'FitzWalkerstan': The Republican Brothers And The Wisconsin Showdown

[deminks]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/the-republican-brothers-and-the-wisconsin-showdown.php?ref=fpi

Before last year, it had been more than 70 years since a political party in Wisconsin took over both the State Senate and the State Assembly in the same election. That rare event produced an even rarer one: siblings at the helm of both chambers.

"I'm ready for it," Wisconsin State Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R) told The New York Times in November, shortly after he and his younger brother, State Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald (R), were chosen to be State Senate Majority Leader and State Assembly Speaker, respectively. "If we don't ruffle feathers this time, I think people are going to say we're not doing what we said we would do."

By that measure, Fitzgerald can rest easy. Gov. Scott Walker (R) has pushed through his controversial measure to strip most state employees of their collective bargaining rights, and feathers have been ruffled. Thousands have protested. Democratic State Senators left the state. Madison was compared to Cairo, and Capitol security to palace guards. And the Fitzgeralds have been at the center of all of it.

"Welcome to FitzWalkerstan," State Rep. Mark Pocan (D) wrote on his blog on Thursday.

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[northoftheborder]

1. three incompetents who know nothing and proud of it

[Lifelong Protester]

2. the three stooges of Wisconsin's government, right now

[LiberalFighter]

3. All three born outside of Wisconsin.