Who’s progressive in Wisconsin?

[Conservative]

excellent read.

Scott Walker, fighting a good fight in Wisconsin - The Washington Post

highlights...

Wisconsin is a swing state in the presidential race.

The threat to such progressive goals as majority rule, transparent government, a vibrant public sector and equality comes from public-sector unionism.

“But Walker never campaigned on curtailing union rights!” his opponents cry. What rule of American democracy says that public officials may do only what they explicitly promised before taking office, and nothing else? By that logic, President Obama could be impeached because he opposed an individual mandate to buy health insurance during the campaign, then supported it in office.

Of course, collective bargaining in the public sector is inherently contrary to majority rule. It transfers basic public-policy decisions — namely, the pay and working conditions that taxpayers will offer those who work for them — out of the public square and behind closed doors.

In the only poll to pit him against named opponents, URL="https://law.marquette.edu/poll/2012/01/25/walker-and-obama-have-single-digit-leads-in-marquette-law-school-poll/"]Walker beat each one. [/URL]