Usually I don’t comment on elections in other states, but one yesterday was a doozie. It proves that voters see through all the crap that the GOP is slinging into the election process, and think it stinks.

Remember all the protestors in Wisconsin when the newly elected Republican governor decided to strip union workers of their rights in the state where most union rights were invented? Despite the protests, the GOP passed their bill, to chants of “shame, shame” by Democrats and protestors. Democrats responded by launching a recall campaign against six GOP lawmakers in an attempt to take back the Senate. The GOP responded by passing laws making it harder to vote, and by running fake Democrats in a recall primary in order to slow the process.

Yesterday was primary day in Wisconsin, and the fake Democrats lost their bids in overwhelming numbers. Wisconsin isn’t like Colorado where only Democrats vote in Democratic primaries and only Republicans vote in GOP primaries. Anyone registered to vote can vote in either primary. No doubt the GOP had a significant get out the vote effort to elect the fake Democrats. The voters saw the deceit and decided they wanted nothing to do with it.

Now there will be actual elections that could change the make-up of the state senate, turning it from red to blue once again. August is going to be a busy month, with the potential default of the U.S. government and elections in Wisconsin.

Colorado has a Secretary of State who is taking some pages out of the GOP dirty tricks book to make it harder for Coloradans to vote. Even Republican election officials see his efforts for the stinking pile of crap that it is and have refused to play the game.

Homework

Reuters Story About Wisconsin Primary

ColoradoPols Blog About Gessler Vs Reiner (Mesa County's Election Official)