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I didn't take time to recheck the statutes, but I believe a recall action cannot be undertaken until an elected official has served one year of his term. JE

(Wed Apr 02 07:38:38 2008)

I thought the Ashland County total--you know, where Gableman was the big, bad, tough-on-crime DA--was interesting: 52-48 Butler.

Sour grapes are the best kind of grapes for bloggers. You know that. :)

Very interesting numbers Jay. Good point you're quietly making. JE

folkbum (Wed Apr 02 08:14:48 2008)

Once you run down the names we also see another interesting trend--a lot of incumbents were ousted last night, the biggest of which (as you pointed out) were Laux and Butler. (From a political science standpoint--Butler's loss should have been all but impossible!)

A number of seats, especially in Appleton were taken by challengers. In a conventional election, 95% of incumbents will retain their seats. However, at the local level, that number is prone to fluctuate wildly, as we see this year.

Congrats to all the winners! Do your constituents proud.

Adam Delikowski (Wed Apr 02 09:24:14 2008)

Even though it is a PITA for poll workers to handle large numbers of write-ins I still think it's an important part of the election process. We got through it (me as relatively new to working at the polls) and thankfully (or not) the turnout was low. The write-in sorting we had to do was not encumbered by the inevitable glitches that go with a massive turnout.

And yes there should be careful analysis of the 'none of the above' or other ballot preferences that show dissatisfaction with local government.

My take on it is that the status quo is still good enough for Appleton residents not to seek out big changes. There's no irresistible force bumping up against the immovable object of an unopposed mayor.

As to judgeships, after the populace has sucked up the negative campaign tactics of massive and well-financed media campaigns, they have no one to blame but themselves when the next bank bailout hits or the next civil action suit against predatory lending outfit is overturned.

Lon Ponschock (Wed Apr 02 09:39:30 2008)

" As to judgeships, after the populace has sucked up the negative campaign tactics of massive and well-financed media campaigns,"

No kidding - boy those union boys think they can just spend their memberships dues like it's monopoly money.

" they have no one to blame but themselves when the next bank bailout hits or the next civil action suit against predatory lending outfit is overturned. "

Oh, that reminds me, Lon ...

You never did define what you meant by 'free trade scams', who is being enslaved in the Far East, or how Bear Stearns was a Ponzi scheme.

Brian (Wed Apr 02 12:16:41 2008)

I think there are probably many who agree with me that the advertising for this race was meaningless and disgusting - on both sides. I know business paid for Gableman's ads and was horrified (and naive I guess) to discover that WEAC helped to pay for one of Butler's pay back ads.

But did you watch the Gableman/Butler debate? I'm afraid Gableman was inarticulate at best and moronic at worst. That's not sour grapes that's just common sense.

Also, I heard that big business chose Gableman after trying to solicit 17 others. I don't have a source to back that up. That's sour grapes.

Tina Haffeman (Wed Apr 02 19:34:09 2008)

The concept of a judiciary that is impartial took a blow with the Gableman win. "tough on crime", what nonsense. We have three branches of government and the judiciary is supposed to be impartial. Sad day for Wisconsin.

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