Wisconsin is having a primary election today. Mitt Romney will most likely win it, but as one observer notes, today’s election is a mere undercard to an election on June 5, in which Gov. Scott Walker could be removed from office for the offense of crossing public-sector union bosses.
I should have followed the Wisconsin primary more closely, but I haven’t, so I’ll go with the safe pick: Romney will win with a plurality of the vote. Gingrich, if he’s on the ballot, will get so few votes as to make Ron Paul, whose candidacy is waning, look like an unstoppable force of nature.
But really, it doesn’t matter much who wins today. If for some freakish reason Romney doesn’t come out on top, he will win in today’s other contests. And for better or worse, he will be the party’s standard bearer against President Obama.
The Walker recall election, on the other hand, will be unique in its repercussions. It will be either the high water mark of public sector unionism, or a sign that we are truly on the road to America of the government, by the government, and for the government.