This cartoon, obviously, was done in advance of the recall election in which Walker prevailed.  There’s plenty of Monday-morning quarterbacking going on, so here’s mine:  A major factor in the failure of the recall was that a majority of voters never saw a recall as a legitimate vehicle for addressing their grievances.  Most people in exit polls said the only legitimate reason to recall a politician was if they’d done something criminal, even though the state constitution says a recall can be held for any reason that motivates enough people to sign a petition.  Lacking “high crimes and misdemeanors” even people who don’t like Walker voted for him, because they didn’t like the recall effort itself.

Tags: collective bargaining, recall, recall election, Scott Walker, special election, unions, wisconsin

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