DNC playing role in Wisconsin protests

[apples]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/DNC_playing_role_in_Wisconsin_protests.html?showall

The Democratic National Committee's Organizing for America arm -- the remnant of the 2008 Obama campaign -- is playing an active role in organizing protests against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's attempt to strip most public employees of collective bargaining rights.

OfA, as the campaign group is known, has been criticized at times for staying out of local issues like same-sex marraige, but it's riding to the aide of the public sector unions who hoping to persuade some Republican legislators to oppose Walker's plan. And while Obama may have his difference with teachers unions, OfA's engagement with the fight -- and Obama's own clear stance against Walker -- mean that he's remaining loyal to key Democratic Party allies at what is, for them, a very dangerous moment.

OfA Wisconsin's field efforts include filling buses and building turnout for the rallies this week in Madison, organizing 15 rapid response phone banks urging supporters to call their state legislators, and working on planning and producing rallies, a Democratic Party official in Washington said.

At what point is this out of control?

[JohnBrowdie]

wisconsin is always a hot bed of election fraud, by the way.  the most unreported story in 2000 was how bush lost WI by less than 10,000 votes, but more people voted in milwaukee than live in the city.  it's one of the few times that the amount of proven fraud exceeded the margin of victory. 

don't underestimate how far the local thugs in WI will go.  out of control happened when the obama campaign got actively involved.  we're off the page now.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/DNC_playing_role_in_Wisconsin_protests.html?showall
 At what point is this out of control?

[GeronL]

wisconsin is always a hot bed of election fraud, by the way.  the most unreported story in 2000 was how bush lost WI by less than 10,000 votes, but more people voted in milwaukee than live in the city. 

How does that get allowed to stand?

[JohnBrowdie]

it would be sweet if WI republicans branded the dems as the "protectors of the broken status quo", and "the party of no".

public employee unions are part of what has gotten the states into this mess.  if the liberals want to protect them, then the liberals should be exposed as willing to sacrifice the greater good to the mercy of their political and financial supporters.

[natstew]

How does that get allowed to stand?

The same way it was allowed to stand when JFK won the Presidency by carrying Illinois with cemetary votes. JFK was the, "darling of the press".

[JohnBrowdie]

WI only has 11 electoral votes, so it really didn't matter who won that state.  it was all about FL and it's 25 electoral votes.

however, it the republicans had fought that battle more fiercely at the time, there is a good chance that they could have destroyed a good bit of the union/thug criminal apparatus that is causing so much trouble now.

How does that get allowed to stand?