The “People United” Go Down In Flames (WI recall vote...what does it mean?)

The American Interest ^ | 6-6-2012 | Walter Russell Mead

[ak267]

The American left as we have come to know it suffered a devastating blow in Wisconsin last night. The organized heart of the left gave everything it had to the fight against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker: heart, shoe leather, wallet and soul. The left picked this fight, on the issue and in the place of its choice; it chose to recall Walker because it believed it could win a showcase victory. That judgement was fatally flawed; it is part of a larger failure to grasp the nature of American politics and the times in which we live.

The left gave this fight everything it had. It called all the troops it could find; it raised all the money it could; it summoned the passion of its grassroots supporters, all the moral weight and momentum remaining to the American labor movement and every ounce of its strength and its will.

And it failed.

[ak267]

Interesting read!!!!

[cripplecreek]

They called off the recall of Rick Snyder in Michigan too. Unfortunately they’re still pushing to recall the mayor of Troy Mi. (She turned down federal money)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2892694/posts

[Nervous Tick]

>> It called all the troops it could find; it raised all the money it could; it summoned the passion of its grassroots supporters, all the moral weight and momentum remaining to the American labor movement and every ounce of its strength and its will.

Yep, the left smoked up all its best dope through its biggest bongs.

And it failed.