the governors in wisconsin and ohio aren t just asking workers to tighten their belts. they are demanding that they give up their uniquely american rights as workers. solis reminded the crowd she comes from a union household. democratic national committee chairman tim kaine celebrating his birthday. getting a giant card and damaging questions from the crowd about whether he will be on the soon to be open senate seat in virginia. it. current senator jim webb recently announced he will be leaving for the private sector in 2012. union reform expected to be discussed even more in washington this weekend because the nation s governors are meeting in washington. most of them struggling to figure out how to balance their budgets in their states. familiar story across the country. you with that is not all they are talking about. doug mcelway is live for us in washington. doug?
given him in november. in other words, scott walker s big gamble in wisconsin, picking this giant fight with the unions and the republican party s attempts to nationalize this fight, make it their coast to coast hill, this has not only caused scott walker s own party to peel away from him, it has electrified and unified the democratic base, bringing the democratic base home to the democratic party in a way that no other issue has in recent years. nationally, belonging to a union household has been one cater, not a particularly powerful cater, but one that that household may vote democratic. if union households nationwide get gallon vonnized to bolt to the democratic party the way they have in wisconsin, then president obama s re-election campaign and every other democrat s election campaign in 2012 should probably cut scott walker a big fat thank you check. republicans picked this fight with wisconsin, and wisconsin is winning the fight that the
big gamble in wisconsin, picking this giant fight with the unions and the republican party s attempts to nationalize this fight, make it their coast to coast hill, this has not only caused scott walker s own party to peel away from him, it has electrified and unified the democratic base, bringing the democratic base home to the democratic party in a way that no other issue has in recent years. nationally, belonging to a union household has been one cater, not a particularly powerful indicater, but one that that household may vote democratic. if union households nationwide get galvanized to bolt to the democratic party the way they have in wisconsin, then president obama s re-election campaign and every other democrat s election campaign in 2012 should probably cut scott walker a big fat thank you check. republicans picked this fight with wisconsin, and wisconsin is winning the fight that the republicans picked. the national polls bear this out as well.