Watching the news of the recall election in Wisconsin, one little tidbit caught my attention. Apparently a number of Democrats who were not Scott Walker supporters voted for him. Why? Apparently because they disliked the recall process. Normally a recall is held when there some sort of malfeasance on the part of an elected official. Recalls are not intended to be a "redo" of an election simply because someone dislikes the outcome.
So apparently, a number of Democrats took the position that we have regular elections every four years and having a recall over policies is not the intent of the law - the rule of law needs to hold so they voted to reaffirm the lawful election rather than vote party line on something they found wrong on principle.
That kind of stand for principle gives me a little bit of hope not all is lost on the left side of the aisle. Whatever one thinks of Walker or his policies, the recall seemed out of line from the get go. Glad a new precedent was not set.
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