The False Story Told By Exit Polls In Wisconsin

Last night, Fox News admitted that they were unable to declare an "early" win for Scott Walker because the exit polling had told them that the race was going to be extremely close.  This was despite the fact that, at the time, Walker had a 20+ point lead against Barrett with more than 20% of vote counts in.  Finally, with 25% of the vote in, they declared a win for Walker.

The fact is that the exit polls were flawed.  People lied to the pollsters and the data was inaccurate.   They probably lied because other pro-union family members and friends were with them when the pollster was surveying the rationale behind their vote.  Yet, all night long, Democrat pundits (not just on Fox) cherry-picked various pro-Democrat parts of the polls to soft-pedal their loss for the night as if the exit polling was completely in line with the night's results.   In essence, they saw what they wanted to see; and the Democrats, my friends, are in complete denial.  Further, they concluded (probably quite falsely) that Obama still had a significant lead in Wisconsin by stating that exit polling indicated that many of those who voted for Walker would still vote for Obama.
 
This morning, with proper reflection, the level-headed opinion writers of the nation's media are painting a bleak picture for the future of public sector unions, the Democrats, and President Obama.  They understand the consequences of last night's loss.  They understand that a loss has "psychological" impact on voters going forward.  By that I mean that it is only human nature for people to not to want to align themselves with losers.  And, it wasn't the Republicans who were losers last night!

Is Labor Losing Again In Wisconsin?

Last year and this year, organized labor has spent millions in trying to replace a conservatives in the Wisconsin state government as punishment for dissolving state employees collective bargaining practices.  First, they tried to replace a supreme court justice with a liberal; giving the state's high court a liberal bias.  But, the unions failed.  They then tried to recall enough state senators as to give the legislature a liberal advantage; and, again, they failed.  Then, they backed  Democrat Kathleen Falk in last month's gubernatorial primary and she lost to the less-labor-sympathizer, Democrat Mayor of Milwaukee Tom Barrett.

Now, because of the Falk loss, they are now being forced to support Tom Barrett in the June 5th recall election up against the anti-labor Republican Governor Scott Walker.   But here's the thing.  The polls are showing Scott Walker in a clear lead over Barrett; by 6 points or more.  And, if those polls hold, labor will just lose again.   Apparently, organized labor hasn't got the memo.  People are no longer interested in government workers getting high pay, cushy benefits and early retirement when they, themselves, have to do with a lot less in their working lives.  Voters also know that Walker's policies have turned a multibillion dollar state deficit into a multimillion dollar surplus. Unemployment has been lowered by a full percentage point.  And, real estate tax have been lowered.