Rush Limbaugh - "Go on Offense, Wisconsin GOP!" Amen!
Go on Offense, Wisconsin GOP!
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State Senate rules in Wisconsin require that 20 lawmakers be present for spending bills. However, a simple majority for other measures is all that's needed. That means the 19 Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate can pass things on their own while the Democrats are in hiding. Now, to me, as one who advocates being on offense, this sounds like a golden opportunity for the Republicans in Wisconsin to go on a tear and pass everything that they have ever wanted. Pelosi would do this; Reid would do it. But of course the Republicans, they're gonna act like responsible adults. They don't want to irritate the media. They're not going to want to irritate the people, they're caught up in all this civility stuff. Well, maybe not, though. Maybe not, ladies and gentlemen.
'Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says his chamber of the Wisconsin legislature will convene to pass non-spending bills and act on appointments on Tuesday even if minority Democrats remain out of state.' One of those bills could be the union aspect of the budget bill. Could it be taken up in a separate vote tomorrow? 'Democratic state Sen. Jon Erpenbach told The Associated Press on Monday that Republicans could attempt to attach the part of the proposal taking away collective bargaining rights to an unrelated bill and pass it Tuesday.' 'I told them, 'Listen, Senator Miller, we're marching forward with our business. I am setting the calendar for tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. I would expect that the Democrats will be there, but we will be taking up a resolution. We will be passing a piece of legislation, and we will also be confirming one of the governor's nominees to their cabinet position,'' said Republican State Senate President Scott Fitzgerald. ... The 14 Democratic state senators have left Wisconsin to make sure a vote on Walker's budget cannot happen without the required 20 members for a quorum. One of those senators said that issue needs to be resolved before they return to Madison.' Well, it will be resolved when it's voted on.
Here's the bottom line. If the Senate Republicans in Wisconsin want to they can go ahead and pass part of what Governor Walker wants. In addition to the 5.8% he wants the teachers to spend on their pensions and the 12.8% on their health care, he's advocating for the limitation of collective bargaining rights in exchange for doing the contract every year or something like that. Well, that's not a budget item. The Republicans could pass that tomorrow. The Republicans could simply take it up tomorrow and pass it while the Democrats are in Illinois having run away, having fled the scene. Now, were it me, I'd start passing everything. What was the election for? 'Hey, look, we're here working. The Democrats can't stop us anyway. Even if they were here, they don't have the votes. There are things that we ran on, agenda items. Those guys leave town, fine, we're gonna continue to work.' Look at the golden opportunity they've got here. Don't think the Democrats don't know it. This is an AP story that I have shared with you here, and one of the reasons for the AP story I'm sure is that there is concern on the left that this may be exactly what Governor Walker is gonna do, that and a number of other pieces of legislation.
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Walker should do it. Despite the dishonest Liberal Narrative, when Obama won the election his comment and attitude with Republicans was quote, "I won." Walker won. Unlike Barry, Walker campaigned on what he's doing. He should give the Democrats notice that those present will move any items forward that they can dream up if there isn't full attendance in 24 hours.
Democrats prove time and again they have no limits and respect nothing but power. Pelosi/Reid/Obama should have taught this lesson to the GOP. "Knife to a gun fight." The GOP needs to grasp this and start dealing with them that way until the antics stop.
On the other hand, the way he's handled this so far has apparently left the Democrats and unions to hang themselves in the court of public opinion. They've shown just what little they think of "democracy".