Scott Walker has the full support and backing of the Republican Party and all its tentacles. We are not getting similar support."
It took Ms. Wizzerman Schultz and the DNC another nine days to issue an emergency fund-raising appeal. On May 24, Wizzerman Schultz sent an email to party supporters, urging them to "help win this thing." But as we all now know, that just didn't happen. It was around midnight, that Ms. Wizzerman Schultz issued the following statement on the results of the Wisconsin recall. Her statement is printed in its entirety:
“Despite the disappointing outcome of tonight’s election, there is no question that over the past year this recall effort sent a message to Scott Walker that his brand of divisive politics is offensive and wrong. Thousands of Wisconsinites mounted this effort in the face of a flood of out of state, secret and corporate special interest money– amounting to a massive $31 million war chest for Governor Walker to just $4 million on our side.
“I want to thank Mayor Barrett, our other candidates on the ballot tonight and all the passionate, dedicated individuals on the ground who held conversations with their friends, family, neighbors and co-workers about the stakes of this election. The Badger State’s progressive, grassroots tradition was on full display throughout this election, and it will remain front and center as we continue our important work to move Wisconsin forward for working families across the state as we head toward November.”
"And as we turn our attention to the fall, we will not cede an inch in Wisconsin to Mitt Romney who has been behind in virtually every single recent poll and who wants to go back to the same failed policies of the past from which Wisconsin is recovering. And while we're not taking anything for granted, if Mitt Romney thinks he's going to be the first Republican to win Wisconsin since Ronald Reagan he's got another thing coming."
So there you have it. Now, Ms. Wizzerman Schultz can make all the noise that she wishes to, but the bottom line here is that I think it's pretty hard to deny the fact that the outcome of this recall vote will end up having at least some effect on this November's election. Now while I'm not willing to say that Wisconsin is now squarely in the Romney column, even if Barry is now forced to spend more money there, I'd say that a big plus for the good guys. I'd like to think people are beginning to wake up, the question that remains however, is that will enough of them wake up in time to send Barack Hussein Obama, hm, hm, hm, back to the windy city where he belongs.
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