Posted on 04/09/2011 3:26:02 PM PDT by rhema
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But whereas we thought Kloppenburg had a real chance of beating Prosser, we've always been skeptical to the point of incredulity about the prospects for recalling Republican senators. That's because under Wisconsin law, an official has to have served for a year before being subject to recall. That shields both Walker and all Republican lawmakers who replaced Democrats in last year's election. As Wisconsin senators serve four-year terms, only those who survived the Democratic sweep of 2006 or 2008 can be recalled.
It only gets worse for Wisconsin Democrats. Kloppenburg's campaign implied--though in her "victory" press conference she robotically denied--that she would provide the deciding vote on the court to overturn Walker's reforms. Her defeat means that those reforms will soon take effect unless they have an actual legal defect.
One of the most important reforms is that union dues will become voluntary. State and local government will no longer take money out of their employees' paychecks and hand it over to the unions. This is likely to be the last Wisconsin election in which the Democrats have the advantage of support from organizations with the power to raise campaign funds coercively.
The unions' show of muscle in this week's election was not unimpressive, even though it was insufficient to the task at hand. Starved of the nourishment of forcibly collected dues, they may look like a 98-pound weakling by 2012.
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Now enact voter I.D. and other election safeguard laws. These have the Left screaming almost as loudly as union busting laws.
Not to be confused with Elenor Holmes Horton of D.C.
She bees smoking her Tea rather than drinking it. She’s been feeding her munchies side effects too.
Now is not the time to get giddy and start popping champagne corks. The left has shown historically that when the going gets tough, they dig their heels in and turn up the heat. We could learn a few things from them.
Stratenshardenfreudery = Strategery + Schardenfreuden
I just keep staring at the article and the 98 pound comment. I don’t want to navigate away.
Congratulations! Really, truly exciting.
Maybe you can answer a question I’ve posed on FR a few times since this turnaround. I’ve closed several election polls in VA over the years, and we call our results in to the state electoral board that enters them in the state’s unofficial results.
The media follows that state board’s tallies. We never call anything into the media. I don’t know if it’s forbidden, but it’s just not done. Is there a reason the Clerks call their numbers into AP in WI?
Union member puzzled by your post: “So whatz the big deel? Nuthing is rong with that sine.”
Let’s hope he doesn’t throw away his values in pursuit of re-election—the way every other politician does.
Like this:
Union Thugs Intimidate 16 Year Old Worker
And may it be propagated forthwith to all 57 states.
I heard recently that after Gov. Daniels ended mandatory dues collection in Indiana, union dues income from public employees fell by 95%.
Sorry can not answer that.
No way. If that were so, why would it have been set up in the first place?
No. I have to believe that once people need to pull out the checkbook and send the money themselves, they’ll figure out real quick that they LIKE being non-union.
Walker for president in 2016. He might even save the country. The guy has serious chops.
If you look to Indiana after they stopped automatic dues collection union membership went from 16,000 to 1,500. Numbers from memory.
Yes, he does indeed.
And if he doesn't run, he needs to put together and teach a mandatory seminary for all Republicans on regaining your gonads.
You mean if they can save $1000 a year at a time when their wages are frozen?
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