Another presidential election has come and gone in Wisconsin, and once again by all accounts it went as smoothly as possible. Although the right wing, led by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, whipped up as much frenzy and paranoia as they could, there has been no sign of the mischief that they predicted on Election Day.

Before the election, Van Hollen went as far as to jeopardize hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin votes by filing what was clearly both a partisan and frivolous lawsuit which was rightfully thrown out of court. As in 2004, this year Wisconsin seemed to have a very smooth Election Day with very high turnout. Actually, this year Wisconsin had the second highest turnout in the nation. This is something to be encouraged and not stifled for purely political purposes.

After having his partisan lawsuit thrown out of court, J.B. Van Hollen suggested that he might appeal the matter to a higher court. Given the smooth election that we just had in Wisconsin, J.B. should abandon his partisan suit and stop wasting taxpayer dollars over a problem that for all practical purposes does not even exist.