An Inspiration For Our Republic?

Say what you will about Scott Walker (I say he's an asshole), but he's inspired people to vote:

On a sunny June day, Wisconsin voters packed the polls to decide the historic gubernatorial recall election.
No statewide figures were available, but local election officials offered fairly similar accounts of a heavy turnout in communities large and small, in both Democratic and Republican areas.
In many places, election officials said turnout was as strong as, or stronger than, it was for the 2010 gubernatorial election. A few even compared it to the 2008 presidential election.
With Wisconsin voters sharply - and almost evenly - divided between the candidates and few undecided, political observers believe turnout will hold the key to victory for either Republican Gov. Scott Walker or his Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
Heavy turnout in strongly Democratic Milwaukee led the city's Election Commission to call out the reserves.
Extra poll workers were sent to polling places at Becher Terrace, Bradley Tech High School, Keenan Health Center, Morse Middle School, Rufus King International School Middle Years Campus, and Cass Street, 53rd Street, Grantosa and Parkview schools, said Sue Edman, the election commission's executive director.
The backup workers were needed to handle long lines, partly because a significant number of new voters were registering at the polls, Edman said. In some cases, poll workers were shifted from less-crowded polling places to busier ones, Edman said. In other cases, she used poll workers who had agreed to be on call or city administrators who had volunteered to help out, she said.

I think recall elections suck, but I'd like to see that weasel Walker lose.  If I had my way, I'd have let him steamroll through a couple more ALEC scumbag laws and let the Republicans set themselves up to get pummeled.   Anyway, this isn't an epic battle for the future of America.