Seems the lib/progs and public unions began their partying way too soon. The NPR cautionsly notes there was an error in vote reporting from the city of Brookfield, a suburb of Milwaukee, that catapulted conservative Justice David Prosser back into the lead over his union guppie opponent, assistant state attorney general JoAnne Kloppenburg. But James Taranto at WSJ doesn’t mince his words when he declares “Landslide!”
Hard to believe that only two days ago, Kloppenburg was claiming victory with a 200 vote lead. As the race tightened, the fundraising started for the predictable recounts and court filings.
Then that pesky reality sets in…
As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, the Waukesha County clerk announced yesterday that she had erroneously omitted the Brookfield results from the unofficial returns she reported to the media Tuesday night. She caught the error during canvassing, a routine double-checking of vote totals. “The new totals give 10,859 more votes to Prosser and 3,456 more to Kloppenburg,” the paper reports.
There were also some minor adjustments in other counties, but the bottom line is that Prosser now leads by some 7,500 votes, or roughly 0.5%. Our headline exaggerates slightly, but assuming there isn’t a comparable gain for Kloppenburg in Milwaukee, where canvassing is still under way, such a margin should be easily recount-proof.
oops
It seems that the exceeding large voter turnout for the election didn’t quite vote the way the media and unions have portrayed, and have stripped the unions and lib/progs of their anticipated talking points. So much for a statement of rejection on Scott Walker.
… too bad. Perhaps tomorrow I’ll find time to shed a tear.
Vietnam era Navy wife, indy/conservative, and an official California escapee now residing as a red speck in the sea of Oregon blue.