Even Scott Walker Says He’s ‘At Risk’ in Wisconsin
It might seem odd to assess the Wisconsin gubernatorial race by channeling Herman Melville, but consider Ahab’s outburst as he prepared one last time to confront his elusive prey: “Towards thee I roll, thou all destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.”
That’s basically the Democratic lament about Scott Walker, the Republican governor who these last seven years has snuffed Wisconsin’s proud progressive tradition and transformed the state, with generous Koch brothers largesse, into a hotbed of conservatism. Three times the Democrats have tried and failed to harpoon him—in 2010, in 2012 (when they forced him into a recall election), and in 2014. Walker has never drawn more than 53 percent of the
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