Monday, April 30, 2012

Democratic infighting threatens Wisconsin recall effort

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats organized the protests that gripped the state. They turned Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to strip public unions of their collective bargaining rights into a national Democratic cause. They got the signatures they needed to force a recall election, and then some.

They are now just a little more than a month away from the big showdown with Walker they have been craving for over a year — but rather than excitement, there is growing fear within the party that they just might blow it.
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4 comments:

  1. Another reason to ban public employee unions.

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  2. I've been a public employee several times in different places. It's a cushy deal. Didn't need a union.

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  3. You can thank JFK for that giant sucking sound of your money going into the hands of federal unions.

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  4. I loathe the whole concept of the recall. I mean, are perpetual regular elections not enough? How much money and effort is being wasted on recalling someone when they could actually be legislating and not campaigning.

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