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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWisconsin's Walker facing opposition in own party
Wisconsin's Walker facing opposition in own partyBy SCOTT BAUER at Yahoo
http://news.yahoo.com/wisconsins-walker-facing-opposition-own-party-080543073--election.html
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Republican Gov. Scott Walker has rolled over his Democratic opponents in Wisconsin, shutting down their allies in labor unions, turning back attempts to recall him and handily winning re-election in November.
But as he prepares for the possibility of taking his winning record into a campaign for president, Walker is running into trouble from an unexpected source: his own overwhelmingly Republican Legislature.
Walker, who's trying to polish an image of a governor who gets things done efficiently, is confronting lawmakers who want to flex their increased political power by wading into difficult issues, such as right-to-work legislation, to score major conservative victories.
The governor wants no part of it. He wants a buttoned-down agenda centered on the budget and tax cuts, done on a brisk campaign-friendly schedule, and is skirting big showdowns that could take months and bring hordes of protesters back into the streets in Madison, much like the turmoil of his first months in office. Walker enraged labor unions after taking office in 2011 by passing legislation that effectively ended public employee unions' bargaining rights, sparking weeks of demonstrations and a recall election that Walker survived.
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Wisconsin's Walker facing opposition in own party (Original Post)
applegrove
Jan 2015
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Oh, c'mon. He does want to do all those bad things. The Koch brothers own him, it's their agenda.
freshwest
Jan 2015
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I can see how if he really wants to run for president, he'd want to tone things down
davidpdx
Jan 2015
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)1. Oh, c'mon. He does want to do all those bad things. The Koch brothers own him, it's their agenda.
As far as him becoming POTUS, they'll hand that to Bush #3.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)2. I can see how if he really wants to run for president, he'd want to tone things down
It makes sense. Plus he'll have to start making trips to Iowa and New Hampshire pretty soon. The Cock brothers already gave him his down payment, now they expect him to get down on his knees and do the job they paid him for. If he runs he'll spend the next 12-15 months or so (until he loses) campaigning and not get much done in Wisconsin.