Rick Ungar, Forbes: Gov. Scott Walker Has Lost The War

[highplainsdem]

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/03/04/gov-scott-walker-has-lost-the-war/

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Should Gov. Walker accomplish his goal, he will have stoked a level of union anger that I very much suspect will become a key driver in an Obama victory in 2012. He will also have prompted the nation’s unions to work together for a common objective– a feat that would have seemed impossible just one month ago.

If Walker loses his fight, he will have reminded the unions of the importance of fighting back against their enemies, reminding them of how life was for their forbearers who fought to establish the modern union movement. This will ignite the passion for battle while reminding those union folks who have been voting republican of the importance of sticking with the party that sticks with them.

Walker would have done well to take ‘yes’ for an answer when the unions agreed to his financial proposals. Given the procedural advantages in Ohio, where the GOP legislators could push through the anti-collective bargaining bill without the need for Democratic legislators, Walker should have backed down and allowed John Kasich to take the lead in the effort.

The Wisconsin governor’s desire to be at the forefront of his perceived GOP revolution may not only have doomed the anti-union effort, but it may forever label him has the man who gave the democrats the gift that keeps on giving – the return of the union rank and file into the arms of the Democratic Party.

[Poiuyt]

1. I suspect Walker has lost the war

but has he lost this battle? I'm not so sure. As a Wisconsin resident, I fear this bill will pass. The Repubs seem to be too well entrenched to back down. This is an absolutely terrible bill that will set this state back decades.

Walker's massive ego is driving this thing. He thinks that he is on the verge of doing something historic. I guess that's true. He'll go down as the worst governor in Wisconsin's history.

[Old and In the Way]

2. He'll make history, like George W. Bush did.

But he may not like the legacy he'll be awarded.

[K8-EEE]

3. K&R!!

[highplainsdem]

6. Thanks!

[Matariki]

4. Great editorial. n/t

[reformist2]

5. This could also be the spark that gets union movements started at Wal-Mart et al.

[highplainsdem]

7. That would be great!