Of all Pabster's recent links, the only one remotely interesting is "Will Wisconsin Loss Doom Hillary?" and that one doesn't really predict a loss, just discusses what the ramifications will be.
To me, tonight's Wisconsin results will be pretty interesting. I lived there for much of my young adult life (mid-seventies to late eighties) and was very familiar with it's political culture (back then). To my view, this is going to another real close one, could go either way. Both Hillary Clinton and Obama have been actively stumping in WI, neither is conceding it.
From my extremely unscientific view (casual phonecalls and emails with old friends and acquaintances) Hillary Clinton has a lot more support in WI than is apparent.
Politically, Wisconsin is extremely similar to New York state. A mostly rural state with one large city (Milwaukee) that is the 800 lb gorilla. Milwaukee is a one party city (Dem of course) but that party is extremely diverse. Milwaukee is unlike most US cities in that it has a very large white (mostly blue collar Polish) population. The Milwaukee vote will not be totally decided by race.
Wisconsin also has Madison/Dane County, which is a totally collegiate & governemental town, a hotbed of political activism. Think of Madison as the Grand Rapids/Berkeley of the midwest.
The rest of Wisconsin is pretty rural with the occassional small city, like Sheboygan, Green Bay, etc.
Race to my view is going to be a nonfactor with Wisconsin's white population.
Despite tech's repeated assertion that Wisconsin is one of the most liberal states around, this is a bunch of hooey. Wisconsin may be considered more liberal than most places (a hundred years ago socialism was dominant there) but that is more because their politics are almost totally corruption free and while highly taxed, most feel that the government is actually wisely spending the money. It's refreshing to be in a place where calling someone a liberal is not meant as a slander. Anyway Clinton and Obama are almost identical in substantive political stances, to me the "liberalness" is a nonfactor. Remember too, that Wisconsin was the home of the notorious Joe McCarthy.
The fact that Obama's base is Chicago is a nonfactor. To any true Wisconsinite, Chicago is depised, the endless traffic jam you must go through to go East. Think Red Sox vs. Yankess rivalry, that is how Illinois and Chicago are viewed.
There are two important factors that will be played out in today's WI primary. First, it will be a test of voters' remaining loyalty to Hillary Clinton (and Bill Clinton). This remains Hillary's biggest strength, together with feminists that want to see the first woman president. The other main factor is the economy. WI (and especially the Milwaukee area) has a lot of heavy industry with good paying, blue collar jobs that are drifting away. Times aren't as desperate as in Michigan, but who can best help the economy is going to be a very major consideration.