I think we should really focus on the possibility of reforming Milwaukee. Even if we get back the Senate seats, they are only two voices among 100. And the Washington has usurped our rights some sixty odd years ago under FDR and slowly reduced the Constitution to a meaningless document.
I think that real reform must come locally. We should back Walker as he asked us to at his victory speech (not much of one, my only criticism of Walker). But he's right. We have an opportunity to take back our local government.
I am rereading DeTocqueville for the first time straight through. And I think he is quite on the mark that a healthy democracy requires strong local administration, run by the citizens and not by bureaucrats (lit. rule by the desk). The only way we shall ever reclaim our rights and powers of self government from the feds is by taking control of the local governments first, that is how "to get people involved and interested in government."
The local is what matters. Perhaps, Scott is realizing this after his efforts in Madison.
With control of the state senate in the hands of Republicans: voter reform measures would pass, concealed carry would pass, tax decreases would have a much better chance...etc., etc., etc.
I do agree with you, though, that this change in the climate in Milwaukee County will have a dramatically positive effect on the rest of the state...FINALLY!