The Wisconsin recall.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker won a convincing victory against Mayor Tom Barrett in the Wisconsin recall election.  The fall out from this election over the power of organized labor, the influence of outside donors due the Citizens United, and a plethora of other issues will continue for months to come.  Both Republicans and Democrats will spin this to the nth degree. However, how this effects the national elections or future political battles will be difficult to predict for one main reason: the Wisconsin voter's attitude towards the recall itself.

Going through the dozen or so op-ed columns in the Washington Post dealing with the election, there was one thing that was consistent regardless of the political bent of the columnist: the majority of the voters in Wisconsin seemed to think the recall was simply a bad idea.  According to both conservative and liberal columnists, it seems that approximately 60% of Wisconsin voters feel that a recall vote should only happen in the case of gross misconduct on the part of the elected official not because people disagree with said official's policies.  It begs the question whether voters in Wisconsin voted for or against the men running in the election or for or against the election itself.

Walters and the Republicans will crow for a while and the Dems will spin like crazy, but we'll see how this plays out in the coming elections around the country.