https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/08/10/sanity-prevails-in-wisconsin/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:01:19 -0400<![CDATA[All eyes on Wisconsin. The Democrats and their union enablers went all out in their effort to recall 6 Republican state Senators yesterday. They needed to win 3 seats to regain a majority. They took only two. Time. Money. Buzz. The party of Spend! lavished all on this effort to repeal Governor Scott Walker&#8217;s initiative to curtail the power of government unions in Wisconsin and restore the state&#8217;s precarious finances. It was, as David Freddoso writes in The Washington Examiner (h/t &lt;a href=&quot;&#8221;&gt;Instapundit), supposed to be a referendum in which &#8220;the people&#8221; would demonstrate just how thoroughly they repudiated the Governor&#8217;s reforms. &#8220;But it turns out that &#8220;the people&#8221; had other ideas.&#8221;]]>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:16:42 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2011/08/10/sanity-prevails-in-wisconsin-n116633