The “big” rally got little air time on the news here (Milwaukee). I flipped around to 3 of the local stations. As for crowd estimate, all they would say is that the crowd was bigger than it has been the past few days (when it was in the hundreds).
And, really . . . Bradley Whitford? This is the best they could do?
I’ve read some of the lefty blogs today. They are claiming 100k crowd and that the police are defying orders to begin clearing the capitol building and instead are declaring solidarity and sleeping with the protesters.
I have no idea what is true, but it does strike me that, at least in the national media, Walker and the Republicans are getting pounded. Having seen the GOP cave in enough times, I am just not super confident in holding all the Republican senators together through this.
A win here really may be a “PATCO moment”. If the GOP can face down the full fury of the corrupt public sector unions and their media allies in Wisconsin, this sort of legislation will gather steam elsewhere. We may finally begin to break the cycle of taxpayers effectively funding Democratic Party campaigns.
On the other hand a loss here would encourage lawlessness elsewhere and likely dissuade Republican governors in other states from taking on the public unions so directly.
The stakes are really that huge. The left knows it and has pulled out all the stops, and I wondering why more pro Walker forces in Wisconsin aren’t counter protesting in support. I realize Republicans aren’t always the protesting types, but wow, in this case, Walker could sure use some visible support in the streets.
The “massive nationwide rallies” don’t appear to have gotten much airtime anywhere. Apparently the media doesn’t want America to see leftists behaving badly.
Look folks, a quick scan around the internet from the main media (ABC, CNN, FNC, NBC, etc. outlets) basically says these labor union protests flamed by Move On,org have been a major flop. The numbers are absolutely nothing to talk about. Dismal, at best. This report posted as reported by some unheard of web blogger site ain’t what one would call accurate reporting. Obama’s Labor Secretary Solis was firing up the DNC meeting. I guess Obama did not tell her that federal workers do not have collective bargining rights going back to POTUS Truman and his Democrat Congress who banned such rights due to conflict of interest. I guess Ms. Solis is not bright. The plain issue is no public service labor union should be allowed to stand for exactly the reason the FDR & HST have stated and enacted into law, conflict of interest. Governor Scott Walker, continue on the passing your law and, keep in mind, the voting public is on your side. These labor union goons can rant and rave all they want on their web sites, but at the end of the day they are going down in both Republican & Democrat controlled states!!! Democrat Senators in Wisconsin, you best return to work because the voters of Wisconsin have voted you out of power, in November, 2010 and now existing Federal law put in and passed by a Democrat congress is pointing to your defeat. That is exactly why dummy POTUS Obama has shut his ill informed mouth on this subject. Labor Secretary Solis is apparantly not the sharpest knife in the drawer!!! She ballbles on like the fool and misinformed administrator she is.