WI recall: It's about saving the middle class

The first reports are in on turnout from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Apparently it's slow in River Forest and Shorewood.

The Democratic candidates are Rep. Sandy Pasch (D-Whitefish Bay) and Gladys Huber, a Mequon woman and Darling supporter. Huber is one of several "fake" or protest Democratic candidates running at the behest of the Republican Party in order to force a primary election.

We have a healthy degree of skepticism about the MJS, though. The paper endorsed Koch whore Scott Walker and recently ran an editorial dripping with disdain for the recalls because they result from "the heat generated by a single issue." (Could the publisher be steamed because the reporters will get more overtime covering the recalls?)

The Isthmus had a great reply to the MJS's editorial in an op-ed by Emily's Post:

That line of reasoning grossly oversimplifies what's happening in Wisconsin right now.
Ask just about any person why they're energized to vote the Republican incumbents out of office and you're very likely to get a laundry list of complaints in reply. I did that very thing on Twitter yesterday and this is just a small sampling of what I got in return:

@whyihatepeople: Other issues as well -- cutting school funding, for one thing.
@danpotacke: Some worked their entire careers to see policy victories, only to see it reversed in 2011. A decade or more wiped away in 6 months.
@annelyttle: Everything boils down to widening the income gap & consolidating money/power in the hands of a few. Goes way beyond union-busting.
@bluecheddar1: IMO union power/rights shld be held dear & expanded-not contracted.Need worker rts. & lever against corporate power.
@JudeToche: I'm in favor of recalling people based on them attempting to f*ck over anyone making less than $250,000 per year.
@sagefeminist: Overreach. Strict party-line vote. Meaningless debate. Bullying. Consolidation of power. Kowtowing to billionaire corp interests.