Why let Wisconsin have all the fun?
It appears that a move to take away collective bargaining rights is also going forward in Tennessee and Ohio.
Wow.
Other states rumored to have similar bills are:
So what's the big deal? They are Republicans, you say. They don't like unions. They want to bust them. Why so shocked?
I'm not shocked by the union busting. Republicans are as anti-unions as they are pro-business. But I will let someone else argue the pros and cons of not letting public school teachers negotiate their salaries and benefits, in one go, through their unions.
What eats me is that this is happening in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Ohio, less than two years before the November 2012 general election for President.
Are these names ringing any bells now? Say it with me friends, "Swing States".
All Republicans and conservatives have to do for 2012 is lie low. Either enact some awesome way to make jobs and gain credit for it, or enjoy the current fester. If they really want to get involved to feed the base, do something that doesn't equally or more so arouse the opposing base. Keep saying you won't take any of that Health Care money. Or that you have been taxed enough already. But whatever you do, don't give the other side a reason to have a bigger voice than you.
And yet here it is. The Democratic Party is being reborn by the Republicans themselves. And the Republican Governors or prospective republican candidates for governor in these states are putting themselves in a very difficult electoral position early on.
Because the one Democratic voting block that Republicans do not want mobilized in 2012 is Unions.
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