Wisconsin Kills Frankenstein
So you watched Wisconsin's elections Tuesday. What did you learn? Voters in this swing state are wary of executive power. They stripped their governor of the so-called Frankenstein veto (which permitted governors to cross out words and numbers to create new sentences). The vote was overwhelming, 71-29.
The results of dozens of school bonds around the state were mixed, with several measures going down around the state. (UPDATE THURSDAY: The blog WisPolitics has compiled the record, and it looks like the Brewers at mid-season: 30-31. Thirty school funding measures, totaling $165 million, were approved, and 31 measures, totaling $285 million, were defeated). Here are reports on results in Rhinelander, Beloit, Racine, Waupun, Rice Lake, LaCrosse, and Elmbrook, where school funding measures either lost or won very narrowly). Such results should worry Democratic presidential candidates, who are advocating more spending and higher taxes. If voters in a critical state such as Wisconsin are balking at spending more on the most popular of government programs -- education -- the timing may not be right for the new expenditures they're suggesting. This may be a good year for the tight-fisted.


