Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing

I guess one could take the glass is half-full outlook of this piece about the "we won--oops, no we lost" outcome of this week's Wisconsin state supreme court election.  There probably is cause to celebrate in the improved "blue" numbers, and that we made a race where six weeks ago we trailed by almost 30 points competitve.  But....I'd say its more cause for concern for us than the republicans. 

Despite spending weeks where we had a concerned, motivated base converging on Madison concerning collective bargaining rights, we lost.  Despite having the edge in voter enthusiasm, we lost.  But what scares me the most is that the fight in Wisconsin appears to be lost on the national party (see also, Obama, Barack) and that Wisconsin is basically a blue state.  Sure, like Michigan or Pennsylvania, they'll occasionally go red when they're pissed off--but Wisconsin hasn't voted for a republican for President since 1984.  And any way you slice it, in a nationally noteworthy election, we lost.  The republicans didn't lose in West Virginia and New Jersey in 2009--and it carried over to 2010.

I just don't like the looks of it.

Peace,
emaycee