Do you think Obama or Biden should visit WI to support Barrett?

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13. I don't think they should go

It sure didn't help in Massachusetts in 2010.

The base is already fired up in Wisconsin. The segment of the electorate that probably needs cajoling is that so-called "independent" vote, and injecting presidential politics into a state's gubernatorial race might just well alienate many of them.

I think all this call for Obama to speak out (I get emails from him daily lately asking me to contribute to GOTV in Wisconsin and to support Barrett) is just a way of having someone to blame if (I say "if" not "when," but I'm afraid that is possibly so) things don't work out for the Democrats. I think it's about looking for a fall guy. And he will be the fall guy whether he goes there or not. Because nobody wants to believe that they can loose an election; it's nice to have someone else to pin it on.

I think if Walker survives, it's going to be because people were uncomfortable with the idea of recalls in general, not because this is a measure of public sentiment about one candidate or another.