What is their reason for fleeing? Is it because if they vote in favor of the bill, they’ll lose all the union money in their campaign coffers? Or is it because they fear that if they vote against the bill, they will lose a bunch of votes for their re-elections in 2012? - They appear to be caught between a rock and a hard place. Poor babies!
I have no idea what their reasoning is for fleeing. The local dem rep now says she will not accept payment for her services while she is in Urbana. But in the next sentence , she assures us all that she is still working for us.
It is very confusing to me.
The Democrat House members in Indiana fled to Urbana because of a right to work bill that advanced out of a house committee. The Republicans let that bill die and agreed not to bring it back this session. The Democrats responded with a list of 11 bills, pretty much the entire legislative agenda, that they said had to be taken off the table before they would return. The 11 bills included Charter Schools, vouchers, elimination of automatic payroll deductions for public employe unions, etc. In short, what the voters voted for in November.
The Dems got the win they asked for and then asked for everything. Not sure how they can walk back from that now and save face. (Not that I care if they do, just a very interesting political move.)