The great tantrum wouldn’t be happening if they were winning.
Just declare the offices vacant and schedule elections.
Could the current Assembly and Senate pass a law that forces these people back or, if they don’t come back, to forfeit their office?
So, if I don’t show up for work “for weeks”, there is nothing my boss can do to me? I didn’t know that. Must be a union thing.
There are a lot more tough votes ahead. The Wisconsin Senate will have to post guards at the doors, when the Democrats are already inside, to get the legislation through.
OTOH, the left has shown itself in this skirmish to be willing to rob the taxpayers right in front of their noses (collecting sick pay for protesting), to bully elected officials, to leave piles of filth for their fellow state workers to clean up, and, in the case of the Senators, to be cowards who run away rather than face up to the new reality.
It’s crystal clear that these loser RATs didn’t hear We The People last November. We The People will be louder in November 2012. These gutless Elitists just gave whomever runs against them all the evidence needed to defeat them.
Proof positive that these RAT Senators spit in the faces of the taxpayers of Wisconsin, IMO.
Well thank you Cap't Obvious. That point has come and gone Mr. Sabato - you less than intelligent wazoo.
“The upside is that they have brought a lot of attention to their point of view.”
They have also brought alot of attention to OUR point of view. As people are made aware of the high income and benefits total, it will work against them.
STOP THEIR PAYCHECKS AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT!!!! NOW!!!
Recall petitions are floating in Wisconsin. Waging a recall election would get their attention, and maybe get them tossed out of office too. Double win.
They are obviously taking a leaf from the book of the Texas legislators, who fled the state and hid out in Oklahoma ten years ago, to avoid a redistricting vote.
They managed to delay matters for quite a long time. But in the end they lost the redistricting battle, and I doubt whether it did their reputations any good with the Texas voters.
What is there to keep Wisconsin pubbies from simply declaring an end to public schools in Wisconsin and redirecting the money to private schools and home-school alliances?
They need to do something huge like CCW’s for everyone.
Or a 10 month waiting period on abortions.
Because this tactic will be used in every state and every county.
The longer this stays in the national news the better. Not even the mainstream media can save the image of the leftist loser teachers and their union thug masters.
I want to know whose money is paying for their hotel and travel expenses. Are they financing this themselves or using taxpayer money? The latter option would really raise questions.
Or maybe the DNC is footing the bill.
Unions are for people too weak to negotiate their own compensation.
Did you read the comments after the article where some idiot (Nicole I think) said there had been TRILLIONS of dollars made since the stock market rebounded the past two years???????????????? What was she smoking?
I don't see how the liberals win this one.
On the other side, National Republicans need to publicly tie this WI shutdown/walkout to Obama and Reid's rejection of the house budget. They should call on Obama to tell the teachers to go back to the classes, to do what they are being paid for, like taxpayers must do. Do this on every TV show tomorrow.
Texas Democrats pulled this stunt many, many years ago to avoid voting on a bill they didn’t like.
Shortly afterward, Texans began replacing them with Republicans and they haven’t looked back.
History will repeat itself in Wisconsin.