Month: February 2011

A sizable number of voters are following new Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s showdown with unionized public employees in his state, and nearly half side with the governor.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters agree more with the Republican governor in his dispute with union workers. Thirty-eight percent (38%) agree more with the unionized public employees, while 14% are undecided.

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48% Back GOP Governor in Wisconsin Spat, 38% Side With Unions – Rasmussen Reports™.

The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will no longer defend the federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

via Obama Administration Drops Defense of Anti-Gay Marriage Law – FoxNews.com.

Is the White House Helping to Orchestrate a National Union Uprising? You be the Judge. | RedState.

Political Fight Over Unions Escalates – WSJ.com.

On Friday, 92 Republicans, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, joined all of the Democrats to defeat an amendment offered up by Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn to ensure the GOP lived up to its “$100 billion in cuts” pledge.

This was a failure of leadership, particularly by Eric Cantor.

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Eric Cantor’s Failure of Leadership | RedState.

Fake Doctors’ Notes Being Handed Out at Wisconsin Gov. Union Rally | MacIver Institute.

Hillary Clinton donors indicted – The Hills Ballot Box.

Where the Leaders Are – WSJ.com.

CBS complicit in news coverup – BostonHerald.com.

A group of Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers blocked passage of a sweeping anti-union bill Thursday, refusing to show up for a vote and then abruptly leaving the state in an effort to force Republicans to the negotiating table.

As ever-growing throngs of protesters filled the Capitol for a third day, the 14 Democrats disappeared around noon, just as the Senate was about to begin debating the measure, which would end a half-century of collective bargaining rights for most public employees.

Hours later, one member of the group told The Associated Press that they had left Wisconsin.

via Wis. Gov. Walker calls Democrat boycott a stunt – Yahoo! News.