The new Silent Majority?

After hearing the whining from the people who did not get what they wanted in the last election for governor in Cheeseheadland you would think the zillions of recall signatures meant curtains for Der Fuhrerwalkermeister.  Now the first poll of voters since the recall petition drive ended (an aside -  they went from 500,000 signatures to over a million in a few weeks so who knows what that means -- a mild winter?) has some interesting results shown below. What does the poll mean? About as much as all the noise made by the petition gatherers. TWW thanks them for heating up the air by being outside which caused milder weather to some degree or was that from AGW?  Anyway, here are the quotes:

•  "The poll showed 51 percent of 701 registered voters asked approve of Walker's performance, while 46 percent disapprove. 
• Professor Charles Franklin, director of the poll and visiting professor of law and public policy at Marquette, noted the importance of name recognition, with 95 percent of respondents able to give an opinion of Walker and fewer able to comment on potential Democratic challengers. 
  ``The results show a competitive race but one in which Governor Walker starts with an advantage,'' he said. "
  Read more: http://www.journaltimes.com/article_158f5da6-4787-11e1-9c16-001871e3ce6c.html#ixzz1kZoRSmAq 
  Read more: http://www.journaltimes.com/article_158f5da6-4787-11e1-9c16-001871e3ce6c.html#ixzz1kZoKs2W8
  
  (TWW has no idea why the 'read more' stuff looks funny)