By Bookworm25 on “Badger Hunting” by Bob Costa, another perspective on WI races TODAY:

I live in Milwaukee. Unfortunately I am not in Alberta Darling’s district, but I hear non-stop ads for both sides all the time.

Perhaps I am delusional, or uncharacteristically optimistic, but I do not expect success for the Dems tomorrow, at all.

Yes, there is a significant amount of union activism still in place, but the story the rest of the country is not hearing is that the changes are working. School districts that did not bend to the pressure for last minute negotiations are not having to lay anyone off. Some are even hiring, despite losing some state money. Our state financial situation has totally turned around. Jobs are up in this state, despite them being in the doldrums in the rest of the country.

I don’t think Walker is strongly disliked yet. I think the jury is still out. And there are many people on both sides who don’t like the idea of recalls based on doing what they said they would do. That tips some people in favor of the incumbent.

Sure, anything could happen tomorrow, and turn out is extremely important, but I am hopeful that most of the Republican incumbents will pull through.