Yet he had to deal with recall elections and won. If that is not an effort by the Dems in WI I do not what is.
They failed to get out the vote. The next year Obama took Wisconsin by 9 points with Ryan on the Republican ticket. Dems in Wisconsin turn out for presidential elections and not so much for mid-term elections. If Wisconsin govnernors were up for election on the same day as presidents then Walker would still be a county executive.