What A Victory In Wisconsin

In the "you won't believe this one" category, Democrats in Wisconsin are celebrating because a judge in Dane Country ordered Wisconsin governor Scott Walker to call a special election to fill two vacant state legislative seats, one in the state senate and one in the house.  Walker had said that he would let the seats be filled in the November elections in order to save money for the state.  The judge decided that there had to be an election because not to hold one would deprive the voters in two districts of representation.  But here's the kicker:  the Wisconsin legislature just adjourned its regular session for the year.  There won't be any more votes until 2019 unless a special session is called.  Think about that.  The judge ruled that there had to be elections to fill a seat in the legislature that is done meeting for the year.  The new state senator and representative will do nothing except draw a salary for the next six months.  The special election will cost a few million dollars to run.  And this is the decision that the Democrats are calling a big victory.  Have they lost their minds?

In any event, there will be an appeal of the court's decision, and maybe a further appeal to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  By the time there's a final decision, it will probably be too late to hold the special election anyway.

Big congrats to the Democrats on this "major" victory.