probably be a recount.

I do think he will be removed from office once the corruption investigation is concluded.

if I recall correctly.

All is not lost on that front.

That was my first thought on reading the title. Opened it to find that we agree.

And that John Doe investigation ... Walker will remain untouched and unnamed as a target until after November.

I think we win without a recount. I feel really good about this!

It's the dishonest election clerks (or crooks) like Kathy Nickolaus that have me worried. Some kind of vote-flipping bullshit is going with her, I just know it.

would make the bullshit they try useless. I feel pretty good about the turnout. Barrett wins, Nickolaus efforts exposes the party.

Dane County are the places to watch tonight according to WI_DEM who's got a pretty good pulse on this election. I agree that it will be close and if it is and Walker squeeks it out, it will not to a victory for Republicans nationally.

It only takes 1 Republican loss to turn the Senate over. It's currently split.

Walker could lose his Lt Governor.

Walker could be ousted.

The Republicans losing the Senate has a really good chance of occurring.

Sending Walker walking? Seems like a bit of an outside chance but possible.


I would love to see all that Koch Kash being wasted. Let's go Barret!!!

We only have to win one of the three. I'm more confident we'll do one of the above.

when/if the DoJ moves in.

If we lose today, I hope to God it's really close or I doubt Obama/Holder will go for it and in this first year of Citizens United, it would be hard to blame them.

before the results are clear. I'm hoping to find out in the morning when I get up.

High turnouts are good, but we'll have to see where they were and how high they were. We won't know until results are in. Truly we won't.

In other words, we will win but they won't give it to us. Cheating will be rampant, media will be complicit, general public will be oblivious.

and tomorrow Barrett goes on the job, firing and indicting every Walker crony he can find...

(and he can - just go back to the personnel records and fire everyone who was hired from 2010 and beyond).

Unless Walker is dearly loved in Wisconsin, I'm willing to say that Barrett wins above 56%. Maybe even into the 60% ranges.

119% turnout in Madison (due to same-day registration). I can't imagine these people are that fired up to support the status quo.

I think that as the partisan divide has become more stark, the old rule of turnout = Democratic win has become less reliable.

Without the massive influx - and it really is ludicrous - of money Walker has had funnelled into his campaign, I've no doubt we'd be looking at a 10 point Barrett blow out tonight. As it is, I think the polls will be more or less born out, and that he'll retain his position with 53-55% of the vote.

The thing I really can't get my head around is that WI went easily for Obama in 2008, most polls still show him with a decent enough lead...there's obviously a significant overlap there, there are Obama voters who're more than happy to give Walker the nod in this race. That's sad, and it just goes to show what money can buy you in politics...these are exactly the sort of voters the Romney SuperPacs will be aiming for with their $1b ad blitz.

Have something sweet to eat while you wait; all that bitterness can't be good for you. Watch, and you'll see. We've got this.

Nowhere near the margin of his last election--in fact, I'd say by less than a percentage point--but the Republicans will claim it is a mandate to do whatever they want, like they always do.

Unless the turnout is absolutely inhuman and all the polling models were wrong...

(Wisconsin is a state that allows registration at the polls, hence the "over 100%" turn out).

It could be an incredible amount turning out to vote.

an ugly -- a la Florida 2000 -- recount campaign. I expect they'll be floating accusations of voter fraud before the polls close.

Accusations of a stolen election will fly. There will be demands for recounts and investigations.

i live in a reder than red area
i drive down streets where walker signs are on every house for blocks at a time

my fantasy outcome is walker in cuffs

Republicans cheat, and this is a very important election to them. An indictment may solve the problem, though.

If turnout is low, Walker wins. If turnout is high, Barrett wins. It will be very, very close, though. We won't know who won until the early morning hours if we're lucky.

I think Walker is toast and at least 2 Senate seats.

Edited to add: AND the fucker's going to prison. eom.

Walker indicted June 12.

with all the money he's got it would be a miracle if he didn't manage to buy this thing.