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By taking on the tough fight first, Wisconsin’s governor drew fire away from similar reform efforts in Ohio, as well as Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Tennessee and other states. For that, many governors, state legislatures—and taxpayers—are in Scott Walker’s debt.
That may be cold comfort to Wisconsin’s young reformist governor. He has been vilified by mobs, had his family threatened, and had his policies distorted by President Barack Obama—all because he was the governor of a state where the labor movement decided to make something of a last stand.
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