Let me guess...this WI result will be spun into a "referendum on Obama"...

[YoungDemCA]

..by the usual suspects in the media/punditry/political class.

[TheWraith]

1. And some DUers are helping. nt

[pstokely]

2. they already have days ago

nt

[Scootaloo]

6. DU has never taken a pause at any opportunity to do FreeRepublic's job for it

Of course, they're "just criticizing policy," don'cha know.

[IamK]

3. it is not wise to discount every loss as a one off event either.....

Scott brown, Christie, Kasich etc....

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. That has been there narrative ...

from the start.

But it's okay ... because Rachel Maddow and Ed were putting it out there.

[earthside]

5. It was always going to be ...

... but the Obama campaign didn't want to see that.

If Barrett had won, the Democrats would surely be crowing that the corner on reactionary Repuglican politics had been turned and the country was heading back to a more centrist attitude -- Wisconsin's electoral votes would have been proclaimed a lock for Obama.

If Barrett had won, DU would have been ecstatic with predictions of an historic Obama victory in November.

Yup ... referendum on Obama ... one way or another it was always going to be spun that way.

[ibegurpard]

7. well of course it is

but it's not