I just don't understand the obfuscation. Given that polling data from Politico yesterday, why would any Republican, let alone a conservative candidate, do or say anything that wasn't clearly and explicitly supportive of Walker's initiatives. That poll said that not even a majority of Democrats supported public service unions and they weren't just talking about their right to collectively bargain, but their right to exist, period. THAT is powerful public sentiment.
Now is not the time for negotiating, nor the time for olive branches. Conservatives are in a position of strength and they should use that lever until exhaustion.
Won't be for long, when the Republicans do what they always do, bring flowers and wet spaghetti noodles to a battle that's being fought with fixed bayonets.