Michigan Emergency Dictator bill

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by Riot

Everybody in the country has a dog in this hunt.

How so? Unless you are a resident of Michigan, or you own property there, this matter does not directly affect you and you are just an interested observer.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

How so? Unless you are a resident of Michigan, or you own property there, this matter does not directly affect you and you are just an interested observer.

The actions of the Republican Governors Association across the country - the agenda given them by the founders and supporters of the RGA, the Koch brothers - most certainly affects all of us.

States going broke, states screwing teachers affects all of us (for example, my neice, who is a new teacher where? Wisconsin!), states refusing high-speed rail and not addressing joblessness (multiple relatives in Florida); governors attempting to overthrow home rule municiple government by "crisis edict" - yup, affects us all. It's a global world. Not isolated fifdoms.

Your post does remind me to send another $100 to ActBlue this week, to support the ongoing Wisconsin recall ads.

There was a news article by Sam Stein today - the Dems are organized at marching towards the recall goals, the GOP is in ineffective tatters regarding recall of the Wisconsin Dem senators.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_836794.html

Conservatives: We Are Being Outworked And Out-Organized In Wisconsin Recall Campaigns

In part:

“It's clear that Democrats and liberal organizations are engaging in an attempt to make recall more than a mere hypothetical possibility for some Wisconsin Republicans,” said Liz Mair, Vice President of Hynes Communications and former RNC Online Communications Director, who has worked closely with officials on the ground in Wisconsin. “Even though Governor Walker acted to end the impasse, Republicans and conservatives should not be acting like this is done and dusted.”

The data bears out the notion of a disparity. Reid Magney, a spokesman for the non-partisan Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, described the recall efforts by Democrats against Republican state Senators as more organized than their counterparts. Whereas GOP-run recalls registered at different times and originated from a random spattering of groups--a Utah-based conservative organization was forced to find a partner inside Wisconsin to make its petitions legally acceptable--all of the Democratic activity has run through the state party.