c-o-u-r-a-g-e.
The governor of Wisconsin is showing courage and leadership. The media is trying to paint him in a bad light, but I don't think middle America is buying that story.
If you'd leave it up to me to come up with a real Republican legislative agenda there'd be stuff on there that'd send chills down your spin.
The only problem in Indiana is that the Republicans don't quite have the votes to have a Constitutional majority for a quorum.
That's 'cause the public didn't vote for enough of them. It wasn't quite a "power sweep".
The Governor faces the prospect of shutting down state government ~ obviously he doesn't want to blamed for it. Hence, the continuing effort to blame legislators ~
I remember years ago where the legislature there worked into the night and for several days beyond the lawful close of a session simply by designating an "official clock" which they would regularly reset by running the hands backwards.
There's no trick they haven't used, and no matter how strange it may seem to you they are all positioning themselves for blame avoidance when there's no accepted budget or appropriations at the close of the session.
I think the Democrats are losing in this one. Now that hotter heads know where they're holed up there's no telling how this might end. I'm sure the Governor doesn't want to be accused of stirring up somebody to go shoot some Democrats, and the guys in the legislature don't want the blame for that either. Doesn't mean they don't want the event ~ they don't want the blame. They want the Democrats to take the blame for all the violence (if any) and for shutting down the old folks homes!
You might think that the only thing at stake here is the RTW law, but it's really the existence of the Democrat party for the next few decades. It is entirely possible that the Democrats will manage to agitate and posture themselves into permanent minority status.
Mark, having grown up in New York, probably has little appreciation for something that would actually exterminate the Democrats as a viable party in Indiana. Not that he'd oppose it, but New Yorkers just can't think that way ~ they've been conditioned to believe the Democrats are a permanent fixture in American politics ~ literally the gold standard of politics.
when you have the establishment so quick to support him, it make you pause and wonder