Walker's Wisconsin win big blow to unions, smaller one to Obama

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/05/politics/wisconsin-recall-vote/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Scott Walker won his recall election last night over democratic challenger and Milwaukee Mayor, Tom Barrett.  Walker won the election by a 53-46 margin.  This was a crushing blow to unions in Wisconsin.  The recall effort began in 2011 over Gov. Walker taking away public employees collective bargaining rights in an effort to close the state's budget gap.  It was a disappointing end for unions and democrats, especially after the recall effort got off to such a strong start, collecting 400,000 more signatures than necessary for a recall.  In response to the victory, Walker stated that this reaffirms his policies and that people want politicians who will make tough decisions.  Democratic groups called the sources of Walker's campaign funding into question. Walker outspent Barrett 7-1, and 70% of Walker's funding came from out of state, while only 25% of Barrett's funding came from out of state.  Although this is a defeat for democrats, it may not hurt Obama's chances in Wisconsin.  Exit polls of voters favored Obama in the general election 51-44% over Romney, and Obama had higher marks in handling the economy and aiding the middle class.

Although this wasn't the best written article (there were several typos and one paragraph that made it into the article twice), I still thought it was quite interesting.  I chose it because had Walker lost, he would have been only the third governor ever recalled, and given the current political climate, something of that magnitude is kind of a big deal.