Posted on 02/20/2011 7:57:04 PM PST by GreaterSwiss
With Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker maintaining a hard line on his budget bill and Democratic senators refusing to return to Madison to vote, attention is turning to a group of moderate Republican senators to negotiate a compromise to the stalemate that has drawn thousands of protesters to the state capital for a sixth straight day.
The proposal, written by Sen. Dale Schultz and first floated in the Republican caucus early last week, calls for most collective bargaining rights of public employee unions to be eliminated – per Mr. Walker's bill – but then reinstated in 2013, said Mr. Schultzs's chief of staff Todd Allbaugh.
"Dale is committed to find a way to preserve collective bargaining in the future," said Mr. Allbaugh in a telephone interview.
On Sunday Mr. Walker reiterated his confidence that Republicans would pass their proposal intact.
"We're willing to take this as long as it takes because in the end we're doing the right thing for Wisconsin," Mr. Walker said during an interview with Fox News on Sunday.
Mr. Schultz was first elected to the state senate in 1991 and was the Republican majority leader in 2005 and 2006. He earned a reputation for working across party lines and was endorsed in his 2010 re-election bid by the state's largest teacher's employee. He won with nearly 65 percent of the vote.
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Easy now. I hadn’t had time to digest it.
I didn’t know the guy was a pawn of the union.
If I could retract it, I would, and I’m not “rotten”, either, FRiend.
A point that should be mentioned at every report.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ... nobody does it better than a RINO.
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/sen17/news/index.asp
This dude?
And...there’s a survey you can take on the right side bar.
You WILL need an email address and a city in WI to complete it...
I began to notice it during the Clinton regime.
In their best Ahnold Schwarzenegger voice, “Remember when I told you I’d compromise? I lied.”
There’s that “working across party lines” garbage. I’ll bet McCain loves this guy.
You don’t worry to hard. I and my constituents are all prepared. I’m still a young man but I am not stupid. People are People, the first lesson of life. My parents taught me what was wrong and it worked. I fear the LORD and that is all.
Uh, no.
Oh man, that’s just dreadful. I’m stealing it.
It is time for Wisconsin to pass every non-funding law they want. If the liberals want to play hide and seek, let them.
Great, RINO’s ready to sell us out again.
Just like in Washington State, Luke Esser, former chair of the Washington State Republican Party recently voted out now lobbying on behalf of the SEIU.
It’s past time to dump the weak kneed, limp wristed RINO’s.
Seattle has alot of money. Those bastards need a self conviction to stop that Freight Train.
Who are these Wisconsin Republicans? I like to see names.
Or is it only one person?
Compromise, Come now Grow a pair of nuts RINO. Be like the Lieutant in 101st in Bastogne, Belgium, when the germans asked him to surredered, being short on men, ammo and food and suroounded he responded in writing “NUTS”.
Stand your ground Scott Walker and if the Rino’s desire to vote No, remind them there is a concept that voters can utilize that is guaranteed in the Wisconsin Constitution - RECALL petition and if 25,000 to 30,000 signatures can be achieved a special election is done to get rid of the SCUM.
Wow, what an insightful analysis! i certainly never put those dots together. in short, you are saying (IMHO correctly) that RINOs are gutless *professional* deal makers and congenital “wets.”
kudos to you.
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