Thanks to Extremism, We Can Learn...

[radhika]

Scott Walker is boilerplate Republican Tea Bagger. He hates unions, workers and the middle class. Got it.

But this time he went a bridge too far and that woke up the opposition. Public employees and their supporters could not sit back and have collective bargaining undone; they might, however, have passively agreed to rollbacks without a fight. Now, legions of activists are sifting thru Walkers past. Budget clauses are being scrutinized. We see permission to sell state energy assets without competitive bidding. The ginned up budget shortfall. Koch dealers on board. In a reverse Breitbart, the Gov was punked on tape. And it's viral online.

Just wondering. Did the 14 renegade Dems know any of this stuff beforehand? If so, were they raising a hue and cry? Did the WI Dem Party do it's work on the budget and the candidate? Did the press do its homework EARLY ON? Smart Baggers will back off the union thing (e.g., Rick Scott) but they'll still continue their campaign against the middle class.

We have our work cut out for us.