Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin (my state) is very controversial, to the point that the Democrats have forced him into a recall election. Is this a Wisconsin issue only, or does it matter nationwide? I'm asking the opinion of non-Wisconsinites, because I'm probably biased. I know that Chris Christie and Bill Clinton have tried to help Walker and Barrett, respectively. Obama said it wasn't his thing to deal with.
Obama just didnt want his re-election campaign tied to a failed insurrection. He'd positioned himself to claim it as a meaningful victory if it worked, and a non-issue if it didn't. It flopped, and he's standing back to avoid catching the splash as it goes under. It was, as Joe Biden would say a "big fuckin' deal" according to the liberals when they thought the governor was going to lose. It was a precursor for the coming national election... proof that the Tea Party had lost their mojo, THE most important race in the country prior to the national election, etc. See video for evidence. It became unimportant only when it went down like a stone kite. [video=youtube;kS0Dqz2P1sk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kS0Dqz2P1sk#![/video] Unlike Obama, Walker took bad fiscal numbers and turned them into good numbers. The voters looked at the data and made their call... and Walker kept his job.
Overhyped? No way. It was an important election because a conservative governer took a budget deficit and turned it into a surplus by cutting expenses and not raising taxes. He has had job growth and the unemployment rate remains low compared to other states. His reforms have been working. The reason he won is because people realize his policies work. This election was important because it gave us a window into the future Presidential election. We have soaring deficits, a high unemployment rate, and a stalled recovery. If Wisconsin voters, who wanted Obama in 2008, can see that conservative fiscal policies work then it tells you that the rest of the nation could possibly vote the same way. It gives an advantage to Romney.
Nope. What we saw in WI is ultimately the first stage of what will happen in November. Everyone into politics was taking notes. WI will now dictate how campaigns are led this summer.
And the reason Walker's policies work is because he defied the backhanded practice of the government happily throwing truckloads of money to special interests, including overpriced benefits, and looking the other way. Those institutions were losing their spot at the government teat, so they squealed like pigs. Literally. Walker's win proves that is IS possible to defy the system. Hey, Liberals should be ecstatic, right? The best part? No more automatic paycheck deductions for union dues, because the government isn't supposed to deduct anything from your paycheck that isn't directly government related. That means, unions now have to run around and get unions members to pay - and guess what? A lot of those squealers don't seem to love their unions enough now to pay dues! It doesn't get any funnier than this.
Now this is interesting. Now that in Wisconsin, union dues are no longer an automatic deduction from paychecks, so they have to voluntarily pay dues, many union workers have chosen not to pay dues and thereby leave their union. The state’s second-largest union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, had union membership plummet from 62,818 members in March 2011 to 28,745 in February State workers in Union Afscme Council #24, fell from 22,300 last year to just 7,100 last month. Source: Wisconsin Union Membership Tanks