Cheeseheads Have Had Enough

Maybe it was the defection of Brett Favre to Minnesota that did it or maybe the ghost of Vince Lombardi paid them a visit; or maybe, just maybe people everywhere are fed up with the Democrats. It seems the party in disarray--the Republicans as depicted by the dinosaur media--is set to make an impact in the elections in Wisconsin this year. How big an impact is yet to be determined, but the fact that some folks are taking notice is enough to surely send another thrill up Chrissy's leg.

Until recently, Wisconsin seemed to be a Democratic strategist's dream — a blue state getting bluer. Its two U.S. senators were well-established liberal Democrats. The governor's office and both houses of the Legislature were in Democratic control after years of divided government. And President Barack Obama won the state in 2008 by 14 percentage points, one of his largest victory margins anywhere.

But something went awry on the way to Democratic hegemony.

A conservative insurgency — headed by a Republican candidate who actively courts, of all things, the tea party — is now making a strong bid for governor. And across the state, Democrats suddenly find themselves fighting to hold seats they once took for granted.

Of course, I'm sure the Dems will continue to tell us it is because their message is not getting out, which is what they always seem to say when they get in trouble in the polls.

The narrative conveyed in the reporting of this election cycle of which political party it is that is in trouble is not matching the reality on the ground. This, of course, means that the media will have to work overtime to drive home the point that conservatives are losers while they work on the articles for the post-election apocalypse that the Dems appear headed for is somehow a win for them.

Do I really expect Feingold to lose? No, but I hope he drains money from other contested campaigns that the Dems are hoping to win.