That's a very interesting story. Jackson County is pretty solidly Democrat. Neither the state senator nor any of the three representatives were in office when the CCW bills were up for votes, so it's hard to know where the district leans on the issue. The DA must feel pretty confident, though.
I'm familiar with the area I've got family there, (and this story) it's often solid "DINO" territory. Democrat because of the mines & union employers, and the elderly/gentrification of the area. However, they're extremely socially conservative as you'd otherwise expect in a rural/low population density area.
I think it's an interesting turn of events here in WI. Given the Supreme Court's ruling, I wonder what might happen regarding firearms rights in WI in the next couple of years.
Assuming Neumann's dirty campaign for the GOP primary does not hurt Walker so much that Mayor Barrett of Milwaukee waltzes into the governor's mansion this fall, I think it's a fair bet we'll have shall-issue CCW pass in 2011.
Considering that it passed twice with veto proof majorities, getting a simple 51% in both houses shouldn't be too hard.
I'm sure Monkeyleg can give us a laundry list of dirty tricks anti's could still pull to derail CCW in WI, but things look to be trending our way pretty heavily right now in WI anyway.