Regardless of the ultimate result, there are vital lessons we should take from the race.
First, the machine of leftism, even operating in a structurally leftist state like Wisconsin, is a paper tiger. Unions long ruled Great Lakes states with an iron hand and a rubber truncheon. The well-paid army of union operatives, the dull armies of whipped members, and the timidity of possible opponents has meant that unions were able to drive the economy of the industrial heartland of the world's greatest economy into poverty and despair.
This judicial election, however, dispels the notion of omnipotent unions. Voter turnout in these elections is ordinarily light. Incumbent judges seeking reelection do not have huge organizations and vast pots of campaign funds to support them. In this race, the leftist challenger Kloppenburg had all the advantages. She should have walked away with this race, but she did not. Even if Kloppenburg somehow "discovers" her own trove of uncounted votes, the left will only win the battle and lose the war.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/what_wisconsins_judicial_elect.html
