Editorial: It's money vs. the middle class in the Walker recall in Wisconsin

Editorial: It's money vs. the middle class in the Walker recall in Wisconsin

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In hastily called recall elections just a few months later, voters retained three of three Senate Democrats and ousted two of six challenged Senate Republicans, setting the stage for next week's recall effort against Mr. Walker.

The most recent polls favor Mr. Walker's retention by a small margin, but gubernatorial recalls are so rare that the predictive accuracy of polling is virtually unknown.
Mr. Walker and outside groups supporting him enjoy a ridiculously lopsided financial advantage, but longtime Wisconsin observers also note that most voters have long since made up their minds, so the spending is more likely to enrich media consultants, ad agencies and TV stations than the candidates' vote totals.
Finally, there's been some fanciful speculation that Wisconsin's recall results may foreshadow the outcome of November's presidential election. Perhaps, but the survival of America's middle class is more important than even that battle.

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