Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Elections these days are often the result of how much money you raise and spend. Or how much someone else spends in your behalf. You're right; Walker's opponents "put everything they had" into winning the election. It turned out that what they had was nowhere near enough. Walker's supporters and donors from outside Wisconsin outspent his opponent 7 to 1. Mostly in attack ads. To analyze the results of the election without taking that into consideration might feel good...but it's inaccurate.