Well, it's 4:00 in Wisconsin, and....

[kpete]

Republicans voted 19-0 to give the Democrats until 4 p.m. Thursday to appear before the Senate. The 14 Democrats are believed to be in Illinois. If the senators do not return by the deadline, the Senate agreed to find them "in contempt and disorderly behavior."
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_8d9ad090-45bd-11e0-bf68-001cc4c03286.html

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Well, it's 4:00 in Wisconsin, and:

Longtime Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, said it was "below the dignity of the state Senate to be spending its time passing such resolutions."

He said none of the 14 senators is in Wisconsin, and none plans to be in the Senate chamber by 4 p.m.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/03/952271/-Wisconsin:-Republican-deadline-is-here--are-the-Democrats
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_8d9ad090-45bd-11e0-bf68-001cc4c03286.html

[PBS Poll-435]

1. Well...

Super K&R

[Kennah]

2. Sounds like the 14 Heros aren't going to blink. How 'bout you GOP?

[PBS Poll-435]

3. I hope they hold their ground.

Texas suffered a similar standoff after the gerrymandering of our CDs in 2003.

[sakabatou]

4. In contempt and disorderly behavior?

WTF?

[Sal Minella]

5. That means, "Not compromising," i.e. doing anything and everything

the Republicans want, immediately.

[emulatorloo]

6. YES!!!!!! K & R n/t

[walldude]

7. So is a temper tantrum next?

The cops told Walker to take a hike, they aren't going to get anyone. I wonder if he'll try the national guard next or just lay on the floor wailing away about how unfair it all is... :rofl:

[Jackpine Radical]

9. His tiny little foothold on authority is the WI State Patrol--

characters in Smoky hats who mostly ticket people on the Interstates and drive the Gubner around in black Suburbans. Papa Bear is the recently-appointed 68 year-old father of 2 R legislators, the infamous Fitzgerald Brothers.

[JuniperLea]

10. I think the GOTP are going to throw him under the bus...

That's what they do. They prop up some asshat, give him his orders, and when he fails you can bet he was a loose cannon and they have no need for him/her anymore. The GOTP are so desperate they only run the expendable now. They prop them up, then knock them down. It's grand theatre.

[walldude]

12. No, they like him. They'll get some other Republicans

to vote this down so Walker can save face and say he held his ground.


There are two ways out of this. Violence, they can start beating and arresting people. Or capitulation, they can give up and find another way to get the money. Walker will not give in, so others are going to have to.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. Voting without a quorum?

What's the value of that?

[Jackpine Radical]

11. I think they only need a simple (!) majority for non-fiscal acts.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

14. Yeah, missed your reply and found out Friday morning.

It makes perfect sense. Thanks for your attempt to inform me in a more expeditious manner, though. :thumbsup:

[Jackpine Radical]

17. …so it took you a whole day to learn an obscure fact

about the WI Legislature.

That fact in itself speaks volumes about the power of the new media.

Anybody who wants to know just about anything can find out in short order. Now, if we can only figure out how to make the masses WANT to know…

[gratuitous]

13. Stand your ground in the face of threats

And the threats turn out to be so much hot air. Did the Democrats finally learn something from observing Republican behavior for the last 30 years? the difference being that Democrats could have taken effective action any number of times, but didn't; Republicans are letting their mouths write checks their asses can't cash.

There's a difference.

[reformist2]

15. We have to take hostages to restore democracy!

[AllyCat]

16. Thanks to my former Senator and my current one (Miller)! They rock

I've contributed to their campaigns through ActBlue. You can too!!