Lessons from Wisconsin

• The Democrats were guilty of over-reaching in this recall effort.
• Polls, especially exit polls, should be ignored.  I now take from the exit polls the exact opposite result to be the most likely result.
• President Obama abandoned the unions.  President Obama abandoned Wisconsin.
• President Obama was a big loser in this election.
• The one who should learn the most from the Wisconsin recall effort is Mitt Romney.  The lesson he should learn is that a staunch conservative stance is a winning position.  There is no need to pander to the middle.
• American voters are fed up with fiscal irresponsibility.
• Many Americans now realize that there is a conflict of interest between public employee unions (especially their leadership) and the government.  Those unions provide a slush fund for the Democrat Party, and much of that money comes from folks that are not Democrats.
• No politician should be fearful of labor unions.
• Many people are now of the opinion that the use of recalls is overdone.
• Major progress can be made in deficit reduction without raising taxes.  Conservative policies work.