WAAAAAAH!!! Hey Scott Walker! Even though there is a good chance you might win re-election next week you're not going to enjoy it.
That pretty much sums up the bitter attitude of Politico writer Alexander Burns who concedes that even though Walker could win, it somehow really won't be a victory. Is this a portent of the attitude of others in the mainstream media toward Republican victories? Perhaps but for now let us join Burns in his Heart of Bitterness:
If Walker survives once more on Tuesday, it will represent another win for the divide-and-conquer strategy he has used since 2010 to become the dominant political figure in this traditionally Democratic state. It will also mark a downward revision of Walker’s own aspirations: Instead of realigning Wisconsin behind a new vision for conservative reform — and perhaps vaulting himself into the White House in the process — Walker is struggling to assemble a bare majority that will keep him in the job he has.
WAAAAAAH! Scott Walker is not playing fair!
And now the contrast between the "confrontational" Scott Walker and the oh so reasonable opponent, Mary Burke:
Where Walker is a confrontational, in-your-face campaigner, Burke presents herself as an non-ideological executive. In an interview Tuesday ahead of her rally with the president, Burke expressed reservations about the tactics used against Walker in the 2012 recall.
...Should she become the next governor of Wisconsin, Burke said, she would see it as a goodbye-to-all-that rejection of Walker’s brash style rather than a mandate for aggressive Democratic policymaking.
Burns cites a poll but doesn't yet realize that same poll has some very sad news for him today:
A recent Marquette Law School poll showed just how polarizing the governor remains: Half of voters approve of Walker’s job performance and have a favorable view of him personally, while 48 percent disapprove of his performance and hold an unfavorable view of him as a person. While two-thirds of voters describe Walker as someone who is “able to get things done,” 50 percent also say that Wisconsin is falling behind other states economically.
This might make you reach for your Prozac, Alexander, but that very same poll today shows "polarizing" Walker leading by a healthy seven points.
