Thank you to all the Wisconsin activists. Thank you to all the supporters who are honorary Badgers. Tonight was an astonishing moment in American history because tens of thousands of people from one state made a difference in our national psyche. If you see it as a loss, I'm sorry, but you'll be left behind. No national movement begins with an overwhelming victory.
Seven months of intensive activism brought two Democratic seats to the Wisconsin legislature. Unheard of. Astonishing. Some see it as a loss of four -- I see it as a gain of two and a message to Scott Walker. He is alone and he is the target and Badgers are not quitters.
And so, dear Ben Masel, I hope your essence and atoms remain in the State you loved. You would have loved this fight to the very last minute. You would have been pissed as hell at the loss of that crucial seat but you would have found your sharpie and cardboard and been right back out there the next day fighting. Thankfully, you have friends and surrogates who will do just that.
Not defeated -- only energized. Blessings our dear, brother Ben. There are those who are not discouraged. Those who will find the cardboard and the sharpie and write in bold print:
ON WISCONSIN!