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If a union 'inflates' wages and benefits beyond a sustainable business model in the private sector that company will increase the cost of the product or reduce quality(GM). Eventually this catches up with the company and the union and they enter bankruptcy unless the gov't steps in and bails them out (GM). There is a equilibrium that needs to be maintained and usually is.

The public sector unions have not had this equilibrium to worry about. They continue get more by working to elect the people they negotiate with(unlike private sector) and and the gov't borrows more or increases taxes to pay the cost. The voters are the fulcrum and they are moving in the direction that makes it harder to prop up the public sector unions. There are public sector workers who will spend more time collecting a pension than they worked

There is a reason even FDR said no to public sector unions.

Walker says Romney still an underdog in Wisconsin.

regardless of what the exit polls say....they are the least reliable (with larger marings of error) than most polls.

Most of the polling in the week to two weeks had Walker up around 5 to 6 points. Walker out performed those polls by about 2 points.

Those same polls generally had Obama up 3/4 points on avg. A Correction fo two points shows Wisc. within the margin of error. So...Im not so sure I believe that Obama is up close to double digits in Wisc.

Until the last few years I've always been anti-union. However because of the incredible anti-teacher sentiment which has become so widespread, particularly among policy makers in high-poverty school districts I've changed my position.

Today was the Scott Walker/San Diego Market Rally!

I haven't seen anyone express an opinion on why the market shot up today, but in my mind it's because yesterday, public worker unions took a shot of Gus Fring's offered drink.

I think the worm turned when folks understood the situation as; My pay hasn't risen over the last several years. I'm paying more for my health care than before and lord knows what kind of care I will be able to obtain when I retire, and at what cost. My retirement plan hasn't gone up and I proly wont have the type of retirement I was looking forward to having. Look at these public employees whose pay HAS RISEN while mine hasn't. These folks are getting to retire at 55 w/ lifetime incomes close to what they live on now. They will get lifetime health care. And I am the one who is footing the bill for all of this and my govenor tells me that I will have to pay higher taxes so that these folks can keep their expanding benefits?

when it comes to high-poverty school districts, I am much more anti-parent than I am anti-teacher union. But we cannot take kids out of the their homes too easily, so might as well give the schools as much competition as possible.

There is an irony in this. Mitt (and John McCain) are the type of candidate that independents and Dems always say they want. Mitt is pretty centerist as Pubs go. He was a Gov. of a pretty blue state. Sure...he has "flip flopped" on some issues to get elected....every does it (Mitt, Kerry, Obama, etc. etc.). I dont think anyone really thinks Mitt is a far right candidate. Neither was McCain. He was the maverick moderate.

In actuality...its the harder right guys (Reagan and Bush) who end up winning.

In this hyper partisan, internet and 24 news cycle era we live in.....everyone was going to get this treatment. Obama had a short window if "love" because he had (1) very little record; (2) was great at selling the hope change, and post partisan crap; (3) there were limits to the attacks based on his race because media could/would only go so far; (4) Bush and War fatigue.

This election is just returning to the 2000 and 2004 norm of very close, deeply divided elections.

Isn't his more symbolic than anything since they are not in session and won't be until after the Nov election where it is expected the republicans, because of redistricting are expected to take it right back? I don't believe anything can happen on 'control' until they are in session?

This may only last until November, when the Pubs believe they have an excellent shot to pick up two seats.

PA isn't in play until a Romney(or any other R candidate is +5 or more in the polls). It is an odd 'purple state where it has a hard time voting for a R Pres but has a R controlled legislature and will vote for R Senators.