A Democrat wins in the Heart of WI GOP Territory:

Cribbed from What's Left - I was going to write something up about this, but she did such a good job:

A Democratic Mayor in Waukesha

Most people are pretty surprised that a Democrat won the mayoral race in Waukesha yesterday. It must have the Republicans at the state level a little nervous.

People on both sides of the political spectrum should take notice of one fact in the race - the Republican was a public supporter of the so-called Taxpayer Protection Amendment (TPA) and the Democrat was against it. He wasn't trying to walk the line and be both for it and against it either. So a Democrat won in a Republican base speaking out against the TPA.

And the Democrat was outspent 3-to-1 in the race.

There must be a few Republican supporters of the TPA questioning their stance on it today and looking through old press releases to see what they have said on this issue. Rep. Mark Green might be questioning his support of it too. If you can't win with that message in Waukesha, where can you?

Perhaps the supporters of this amendment will start to realize that voters want more than someone that votes and rules by press release and cute campaign slogans. Calling it the Taxpayer Protection Amendment but having no idea what it does to local communities might not be such a good strategy after all. I'm guessing voters are also getting a little tired of Republicans spending a lot of tax dollars and then accusing everyone else of too much government spending.

So now the question is, does Rep. John Gard and Senator Dale Schultz even bring the TPA up for a vote anymore?