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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...wisconsin-union-fight-enters-phase-two/72044/
http://www.salon.com/news/budget_showdown/?story=/tech/htww/2011/03/04/the_wisconsin_endgame
With Recall Push, Wisconsin Union Fight Enters Phase Two
"What do we now?" question finally has been answered: recall the Republican state senators who back the bill.
In Wisconsin, all elected officials are eligible for recall after holding office for one year. That makes the just-elected Walker untouchable until 2012, so the recall drive will target the eight Republican state senators who have stood firm against the unions.
The first signature creates an automatic deadline: twenty five percent of registered voters have to sign the petition within in sixty days to trigger a district wide recall.
Just how nervous is Scott Walker feeling in Wisconsin? The Washington Post's Greg Sargent alerts us to a Wall Street Journal article and a local news item in Wisconsin suggesting that two more Republican state senators may be on the verge of rejecting Walker's budget repair bill. Republicans have 19-14 majority in the state Senate, and with one senator already on record in opposition, two more nay votes will kill the bill.
Even conservative polling outfits have started reporting that significant majorities of Wisconsin citizens voters disapprove of Walker.
The Tea Party will just be a passing footnote in history.
http://www.salon.com/news/budget_showdown/?story=/tech/htww/2011/03/04/the_wisconsin_endgame
With Recall Push, Wisconsin Union Fight Enters Phase Two
"What do we now?" question finally has been answered: recall the Republican state senators who back the bill.
In Wisconsin, all elected officials are eligible for recall after holding office for one year. That makes the just-elected Walker untouchable until 2012, so the recall drive will target the eight Republican state senators who have stood firm against the unions.
The first signature creates an automatic deadline: twenty five percent of registered voters have to sign the petition within in sixty days to trigger a district wide recall.
Just how nervous is Scott Walker feeling in Wisconsin? The Washington Post's Greg Sargent alerts us to a Wall Street Journal article and a local news item in Wisconsin suggesting that two more Republican state senators may be on the verge of rejecting Walker's budget repair bill. Republicans have 19-14 majority in the state Senate, and with one senator already on record in opposition, two more nay votes will kill the bill.
Even conservative polling outfits have started reporting that significant majorities of Wisconsin citizens voters disapprove of Walker.
The Tea Party will just be a passing footnote in history.