Posted on 09/24/2014 10:23:29 AM PDT by cotton1706
When one talks Republican policy and politics, from the size and cost of government to the role of some notoriously out-sized GOP enemies such as public sector unions, including in education, there may not be a more critical battle space nationally-speaking, than Wisconsin this year.
Democrats have been gunning for incumbent Gov. Scott Walker since he and the Republican-controlled state legislature passed Act 10 — a measure curbing the collective bargaining powers of some public workers — forcing them to contribute more for their health care and pensions, and ending the automatic collection of union dues.
It's hard to remember the incredible intensity that surrounded passage of Act 10 three years ago. Democratic lawmakers fled the state rather than allow a vote on it. Protesters took over the state capitol. There was an ugly Supreme Court fight. But it became the law.
As the GOP struggles to capture the Senate, those races have been rising and falling on issues like immigration, the economy and even foreign policy. But as important as those may be, the issues at the heart of Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker's re-election bid are perhaps even more critical to the success of any larger national GOP agenda.
And Democrats know it, " "We have a score to settle with Scott Walker. He took collective bargaining away from us. He stole our voices, in a state where we were born," Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees told the Washington Post.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
The Republicans have a spear?
“The Republicans have a spear?”
Isn’t that eerrr, mmmmm, racist...
If they do, it’s damn well about time...
I’d prefer they have a tactical nuke, but hey...what the heck..
Schadenfreude at its best!
Not as racist as saying the Democrats have spear-CHUCKERS.
Not that I’M saying it...
Yes, it looks something like a spork.
Not sure if he was an R or a D...
I have been sending money for Scott Walker’s SECOND re-election campaign. The first re-election, that phony “recall” effort, saw the Democrats (and the public service unions) falling flat on their faces...
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