A group of us were discussing the governor's race the other night as we waited for a program to get under way.

Everyone was curious if Democrat Mary Burke really has a chance against incumbent Republican Scott Walker. No one, it seems, wants to believe the Marquette Poll that for four months now shows the race is a dead heat.

They don't want to believe the poll because Walker has all that money and even more at his beck and call that they're sure will tip the race in his favor at the end. And if that doesn't work, barring a new legal ruling the new voter ID rule will.

It's interesting to talk to Wisconsin folks about Walker. Even those who profess to like him have to admit that he's probably one of the most arrogant politicians they've known. They often like to contrast him to former longtime Gov. Tommy Thompson. You may have disagreed with everything Tommy did, they'll say, but you couldn't help but like the guy. That's far from the case with the current governor.

Take his comment last week when the three Republican-appointed judges on the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals declared that not only was Wisconsin's voter ID constitutional, the state could go ahead and implement it in this year's general election.