[alloysteel]

Before there was ever a Democrat party in Wisconsin, there were the Progressives. The Progressives were so badly infiltrated by Communist agitators during the 1930’s and through and after the Second World War, that even their own rank and file members had to turn to another venue to express any fealty to the United States. The Progressives, which once claimed kinship with the Republican party, but then openly broke away early in the 20th Century, were a major factor in supporting FDR and the New Deal, even dragging some of the more reluctant Democrats along. They were the foremost admirers of Mussolini and Stalin, and incorporated much of the programs of those two fine humanitarians into the New Deal, to “make the trains run on time”.

The Progressive Party is alive and still active in Wisconsin, but that state is gradually turning at least purple.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It's the "Wisconsin Idea" - 100 years of academic/political/government advocacy for progressive infiltration in 3 areas: politics, education and media [spread through the university system].

Walker made a move against it and they almost lost their minds.

[ifinnegan]

Winconsin as a heavy leftist state makes Walker’s victories there that much more impressive.