We watch and wait in Wisconsin

    Why do the recall elections in Wisconsin matter?
    This is the opening salvo in the 2012 elections.
    Because Wisconsin is a harbinger of the kind of fights we will be engaged in for the next several years. As public employees refuse to pay for their health care or pensions, the public has picked up the tab, thus bankrupting states and the federal government.
  FIFTEEN million dollars Thirty million dollars have been poured into Wisconsin, Obama has been there numerous times and the state has been saturated with anti-Walker propaganda. In addition, the "Walker stalkers" have literally stalked Walker and his political allies, even to their homes and their spouses' activities.
  Charges of illegality are being asserted.
  Unions and liberals (but I repeat myself) understand the significance of the Wisconsin battle. If three of the Republican senators go down, Dems gain the Senate back and all kinds of mischief can result.
  In addition, in spite of the good news that is coming out of Wisconsin, there is a plan underfoot to recall Governor Walker, which cannot take place until he has been in office for a year. The wheels are, however, in motion.
  What's disconcerting about this is the tactics these people have used to get what they want.
  For example, when a small independent newspaper didn't print what they wanted, the Wisconsin Democrat party chair contacted the editor and threatened to harass their news agency and discredit them in the eyes of the national media. 
  This kind of thuggery is going on all over the country to preserve the collective bargaining monolith as it exists, which is to put the power in the unions' hands and not the employer, thus creating a permanent liberal voting bloc that will suction money and power from the people who pay the salaries. 
  The whole "worker" mentality has little to do with supporting a fair system, but rather to endorse and strengthen the group think that enables unions to get what they want.
  It doesn't take a great deal of imagination to realize that this scenario is being repeated in Ohio in the SB5 referendum.
  This is what we're up against: