The recall is lost and the Democrats still don't get it

The Democrats are saying that the loss to Walker was because they were out financed and out organized but that is foolish thinking.  The election was lost because WI resented the recall and its cost to taxpayers.  They saw it as a stamping the feet, childish, temper tantrum by people who did not vote in the first election and now were costing the state 36 million dollars in recall costs.  But more importantly, the election results were all about policy.  

The Dems must get over their contempt for their opponents. No, the opponents are not motivated by fear, stupidity and hate. They are motivated by their own financial interests which have been subordinated for years to the wants of public unions who are organized and who elect their legislator negotiators.

Property owners are not organized and, working 2 jobs, do not have time or energy to organize. They do not have staff to do it for them. But they understand that the wants of public unions is money out of their own pockets. All the stupid Dem arguments that non govt workers should be happy that others are making $60,000 a year plus extravagant benefits are falling on deaf ears.  The fact that the teachers insisted on teacher controlled health care insurance instead of insurance companies that offered the same benefits at a lower price was the death knell for any sympathy from the voters.

Why didn't Obama come here?  Because the natural question to Obama would be; if you support the right of public employees to organize then why won't you let the federal workers organize?

I am a Democrat despairing at the ugly, closed minded attitude of the Dem party and the liberals who think they are on the side of the angels. Doing the same policy over and over despite loss is insane - not recognizing the needs of your own base is insane. The public unions need to unite with the low income workers even if that means loss of some perks -- or they will lose everything to the anger of the oppressed.

Tax payers accept public workers we all use, police, firefighters, sanitation workers, some municipal workers, water dept., parks, etc. But state workers in public unions and the schools are unacceptable tax burden to those who are not using them (and who often object to the way they spend money). 

Democrats should consider advocating that the teachers and schools be removed from the property tax roll and the school be supported by parents of attending children. Until the Dems do this they will have no chance against the property tax arguments.  Until the schools are supported only by the people who use them, there will be no incentive to keep costs reasonable. 

Most people love the private sector unions as long as they are actually controlled by the local workers and not organized robber barons and crooks. And as long as they respond to the needs of the companies' customers, unlike GM workers who insisted that gas guzzler cars were what the people wanted.  But even private unions will suffer if they join with the public unions.  Pay attention AFL-CIO workers.  Support policies that are good for the people who are your customers or they will not support you.

While the Dems refuse to change their policies and stand with their base, the environment and women suffer from Repub policies.   The Dems think the crumbs they offer women will bring them into the Dem fold despite their economic conflict of interest.  But it is not working.  The Dems have to change their policy about public workers and illegal immigration and voter ID.  Their current positions are unacceptable to the non-public union working class.