Day-after mopup on Walker withdrawal

Random thoughts and observations on Scott Walker's decision to get out of the gov's race:

All for ethanol. One of the burning issues among Republicans, the ethanol "mandate," is off the table. Will the wingnuts be able to support a guy who agrees with Jim Doyle on what, just last month, was the litmus test for conservatives?

Didn't get the word. This anecdote from Lakeshore Laments about Friday night's Lincoln Day Dinner in Sheboygan: It turned out the Walker Campaign had sent an advance man to the LDD to set up and pass out their items. Around 5:30 pm someone else at the event asked him why he was there, after all Scott was bowing out. I was told he looked puzzled, quick got on the phone, and then left, leaving everything he had.

The chat. Grumps has video of the Scott Walker-Ken Mehlman chat about the governor's race.

The Amtal Rule has advice for Doyle on how to reframe the race.

James Widgerson's analysis declares that crossovers rarely happen in primaries. Actually, people cross over all the time, depending upon which ballot seems to have the more interesting races. What almost never happens is organized malicious crossovers, the mythical idea that Repubs will cross over to vote for the weaker Dem candidate, or vice versa. When people do cross over, they vote for the candidate they like. For a Repub voting in a Dem primary, that will be the more conservative Dem. A Dem voting in a Repub primary will usually pick the more liberal Republican. No mystery there.

Pat Kreitlow asks whether Republicans think the people of Wisconsin want a Washington politician to lead them.