Democrats and their union allies failed to take control of the Wisconsin state senate away from Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker last night. Democrats needed to win three out of the six seats up for recall to exact revenge on Walker for his union-busting budget bill. They only took two.

The responses from progressives to their devastating defeat have been down right delusional. Daily Kos‘ Markos Moulitsas wrote: “But let me just say, if tonight was a loss, I hope we have many more such “losses” in 2012. We took the fight into red territory, and took two seats.” This is just plain fantasy.