Another Walker Greedster!

It is entirely possible that the silent majority, does in fact think for themselves, and prefers a split party legislature. The recall process is in the Constitution as a check and balance, included by the Founders with good reason.

They included those check and balance measures specifically due to their firsthand experience of being the subject of unchecked power (the King of England, and his colonial rules).

Perhaps the electorate, after reviewing the behavior, performance, and communication / responsiveness of their elected representative, decided that they preferred a Senate with a D majority - providing a two party legislature as a check and balance to what they’ve seen.

But yeah, rather than assume people think for themselves and are capable of differentiating between two separate people, it makes much more sense to assume it was simply controlled by some outside force…

P, I agree with you. We should be examining each candidate on his/her merits, not voting in a straight party line.

One could also say there was a slight smell of something rotten when Scott Walker came out and said there needed to be a few extra points to determine a decisive victory (paraphrasing). Then his MU friend's last poll mirrored precisely what the final election results were. And then Kathy Nicklaus was suddenly re-involved in Waukesha County. I don't think ACORN had anything to do with that.

In the end, what does it matter? We're stuck with an ALEC governor until 2014. At least we have restored some balance to the state legislature, for the time being.