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  1. Moving RINOS Rightward is Good, Defeating them is even Better https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/02/24/moving-rinos-rightward-is-good-defeating-them-is-even-better-n38090
    More importantly, these reports prove two things; the effectiveness of grassroots conservatives and the inherent flaws of legislative … The first outcome results in the incumbent initially denying the charge of being a RINO.  … (You can’t exactly quantify the Gang of 14.)…
  2. 67% disapprove of legislators fleeing Wisconsin to avoid vote https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2011/02/24/67-disapprove-of-legislators-fleeing-wisconsin-to-avoid-vote-n38088
    Two-thirds of likely voters disapprove of Wisconsin legislators fleeing the state to avoid their duty to vote. … trouble for Democrats: The union riots in Wisconsin and Indiana might be good business for the likes of Jesse Jackson, but should … This is further evidence of why the Obama regime tried to claim it did not encourage the massive union protests as Obama’s leadership…
  3. Morning Briefing for February 24, 2011 https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/24/morning-briefing-for-february-24-2011-n38078
    Please click here for the rest of the post. 2. … But that’s not the worst of this power grab. Please click here for the rest of the post. 3. … from out of state.…
  4. Moveon.org & Van Jones call for Saturday march on ALL 50 state capitols https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/24/moveonorg-v…ones-call-for-saturday-march-on-all-50-state-capitols-n38076
    Over the next hours and days, all who love this country need to do everything possible to spread the “spirit of Madison” to all 50 … But this weekend, the best of America should rally on the steps of every statehouse in the union. … We call for emergency rallies in front of every statehouse this Saturday at noon to stand in solidarity with the people of Wisconsin…
  5. Obama’s leadership rating falls to a new record low https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2011/02/23/obamas-leadership-rating-falls-to-a-new-record-low-n38067
    The poll’s finding represents a huge shift in opinion from just a month ago after Obama delivered his State of the Union speech. … Only 35% of those who work in the private sector say Obama is doing a good or excellent job, compared to 50% of government employees … I’m sure Obama’s incitement of labor unrest in Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin contributed to the sudden turn around in voters’ approval…
  6. Follow the Money: What the Wisconsin Education Association Isn't Talking About https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/23/follow-the…he-wisconsin-education-association-isnt-talking-about-n38065
    As a union affiliated with the NEA, WEAC (according to its website) represents 98,000 “educators” in the State of Wisconsin. … The group’s Communications Director, Steve Gunn, explains: The pressure derives from state law, which makes the identity of a school … If the union can defeat Scott Walker’s reform plans, not only does it keep the union dues of teachers, it also gets to keep its health…
  7. The Last Refuge Of The Progressives https://redstate.com/repair_man_jack/2011/02/23/the-last-refuge-of-the-progressives-n38064
    Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. … In other words, we now will be lectured on proper political decorum by the man who was disbarred by the State of Arkansas for committing … Have these people on strike not shown the propensity to violate the laws of state and common decency?…
  8. Mitch Daniels's Truce https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/23/mitch-danielss-truce-n38062
    legislators fled Indiana yesterday giving way to a National Geographic special on the migratory patterns of absconding Democrats. … This would cement that.Instead, despite union battles on the front page of every newspaper in America today, Mitch Daniels decided … Mitch of Indiana.”…
  9. Morning Briefing for February 23, 2011 https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/23/morning-briefing-for-february-23-2011-n38060
    Please click here for the rest of the post. 2. Is the White House Helping to Orchestrate a National Union Uprising? … You be the Judge. A full 88% of America is union-free. … Wisconsin is a state that allows the recall of elected officials. The Democrats are organizing to do it to the Republicans.…
  10. Is the White House Helping to Orchestrate a National Union Uprising? You be the Judge. https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/22/is-the-whit…rchestrate-a-national-union-uprising-you-be-the-judge-n38056
    A full 88% of America is union-free. … Yet, despite the fact that the vast majority of American taxpayers do not belong to a union, let alone work for the government, we … After all, it does seem that the workers of the world are uniting in a very coincidental way, doesn’t it?…
  11. Wisconsin Unions Calling for a General Strike if Walker Plan Passes https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/22/wisconsin-u…ns-calling-for-a-general-strike-if-walker-plan-passes-n38054
    As the Wisconsin Legislature reconvened this morning, a key federation of nearly 100 labor unions in the state is calling for a general … The South Central Federation of Labor is calling for a general strike if the bill becomes law. … While Wisconsin has been deemed to be “ground zero” by the unions, if union bosses’ bullying tactics succeed in shutting down the state…
  12. Wisconsin Republicans: Bring Right To Work to a vote. https://redstate.com/dennispedrie/2011/02/22/wisconsin-republicans-bring-right-to-work-to-a-vote-n38053
    Without the Dems being there, the GOP is one vote short of the required number. … The main purpose of bringing such a vote to the floor would be to lure the Democrats back to Madison. … The union bosses running the Democrat’s show wouldn’t allow such a bill to pass unchallenged.…
  13. Help Locate Wisconsin's Missing Democrat Lawmakers! https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/22/help-locate-wisconsins-missing-democrat-lawmakers-n38051
    Since fleeing, they’ve been living their lives on the lam, have reportedly been seen lurking in parking lots at non-union hotels, and … With the help of expert artist Toby Dials (who has been working with eyewitnesses), we now have a fairly accurate depiction of the … If you spot one of the missing asses, you should approach with extreme caution as they are prone to piddling and running blindly away…
  14. Morning Briefing for February 22, 2011 https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/22/morning-briefing-for-february-22-2011-n38046
    Last week, the six-figure salaried head of the Wisconsin teachers’ union (WEAC) was quite clear in stating that the Wisconsin protests … The protests are, however, about union power. Please click here for the rest of the post. 3. … public employee union in the country, was the largest spender of the 2010 election.…
  15. The Silent Shift https://redstate.com/lukematthews/2011/02/21/the-silent-shift-n38040
    Promoted from the diaries by Bill Often some of the most interesting stories are the ones not told.  … Radicalization of the Democratic Party After the fall of the Soviet Union and the capitalization of China’s markets, the existential … But, with the fading memories of Soviet-style oppression and Chinese state-run famine receding into the background, many socialistic…
  16. Obama slinks away from Wisconsin union fight https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2011/02/21/obama-slinks-away-from-wisconsin-union-fight-n38037
    After throwing the weight of the presidency and its campaign apparatus behind the Wisconsin public workers’ unions, the Obama regime … * The president’s political machine worked in close coordination with state and national union officials to get thousands of protesters … The OFA’s involvement is highlighted on it’s website. Evidence of the Twitter support can be seen here.…
  17. Public employee unions: The big money in politics https://redstate.com/soren_dayton/2011/02/21/public-employee-unions-the-big-money-in-politics-n38034
    On the day after the 2010 election, I urged people to continue the fights at the state level. … public employee union in the country, was the largest spender of the 2010 election. … However, one of the Democrats has realized the flaw in their plans. A budget requires 20 votes to pass in the state senate.…
  18. The Wisconsin Union Battle is About America's Future Generations https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/21/the-wisconsin-union-battle-is-about-americas-future-generations-n38032
    Last week, the six-figure salaried head of the Wisconsin teachers’ union (WEAC) was quite clear in stating that the Wisconsin protests … the people they represent, Republican Scott Walker’s proposals strike at the very foundation of any union’s existence—union dues and … The Wisconsin union battle is about the raw union power that unions wield over the local, state and federal governments and, ultimately…
  19. Leadership Requires Leadership https://redstate.com/thehermancain/2011/02/21/leadership-requires-leadership-n38031
    All of the attempts by the media to make stories out of the budget battles going on in Washington, D.C. will not change the bottom … , the Democrats will get some of the wasteful spending and tax increases they want, the Republicans will get some of the spending cuts … to do the same when other governors are forced to make some of the same tough choices in order to balance their state budgets.…
  20. President Obama's Biggest Mistake https://redstate.com/melissaclouthier/2011/02/21/president-obamas-biggest-mistake-n38029
    And then there’s the embracing of the “new tone” and “civility.” … The longer the unions foment discontent across the country, the more angry out-of-work, underemployed, and sacrificing private sector … workers will resent the entitlement of the public workers their tax dollars go to pay.…
  21. GOP Credulously Chooses Incremental Conservatism to Combat Perennial Socialism https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/02/21/gop-credulously-c…ncremental-conservatism-to-combat-perennial-socialism-n38024
    the specific purpose of taking dead aim at the socialist and regulatory state. … The situation has deteriorated to the unprecedented degree that most Americans are supporting massive reductions of the welfare state … the assiduous efforts of inimitable state governors and Attorneys General to recant the law in the courts.…
  22. The Wisconsin Unions and Saying “No” To The Apes. https://redstate.com/repair_man_jack/2011/03/11/the-wisconsin-unions-and-saying-no-to-the-apes-n38251
    The 1973 Movie “Battle For the Planet of the Apes” was a sequel to the 1968 Movie “Planet of the Apes.” … The Seattle Times describes the legislation recently passed to restrict the union bargaining rights that have contributed to many of … the budgetary trends destroying the solvency of Wisconsin’s State Government.…
  23. Dues checkoff: the true issue at stake in Wisconsin. https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/03/10/dues-checkoff-the-true-issue-at-stake-in-wisconsin-n38235
    But the real problem with the bill for the Democrats is much simpler: The ending of automatic dues checkoff for public sector unions … Mickey Kaus – a Democrat who hates organized labor in a way that I, the son and grandson of good union men, simply cannot – called … This turns the collection of union dues into a guaranteed revenue stream (instead of the colossal pain in the neck that such things…
  24. Morning Briefing for March 10, 2011 https://redstate.com/erick/2011/03/10/morning-briefing-for-march-10-2011-n38234
    Please click here for the rest of the post. 2. The Wisconsin GOP has had enough. … rest of the post. 4. … click here for the rest of the post.…
  25. Morning Briefing for March 9, 2011 https://redstate.com/erick/2011/03/09/morning-briefing-for-march-9-2011-n38222
    The Monsters of McMinnville, Oregon: Radical teachers’ union gets MEAn 5. … of the Senate. … the most oil of any single untapped source within the borders of the U.S.…