Is there a lesson here for the GOP super-majority in New Hampshire? Well yeah….
Yesterday the super-majority Republicans in the Wisconsin State Senate voted 18-1 to strip government employee unions of all collective bargaining rights. The unions now are essentially…not unions. For all intensive purposes, they have been outlawed. Good. The "Demorat" members of the Wisconsin Senate weren’t there to help their government union friends. They’re hiding somewhere in Illinois, denying the Republicans a quorum to conduct financial affairs. That’s why the vote was so lopsided: No Demorats present.
In the meantime, some say "It’s About Time." The GOP needs to man up and realize they’re in a war. A political and cultural war. They need to admit it, understand it, and act accordingly. Here’s a comment about the Wisconsin events from a RedState.com member:
I agreee, it’s about time…
Thursday, March 10th at 2:07AM EST (link)
The GOP is as usual late to realize how the left plays the game. It goes for the kill every time while gentlemanly Republicans dimly assess the chaos they churn up before belatedly coming to realize we’re in a war that you can’t win by being nice. Our side needs to go for the jugular just as the left does–and earlier. Delay only weakens us and encourages more chaos. In Congress right now the GOP needs to draw a bright line–the fiscally responsible against their spending-as-usual. Right now our guys are bargaining away their chips. They are showing weakness by pulling punches. We’re in a cold civil war. It’s time the GOP realized it. We need warriors, not gentlemen–and I include guys like Walker and Boehner in the latter category. Walker won, but he allowed a mess to happen that didn’t have to happen.
From RedState.com