[July 4th]

But both have recently turned solidly Republican, and the liberals don't like it, at all.

I definitely wouldn't say that. We have a Dem governor, two Dem Senators, and the state houses tend to flip back and forth between Dems and Reps. (We've got both right now though.) I would say if Wisconsin is solidly anything, it's very conservative Democrat. A lot of the northern counties, where it's basically farms and forest either vote Republican or generally pro-gun Democrat. This is why the Republicans believe concealed carry will pass here. The northern pro-gun Dems would likely join the Republicans in a veto override, and the Dem governor wouldn't want to risk total embarassment.

[jdege]

Minnesota passed shall-issue with a Republican House, a Republican Governor, and a Senate with a narrow DFL edge.

Wisconsin has a Republican House and Senate - so the tricks that were necessary to force a floor vote in the Minnesota Senate will not be necessary, but a Democratic governor, so a veto is possible.

I'm not at all certain that Wisconsin can override a veto, right now. But I am certain that if they do not, the pro-gun forces are going to win considerably, in the 2004 election.

[Con X-Poser]

<< if Wisconsin is solidly anything, it's very conservative Democrat >>

The PEOPLE may be conservative Democrats, but the office holders are LIBERAL Democrats. On the guise of being for "the working man", the working man keeps voting in liberal idiots who tax him to death and control his every move.