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A lot of hand-wringing here. I was nonplussed when I first saw it. Then I saw Robert Hubbell's substack item on the same topic (open.substack.com/pub/r…) and I was much encouraged.
Here's an excerpt from Hubbell's piece:
Should we take the threat seriously? Of course, we would be fools not to! Should we live in fear of that prospect? Absol…
A lot of hand-wringing here. I was nonplussed when I first saw it. Then I saw Robert Hubbell's substack item on the same topic (https://open.substack.com/pub/roberthubbell/p/we-cannot-live-in-fear?r=20rw5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) and I was much encouraged.
Here's an excerpt from Hubbell's piece:
Should we take the threat seriously? Of course, we would be fools not to! Should we live in fear of that prospect? Absolutely not! In the immortal words of Brendan Sullivan, “We are not potted plants.” If the Wisconsin GOP decides to disenfranchise the one million plus citizens of Wisconsin who voted for Justice Janet Protasiewicz, those one million voters will have something to say about that development—and it will not be good for Republicans. Indeed, it would be electoral suicide for Wisconsin Republicans.
Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s election demonstrated that Republicans in Wisconsin are hemorrhaging support in major suburbs, a previous GOP stronghold. See this discussion by Steve Kornacki on MSNBC [https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-a-huge-defeat-for-republicans-liberals-gain-control-of-wisconsin-supreme-court-168160837913]. Disenfranchising the voters in the suburbs of Madison and Milwaukee will do nothing to bolster GOP prospects in those former strongholds.
And then there is this: Imagine for a moment that the Wisconsin GOP decides to overturn the mandate of the people by removing Justice Janet Protasiewicz. Would those voters “go gently into that good night?” Or would they, for example, call for a general strike? Or walk out of state, county, and municipal offices to shut down the government? Or hold continuous massive demonstrations in front of the state Capitol? Or all the above?
(Hint to Wisconsin Republicans about your future if you remove Justice Janet Protasiewicz: Look at ongoing protests in Tennessee [https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2023/04/05/white-station-crosstown-students-walk-out-support-gun-reform/70081738007/] over the GOP legislature’s callous and underwhelming response to the mass shooting in Tallahassee last week.)
Alarm is in order, but not panic. WE ARE NOT POTTED PLANTS.
I completely agree, but those who are not alarmed - and thus preparing - are the ones who are going to be picking themselves up off the pavement saying "did you get the number of that truck that just ran me over?" The failure to push as hard in that Senate District 8 (he won by less than 1,000 votes) to maximize the vote is unconscionable. It is political incompetence of the First Order. Another case of the Dimmycraps taking their eye off the damn ball.
You hit that nail on the head, TC
LESS THAN A THOUSAND VOTES? Yipes!!